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دَرِعَ

Root: درع

Form: 1

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دَرِعَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun دَرَعٌ, He was black in the head, and white [in the other parts]: or, as some say, was black in the head and neck. (Msb: [in my copy of which is an evident omission, which I have supplied: see أَدْرَعُ.]) [See also دَرَعٌ, below.]
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