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صدف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

5 تصدّف ذ : see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- Also I. q. تَعَرَّضَ: (TA:) in the saying of Muleyh ElHudhalee, فَلَمَّا ا@سْتَوَتْ أَحْمَالُهَا وَتَصَدَّفَتٌ بِشُمِّ المَرَاقِى بَارِدَاتِ المَدَاخِلِ [app. describing a she-camel, or a number of camels, meaning And when her, or their, burdens were, or became, adjusted, or firm or steady, and she, or they, went alternately to the right and left, (see the phrase تَعَرَّضَتِ الاـِبِلُ المَدَارِجَ, in art. عرض,) in the high places of ascent, cold in the entrances thereof, because of their height], Skr says, تَصَدَّفَتْ means تَعَرَّضَتْ. (M, TA.)

Derived headwords

تصدّفverb
  1. 1.
فَلَمَّا ا@سْتَوَتْ أَحْمَالُهَا وَتَصَدَّفَتٌ
بِشُمِّ المَرَاقِى بَارِدَاتِ المَدَاخِلِ
تَعَرَّضَتِ الاـِبِلُ المَدَارِجَ