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مَعْدِىٌّ

Root: عدو

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مَعْدِىٌّ and مَعْدُوٌّ mean [Such a one is] treated wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically: the ى in مَعْدِىٌّ is substituted for و because the latter [in this case] is deemed difficult of utterance.
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