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بَوَّأَهُمْ

Root: بوأ

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بَوَّأَهُمْ and منزلًا also signify He alighted and abode with them by the face, or front, of a mountain, where it rose from its base, or next to a river, or brook.

def.2 [Hence, (see بَآءَةِ,)] بوّأ (Verbal.Noun تَبْوِيْءٌ, K) Inivit [feminam]: and he married [a woman]; took [her] in marriage: syn.
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