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نَقَعَ

Root: نقع

Form: 1

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نَقَعَI and It remained, or stagnated, or collected, in a hollow, or cavity: or remained long, and became altered: or the former [and latter] collected in a مَنْقَع: or the latter [and former] became yellow and altered.
2 نَقَعَ and أَنْقَعَ [He macerated, steeped, or soaked, a medicine, in water,] he left it in water until its colour became changed.
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