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وَالِثٌ

Root: ولث

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وَالِثٌ A lasting, or constant, evil.
2 دَيْنٌ وَالِثٌ, an expression used by Ru-beh, A burdensome debt: or a lasting, or constant, debt: or, as some say, a debt by which one constantly binds himself (يَتَفَلَّدُهُ), as he does by a contract. As disapproves of the expression.
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