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تواقص

Root: وقص

Form: 6

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تواقصVI He made himself like, or imitated, him who is short in the neck: said of a man. Hence, تَوَاقَصَ عَلَى بُرْدَتِهِ كَىْ لَا تَسْقط He bent and shortened himself to hold on his بُرْدَة with his neck, that it might not fall.
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