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لَحَنَ

Root: لحن

Form: 1

Full Definition

لَحَنَI He erred in speech; spoke incorrectly.
2 لَحَنَ لَهُ He said to him something which he understood, but which was unintelligible to others: he intimated to him something which he alone understood.
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