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رت

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

رُتَّةٌ ذ A vitiousness, or an impediment, in speech or utterance, so that one does not speak distinctly: (S, A, K:) or a hastiness therein, (M, Mgh,) and a want of distinctness: or the changing of ل into ى: (M:) or an impediment in speech or utterance: (Msb:) or, accord. to Mbr, what resembles wind, impeding the commencement of speech, until, when somewhat thereof comes forth, it becomes continuous: it is an inborn habit, and is often found in persons of elevated, or noble, rank: (T, Mgh, Msb:) or, as some say, it is a reiterating of a word, preceded by the breath: or the incorporating of one letter into another (اـِدْغَامٌ) when this should not be done: (Msb:) or a vitious and faulty kind of repetition, in the tongue. (AA, TA.)

Derived headwords

رُتَّةٌ
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