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حَاسُوسٌ

Root: حس

Full Definition

حَاسُوسٌ One who searches for news or tidings; like جَاسُوسٌ: or the former relates to good, and the latter to evil.

def.2 Unfortunate; unlucky; as also مَحْسُوسٌ ; applied to a man.
2 See also حَسُوسٌ.
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