رطن

1 رَطَنَ لَهُ ذ , (S, K,) aor. رَطُنَ , (MS, JM,) inf. n. رَطَانَةٌ and رِطَانَةٌ; (S, * K, * MA, MS, JM, TA;) and ↓ راطنهُ, (S, K,) inf. n. مُرَاطَنَةٌ; (TK;) He spoke to him بِالأَعْجمِيَّةِ [i. e. with a barbarous, or vitious, speech ]; (S, K;) or, correctly, accord. to Aboo-Zekereeyà, بِالعَجَمِيَّةِ [i. e. in a language foreign to the Arabs ]: (TA: [and in like manner expl. in the MA and PS and TK:]) or, [as sometimes used,] in a language not generally understood, conventionally formed between two, or several, persons: (JM, TA:) [or he gibbered, or uttered gibberish or jargon, to him: (see R. Q. 1 in art زم:)] and ↓ تَرَاطَنُوا (S, K) فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ (S) They so spoke (&c.] (S, K) among themselves. (S.) A poet says, (S,) namely, Tarafeh, (TA,) الفُرْسِ ↓ أَصْوَاتُهُمْ كَتَرَاطُنِ [ Their voices were like the barbarous, or vitious, or rather the foreign, speech, among themselves, of the Persians ]. (S.) ― -b2- You say also, رَطَنَ بِشَىْءٍ, meaning He alluded to a thing, not mentioning its name explicitly, or unequivocally. (JM.)