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تأكلّ

Root: اكل

Form: 5

Full Definition

تأكلّV : see 1, latter part, in two places:
2 and see also 8.
3 Also, said of a sword, and of silver molten, and of lightning, and of collyrium, and of aloes, and of anything shiny, It shone, gleamed, or glistened, much, or intensely; when said of a sword, by reason of its sharpness.
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