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مَحَاهُ

Root: محو

Form: 1

Full Definition

مَحَاهُI He effaced, erased, rased, obliterated, or cancelled, it; removed, or did away with, its impression or trace.
2 مَحَتِ الرِّيحُ عَنْهُ الأَسْقَامَ وَالدُّنُوبَ The wind made to pass away, or dispelled, the clouds.
3 مَحَا الصُّبْحُ اللَّيْلَ Daybreak dispelled the night.
4 مَحَاٱللّٰهُ عَنْهُ الأَسْقَامَ وَالدُّنُوبَ [God removed from him diseases and sins; as though He cancelled them]. (Msb in art. عفو.)
5 الإِحْسَانُ يَمْحُو الإِسَآءَةَ Beneficence effaces, obliterates, or cancels, evil conduct.
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