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تنقّث

Root: نقث

Form: 5

Full Definition

تنقّثV He endeavoured to make a woman incline to him, and to render her affectionate to him: as though he drew forth her love, like as one draws forth the marrow from a bone.
2 تنقّث ضَيْعَتَهُ i. q. تَعَهَّدَهَا.
3 See 1.
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