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دَنِسَ

Root: دنس

Form: 1

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دَنِسَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun دَنَسٌ and دَنَاسَةٌ, It was, or became, dirty, filthy, foul, sullied, defiled, or polluted; as also تدنّس : and in like manner said of a man's honour, and of his disposition.
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