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وتر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جَاؤُوا تَتْرَى ذ , and تَتْرًى, with and without tenween, and with ت substituted for the original incipient و, (T, * S, * M, A, * Msb, * K,) in the former whereof, (S, M,) which is the better, (S,) and the more common, (Fr,) pronounced by Hamzeh and Ibn-'Ámir and Ks with imáleh, [i. e. tetrè,] (Bd, xxiii. 46,) the ا [which is written ى] is a sign of the fem. gender, and in the latter whereof it is an ا of quasi-coördination, (S, M,) from وِتْرٌ in the sense of فَرْدٌ, (S,) They came following one another; one after another; (A, Msb;) syn. مُتَوَاتِرِينَ: (M, K:) or interruptedly. (Yoo, T.) It is said in the Kur, [xxiii. 46,] ثَمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَى, or تَتَرًى, Then we sent our apostles one after another: (S:) or interruptedly; at intervals: (Yoo, T, M:) or making a long time to intervene between every two. (T.)

Derived headwords

جَاؤُوا تَتْرَى
  1. 1.
ثَمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَى