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مُسْتَعْضِهَةٌ

Root: عضه

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مُسْتَعْضِهَةٌ A woman seeking, or demanding, enchantment: hence the trad., لَعَنَ ٱللّٰهُ وَالمُسْتَعْضِهَةَ [May God curse her who enchants and her who seeks, or demands, enchantment].
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