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الكرتع

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes shortness in stature and the act of falling into or engaging in something inappropriate or irrelevant.

Derived headwords

الكُرْتَعُnoun
  1. 1.
    short personboth

    A person who is short in stature.

كَرْتَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to fall intoclassical

    To fall into something, especially something inappropriate or irrelevant.

Parallel reading

الكُرْتَعُ، كَجَعْفَرٍ: القَصِيرُ.
Al-kurt'u, like Ja'far: the short one.
وَكَرْتَعَ: وَقَعَ فِيمَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ.
And kart'a: he fell into what did not concern him.