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رد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

5 تردّد ذ quasi-pass. of 2; (S, L;) He, or it, was made, or caused, to return, go back, come back, or revert; &c.; or he, or it, returned, went back, came back, or reverted; much, frequently, again and again, or time after time. (L.) You say, تَرَدَّدْتُ اـِلَى فُلَانٍ I returned time after time to such a one (Msb.) And هُوَ يَتَرَدَّدُ اـِلَى مَجَالِسِ العِلْمِ He repairs frequently to, or frequents, the assemblies of science; syn. يَخْتَلِفُ. (A.) See also 6. ― -b2- [And as the returning repeatedly involves the going repeatedly, it signifies also, like اختلف, He, or it, went, or moved, repeatedly, to and fro; so went and came; or reciprocated. Thus,] تَرَدُّدُ الشَّىْءِ المُعَلَّقِ فِى الهَوَاآءِ [means The moving to and fro of a thing suspended in the air ]. (K in art. ذب.) You say, تردّدت الرُّوحُ The soul, or spirit, went and came. (W p. 5.) ― -b3- [Hence,] (assumed tropical:) He wavered, or vacillated, فِى الرَّأْىِ [ in opinion ]: (MA:) and فِى الأَمْرِ [ in the affair ], (S and K in art. لث, &c.,) and بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ [ between two things, or affairs ]. (S and K in art. ذب, &c.) And تردّد فِى صَدْرِى كَذَا (assumed tropical:) [ Such a thing became agitated to and fro in my mind, or bosom ]. (TA in art. رجع.) And تردّد said of a man, (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, confounded, or perplexed, so that he was unable to see his right course. (Bd and Jel in ix. 45.) [And (assumed tropical:) He laboured, or exerted himself, as though going to and fro, or making repeated efforts, in an affair: a meaning well known.] ― -b4- [And It was, or became, repeated time after time, or reiterated: it was, or became, reproduced: it was, or became, renewed. ] You say, تردّد صَوْتُهُ فِى حَلْقِهِ His voice was, or became, reiterated in his throat, or fauces. (The Lexicons passim.) And تردّدفِى الفَاآءِ [ He reiterated in uttering the letter ف; or, as the meaning is shown to be in the K in art. فأ, he reiterated the letter ف (رَدَّدَ الفَاآءَ)]. (S in art. فأ.) And تردّاـ فِى الجَوَابِ وَتَعَثَّرَ لِسَانُهُ [ He reiterated, or stam- mered, or stuttered, in uttering the reply, and his tongue halted, faltered, or hesitated ]. (A.)

Derived headwords

تردّدverb
  1. 1.
تَرَدَّدْتُ اـِلَى فُلَانٍ
هُوَ يَتَرَدَّدُ اـِلَى مَجَالِسِ العِلْمِ
تَرَدُّدُ الشَّىْءِ المُعَلَّقِ فِى الهَوَاآءِ
تردّدت الرُّوحُ
فِى الرَّأْىِ
فِى الأَمْرِ
بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ
تردّد فِى صَدْرِى كَذَا
تردّد صَوْتُهُ فِى حَلْقِهِ
تردّدفِى الفَاآءِ
رَدَّدَ الفَاآءَ
فِى الجَوَابِ وَتَعَثَّرَ لِسَانُهُ