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مِعْتَاقُ

Root: عتق

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مِعْتَاقُ A man who, when he drives away a number of camels that he has captured, renders them secure from being overtaken, and outstrips with them: from أَعْتَقَ العَبْدَ: you should not say مِعْنَاق.
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