دسى

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Verb[edit]

دَسَّى (dassā) II, non-past يُدَسِّي‎ (yudassī)

  1. (obsolete) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    Antonym: زَكَّى (zakkā)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 91:9-10:
      قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّىٰهَا / وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
      qad ʔaflaḥa man zakkāhā / waqad ḵāba man dassāhā
      He has succeeded who purifies it, / And he has failed who instills it
    1. alternative form of دَسَّسَ (dassasa, to insert, to instill)
    2. to corrupt, to lead into transgression

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