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تدثّر

Root: دثر

Form: 5

Full Definition

تدثّرV , and تدثّر بِدِثَارٍ, and اِدَثَّرَّ, Verbal.Noun اِدَثُّرٌّ, He wrapped himself with a دثار: and تدثّر بِالثَّوْبِ he enveloped himself entirely with the garment.
2 [Hence,] هُوَ يَتَدَثَّرُ بِالمَالِ He is abundant in wealth.

def.2 تدثّر النَّاقَةَ He mounted, or leaped, the she-camel.
2 And تدثّر فَرَسَهُ He leaped upon, and rode, his horse: (T, S, M, A, L, B: in the K, for فَرَسَهُ, in some copies, is erroneously put قَرِينَهُ; and in others, قِرْنَهُ, which is also wrong: TA:) or rode, and wheeled about upon the back of, his horse: or mounted his horse from behind.
3 Ibn-Mukbil uses the verb metaphorically in describing rain; saying, أَصَاخَتْ لَهُ فُدْرُ اليَمَامَةِ بَعْدَمَا تَدَثَّرَ هَا مِنْ وَبْلِهِ مَا تَدَثَّرَا [The large mountain-goats of El-Yemámeh listened to it, after there had fallen upon it, of its shower of big drops, what fell].
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