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مُنْقَعِرٌ

Root: قعر

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مُنْقَعِرٌ Uprooted. So in the Kur, [liv. 20,] كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُنْقَعِرٍ As though they were the lower parts of palm-trees uprooted: or the meaning is, extirpated, by going into the bottom [or depth] of the earth, so as to leave no mark nor trace.
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