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تَعَاْتَبَ

Root: عتب

Form: 6

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تَعَاْتَبَVI see 3. One says, بَيْنَهُمْ أُعْتُوبَةٌ يَتَعَاتَبُونَ بِهَا [Between them is speech with which they reprove, blame, or censure, one another]. And إِذَا تَعَاتَبُوا أَصْلَحَ مَا بَيْنَهُمُ العِتَابُ [When they reprove one another in a friendly manner, the reproof rectifies, or sets right, what is amiss between them].
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