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روض

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

6 التَّرَاوُضُ ذ in selling and buying is syn. with التَّحَاذِى; i. e. (tropical:) The increasing [ of the sum offered ] and diminishing [ of the sum demanded ] which take place between the two parties bargaining; as though each of them were making his companion easy and tractable; from الرِّيَاضَةُ as inf. n. of رَاضَ in the first of the senses expl. above. (TA.) In the phrase تَرَاوَضَا السِّلْعَةَ, meaning (assumed tropical:) They coaxed, wheedled, beguiled, or deluded, each other, with respect to the article of merchandise, [ in the manner explained above, or otherwise, ] the omission of the prep. [فِى] requires consideration. (Mgh.) You say also, تَرَاوَضَا فِى الأَمْرِ (assumed tropical:) They practised dissimulation, or showed feigned affection, each to the other, in, or respecting, the thing, or affair; as also تَنَاظَرَا: (TK in art. نظر:) التَّرَاوُضُ فِى الأَمْرِ is syn. with التَّنَاظُرُ. (M and K in art. نظر.)

Derived headwords

التَّرَاوُضُverb
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تَرَاوَضَا السِّلْعَةَ
تَرَاوَضَا فِى الأَمْرِ
التَّرَاوُضُ فِى الأَمْرِ