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تصامّ

Root: صم

Form: 6

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تصامّVI He feigned himself to be أَصَمّ [i. e. deaf]. [It is intrans. and trans.] You say, تصامّ عَنْهُ and تصامّهُ He feigned to him that he was deaf. And تصامّ عَنِ الحَدِيثِ and تصامّهُ He feigned to his companion that he was deaf to the narrative, or story. تَصَامَمْتُهُ means تَصَامَمْتُ مِنْهُ [or عَنْهُ], i. e. I made a show of being deaf [to it], and feigned myself inattentive [to it].
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