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نكّرهُ

Root: نكر

Form: 2

Full Definition

نكّرهُII , (Verbal.Noun تَنْكِيرٌ, Msb,) He changed, or altered, him or it, to an unknown state, so as not to be known; [he disguised him or it.] It is said in the Kur, [xxvii. 41,] نَكِّرُوا لَهَا عَرْشَهَا Alter ye her throne so that it may not be known to her. See also 4, last signification but one.
2 [In grammar, He made it indeterminate.]
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