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ارتعد

Root: رعد

Form: 8

Full Definition

ارتعدVIII He trembled, quivered, quaked, shivered, or became in a state of commotion, by reason of fear, or cold, &c.; as also رعد, Present.T يرعد: (Msb: [written in my copy without any syll. signs; but it seems to be indicated that it is Present.T يَرْعُدُ: I believe, however, that is also used in this sense, and in the sense here following:]) he was affected with a tremour, quivering, quaking, shivering, or commotion; as also , and تَرَعْدَدَ , and ترعّد ; by fear, or cold, &c. You say, فَرَائِصُهُ عِنْدَ الفَزَعِ [His muscles called the فرائصَ (pl. of فَرِيصَةٌ q. v.) quivered on the occasion of fright]. And الأَلْيَةُ, or, as in some of the Lexicons, , The الية [or buttock, or buttocks, &c.,] quivered, or moved to and fro: and in like manner one says of anything subject to such motion; as [the kinds of food called] قَرِيس and فَالُوذ, and a hill or heap of sand, and the like.
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