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جَلَّفَتْهُ

Root: جلف

Form: 2

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جَلَّفَتْهُII The years of drought, or barrenness, or dearth, destroyed his cattle. And جَلَّفَتْ كَحْلُ, or كَحْلٌ, The year of drought, or barrenness, or dearth, exterminated the cattle. And أَمْوَالَهُمْ [It destroyed their cattle] is also said of a year of great drought, or barrenness, or dearth. And الدَّهْرُ Time, or fortune, or misfortune, destroyed his property, or cattle.
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