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اضبأ

Root: ضبأ

Form: 4

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اضبأIV He concealed what was in his mind: or اضبأ القَوْمُ عَلَى مَا فِى أَنْفُسِهِمْ the people, or party, concealed what was in their minds. And اضبأ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ He was silent respecting the thing, and concealed it. And اضبأ عَلَى الدَّاهِيَةِ i. q. أَضَبَّ [i. e. He was silent respecting the calamity].
2 And اضبأ عَلَى مَا فِى يَدَيْهِ, or, accord. to Lh, اضبأ مَا فِى يَدَيْهِ, like أَضْبَى and أَضَبَّ, He grasped, or kept hold of, that which was in his hands.
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