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نجّسهُ

Root: نجس

Form: 2

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نجّسهُII , Verbal.Noun تَنْجِيسٌ, He rendered him, or it, unclean, dirty, filthy, or impure; and signifies the same. El-Hasan said of a man who married a woman with whom he had committed fornication, هُوَ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا [He defiled her, therefore he is most worthy of her].
2 نَجَّسَتْهُ الذُّنُوبُ [Sins, or crimes, defiled him].

def.2 نجّس لَهُ, and نجّسهُ, He charmed him; or fortified him by a charm or an amulet [of any of the kinds described below, voce تَنْجِيسٌ, q. v.]; syn. عَوَّذَهُ.
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