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نطع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

5 تَنَطَّعَ ذ , (KL,) or تنطّع فِى الكَلاَمِ, (S, K,) He went deeply, or far, in speech; (KL;) syn. تَعَمَّقَ: (S, K:) was exorbitant, or extravagant, therein: (K:) or تنطّع signifies he spoke with the extremity of his fauces; [or with a guttural voice; ] from النِّطْعُ signifying the upper غار in the mouth. (IAth.)

Derived headwords

تَنَطَّعَverb
  1. 1.
تنطّع فِى الكَلاَمِ