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رض

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 ارتضّ ذ It (a thing) broke, or became broken, in pieces; (TA;) and ↓ ترضّض signifies [the same; or] it became broken, bruised, or brayed; (KL;) [and so, accord. to some, ↓ تَرَضْرَضَ: for you say,] حِجَارَةٌ تَتَرَضْرَضُ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ, meaning Stones that break in pieces upon the surface of the earth; (S, K; *) as some say: but others say that this means stones that move about, without stopping, upon the surface of the earth. (TA.)

Derived headwords

ارتضّverb
  1. 1.
حِجَارَةٌ تَتَرَضْرَضُ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ