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Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a state of agitation, disturbance, or uncontrolled movement. It is particularly associated with the involuntary twitching or thrashing of a severed limb or a person struggling.

Derived headwords

التَّبَعْرُصnoun
  1. 1.
    agitationclassical

    The state of being agitated or disturbed; uncontrolled movement.

تَبَعْرَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to thrashclassical

    To move or act in a violent or uncontrolled manner, especially when a limb has been severed and is twitching.

التَّبَرُّعُصnoun
  1. 1.
    agitationclassical

    The state of being agitated or disturbed; uncontrolled movement.

  2. 2.
    strugglingclassical

    The act of a person moving or struggling beneath someone or something.

Parallel reading

التَّبَعْرُص، أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان، وقال ابن دريد: هو التبرعص، وهو الاضطراب.
Al-taba'rus, it was neglected by Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan. Ibn Duraid said: It is al-tabarru'us, which is agitation.
وهو اضطراب العضو المقطوع، وقد تبعرص، إذا قطع فوقع يضطرب، نقله الصاغاني.
And it is the agitation of a severed limb, and it has thrashed, if it was cut and fell twitching, as narrated by Al-Saghani.
وقد مر عن ابن عباد في التبرعص: هو أن يتحرك الإنسان تحتك.
And it has been mentioned from Ibn 'Abbad regarding al-tabarru'us: it is for a person to move beneath you.