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اضلعهُ

Root: ضلع

Form: 4

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اضلعهُIV , Verbal.Noun إِضْلَاعٌ, It, or he, made it, or him, to incline, or decline; [and so ضلّعهُ ; for] الإِضْلَاعُ and التَّضْلِيعُ signify الإِمَالَةُ.
2 [And It, or he, made it, or him, to be crooked, or curved; and so ضلّعهُ ; for] الإِضْلَاعُ and التَّضْلِيعُ signify also التَّعْوِيجُ.
3 [Hence,] one says also, أَضْلَعَتْهُ الخُطُوبُ, meaning [Affairs, or great or grievous affairs,] burdened him [as though making him to incline, or curving him].

def.2 See also 8.
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