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مد
Root entry · 1 derived lemma5 تمدّد ذ : see 8. ― -b2- It (leather, A) or a skin for water, &c., and anything that may be extended by drawing or pulling, (L,) stretched. (A, * L.) ― -b3- See also 1. ― -b4- تمدّد He (a man) stretched himself: he walked with an elegant, and a proud, and self-conceited, gait, with an affected inclining of his body from side to side, and stretching out his arms: syn. تَمَطَّى. (S, L.) [Both these verbs are commonly used in the present day in the former sense.] See also 4.
Derived headwords
تمدّدverb
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