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شَكِسَ

Root: شكس

Form: 1

Full Definition

شَكِسَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun شَكَسٌ and شَكَاسَةٌ; or شَكُسَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun شَكَاسَةٌ; He was, or became, refractory, untractable, perverse, stubborn, or obstinate, in disposition: or hard in disposition, or illnatured, in behaviour or dealing: or evil in disposition, or illnatured, and very perverse or cross or repugnant and averse; syn. شَرِسَ.
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