إِتْبَاعٌ
Root: تبع
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إِتْبَاعٌ
in language is when one says the like of حَسَنٌ بَسَنٌ and قَبِيحٌ شَقِيحٌ: The putting, after a word, an imitative sequent, i. e. another word similar to the former in measure or in its
رَوِىّ, by way of pleonasm, or for fulness of expression, and for corroboration; (Mz 28th نوع, and Kull p. 11;) the latter word being one not used alone, and having no meaning by itself, as in
بسَنٌَ حَسَنٌ; or being one which has a meaning of its own, as in
هَنِيْئًا مَرِيْئًا.
2 [Also The latter of such two words; i. e. an imitative sequent.
3 And used in the former sense, as an Verbal.Noun, it denotes various other kinds of assimilation, i. e., of one word to another preceding or following it, and of one vowel to another preceding or following it in the same word.]
2 [Also The latter of such two words; i. e. an imitative sequent.
3 And used in the former sense, as an Verbal.Noun, it denotes various other kinds of assimilation, i. e., of one word to another preceding or following it, and of one vowel to another preceding or following it in the same word.]
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