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اعفن

Root: عفن

Form: 4

Full Definition

اعفنIV He had his skin, or hide, or tanned skin or hide pierced with holes.
2 And اعفن اللَّحْمَ He found the flesh, or flesh-meat, to be [stinking, or] altered [for the worse] in odour.
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