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تذمّر

Root: ذمر

Form: 5

Full Definition

تذمّرV , an irreg. quasi-pass. of ذَمَرَهُ, [or rather a reg. quasi-pass. of ذَمَّرَهُ, which is mentioned in the L, and meaning He excited, incited, urged, or instigated, himself,] as though he blamed himself for a thing that had escaped him: or he blamed himself for a thing that had escaped him: or he blamed himself for negligence, in order to inspirit himself, that he might not be negligent a second time: or he blamed himself for the escape, or loss, of [what he was bound to preserve and defend, or] what is termed ذِمَارٌ.
2 He became angry.
3 He disliked a thing, and was angry in consequence thereof.
4 تذمّر عَلَيْهِ He became changed, or altered, to him, and threatened him with evil.
5 But in the trad. in which it is said of Moses, كَانَ يَتَذَمَّرُ عَلَى رَبِّهِ, this expression means that He emboldened himself to his Lord, and raised his voice in his expression of disapproval.
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