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كِتَابٌ

Root: كتب

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كِتَابٌ (same as عَقْدٌ) The ceremony of a marriage-contract. كَتَبُواكِتَابَهُ عَلَى فُلَانَةٍ They performed the ceremony of the contract of his marriage to such a woman (same as عقدوا عَقْدَهُ).
2 أَهْلُ الكِتَابِ: see أَهْلٌ.
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