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اغتسل

Root: غسل

Form: 8

Full Definition

اغتسلVIII He washed [himself, i. e.] his whole person, بِالمَآءِ [with water]. And اغتسل لِلْجُمْعَةِ [He washed himself for the prayers of Friday].
2 And اغتسل بِالطِّيبِ He daubed, or smeared, himself, or did so copiously, so as to cause a dripping, (تَضَمَّخَ, Lh, TA,) or he sprinkled himself, (تَنَضَّخَ, K,) with perfume.
3 اغتسل said of a horse: see 1.
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