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استفحشهُ

Root: فحش

Form: 10

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استفحشهُX [He deemed it foul, evil, bad, abominable, unseemly, immodest, lewd, or obscene: or excessively, or beyond measure, foul, &c.]. (Mgh in art. قذر.) And تفحّش بِالشَّىْءِ He deemed the thing foul, evil, &c.: or excessively, or beyond measure, foul, &c.
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