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تبدّل

Root: بدل

Form: 5

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تبدّلV It became changed, or altered.
2 In the saying of the rájiz, فَبُدِّلَتْ وَالدَّهْرُ ذُو تَبَدُّلِ the meaning is, ذو تَبْدِيل [i. e. the meaning of the whole is, And, or but, she was changed, or altered; for time has the property of changing, or altering].

def.2 See also 10, in three places.
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