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نَدَأَ

Root: ندأ

Form: 1

Full Definition

نَدَأَI , Present.T ـَ He hated a thing: or it is a mistake for نَذَأَ.

def.2 نَدَأَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun نَدْءٌ He cast flesh-meat into the fire: or he buried it, or a cake of bread, in hot ashes, that it might become thoroughly cooked, or baked.

def.3 نَدَأَ, Verbal.Noun نَدْءٌ, He frightened.

def.4 نَدَأَ He cast a person upon the ground.

def.5 نَدَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ He came forth upon them.

def.6 نَدَأَ المَلَّةَ He made, or prepared, the kind of fire called ملّة.
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