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باح

Root: باح

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باح (بوح) bāḥa u (bauḥ) to become known, be revealed, be divulged, leak out (secret); to reveal, disclose, divulge (هـ or ب s.th., a secret; الى and ل to s.o.) IV to disclose, reveal (هـ or ب s.th., ل to s.o.); to release, abandon, make public property, declare ownerless (هـ s.th.); to permit, allow, leave (s.th., ل to s.o.); to justify, warrant (هـ s.th.) X to reveal (هـ s.th.); to regard as public property, as ownerless, as fair game; to deem permissible, lawful (هـ s.th.); to hurt (حرمته ḥurmatahū s.o.’s honor); to take possession (هـ of), appropriate, take as booty (هـ s.th.); to seize, confiscate (هـ s.th.)│استباح دمه (damahū) to proscribe, outlaw s.o.

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