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يَغُوثُ

Root: غوث

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يَغُوثُ A certain idol which belonged to [the tribe of] Medhhij: or a certain good man, who lived between [the times of] Adam and Noah, and of whom, after his death, was made an image, which, after a long time, became an object of worship; like وَدٌّ and سُوَاعٌ and يَغُوقُ and نَسْرٌ, mentioned therewith in the Kur lxxi. 22 and 23.
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