تقاصر

Form: 6

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تقاصرVI He feigned, or pretended, (أَظْهَرَ,) shortness; as also تَقَوْصَرَ : or, accord. to some, these two verbs have different significations: see the latter below.
2 [And He contracted himself, or drew himself together. (See R. Q. 1 in art. فذ.)]
3 تقاصرت نَفْسُهُ He became abject, mean, contemptible, or despicable; syn. تَضَآءَلَتْ.
4 تقاصر الظِّلُّ The shade became contracted.
5 See also 1, in two places.

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