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دَاعِرٌ

Root: دعر

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دَاعِرٌ : see دَعِرٌ.
2 Also A man who acts badly, corruptly, or wickedly; who acts vitiously, or immorally; transgresses the command of God; or commits adultery or fornication; and does harm to others: pl. دُعَّارٌ; which is also explained as signifying men who intercept, and rob, or slay, travellers on the way: fem. with ة: also دُعَرٌ one in whom is no good: or treacherous, and one who attributes to his companions vices or faults; as also دُعَرَةٌ [in an intensive sense].
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