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تَفَلْفَلَ

Root: فل

Form: R. Q. 2

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تَفَلْفَلَ
R. Q. 2
: see R. Q. 1, in three places.

def.2 Said of the hair of a negro, It became very crisp [or such as we term woolly].
2 And تفلفل قَادِمَتَا الضَّرْعِ The two anterior teats of the udder became black.
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