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فعل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 تَفْعِيلٌ ذ [inf. n. of فعّل] is used by IJ as metonymically signifying The scanning of a verse; because the names of the measures of its feet, all of them, have the letters ف and ع and ل for constituents, as when you say فَعُولُنْ and مَفَاعِيلنْ and فَاعِلَاتُنْ and فَاعِلُنْ &c. (TA.)

Derived headwords

تَفْعِيلٌverb
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