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كرتع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes engaging in something inappropriate or irrelevant, often implying a fall or stumble into such actions. It also extends to physical descriptions of being short or falling.

Derived headwords

كَرْتَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to fall intoclassical

    To fall into something inappropriate or irrelevant, to meddle in what does not concern one.

الكَرْتَعnoun
  1. 1.
    one who meddlesclassical

    A person who falls into what does not concern him; one who meddles in irrelevant matters.

  2. 2.
    short personclassical

    A short person.

كُرْتَعُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    his fallclassical

    His fall, specifically referring to falling into something inappropriate or being struck down.

Parallel reading

كرتع الرجل: وقع فيما لا يعنيه
The man meddled: he fell into what did not concern him.
يهيم بها الكرتع
The meddler is infatuated with it.
وكرتعه: صرعه
And his fall: it struck him down.
والكرتع: القصير
And the short one: he is short.