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بث

Root: بث

2 entries for this word

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Entry 1

بث batta (batt) to spread, unroll, unfold (هـ s.th., e.g., a rug); to scatter, disperse (هـ s.th.); to disseminate, propagate, spread (هـ s.th., e.g., a spirit, an ideology, a doctrine); to sprinkle (هـ هـ s.th. on); to let s.o. (ه, also ل) in on s.th. (هـ, esp. on a secret); to broadcast, transmit by radio │بث العيون to peer around; بث الألغام to plant, or lay, mines IV to let (ه s.o.) in on a secret (هـ) VII to be spread; to be scattered

Entry 2

بث batta spreading, dissemina.tion, propagation; grief, sorrow

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