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فك
Root entry · 1 derived lemma5 تفكّك ذ It (a thing) became much, or widely, separated: and became unclosed. (O, TA.) ― -b2- تفكّكت السَّفِينَةُ The ship parted asunder; became disjointed; became separated in its places of joining. (Mgh in art. خلع.) ― -b3- See also 7. ― -b4- And see 4. ― -b5- You say also, هُوَ يَتَفَكَّكُ meaning (tropical:) He is [or acts ] without power of self-restraint, in consequence of stupidity, or unsoundness of intellect, (S, O, K, TA,) in his gait, and in his speech: (TA:) or تَفَكَّكَ in walking is syn. with تَخَلَّعَ, (S and K and TA in art. خلع,) i. e. [ he was, or became, loose in the joints; or] he shook his shoulder-joints and his arms, and made signs with them. (TA in that art.)
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تفكّكverb
- 1.
تفكّكت السَّفِينَةُ
هُوَ يَتَفَكَّكُ