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نَبْغِى

Root: بغى

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نَبْغِى , in the Kur [xii. 65], is said to mean We do not lie: and we do not act wrongfully: or it may mean what do we seek, or desire?
2 Also, Verbal.Noun بَغْىٌ, He looked at a thing [to see] how it was; and so بَغَا, Verbal.Noun بَغْوٌ: mentioned by Kr.
3 And, with the same Verbal.Noun, He looked, watched, or waited, for a person or thing.
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