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تَعْتَلِفُ

Root: علف

Form: 8

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تَعْتَلِفُVIII , said of a beast, (دَابَّة, O,) It eats [fodder, or provender, or] green herbage. (TA in art. ربع.)
2 And اُعْتُلِفَ [perhaps a mistranscription for اِعْتَلَفَ] He was a great eater.
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