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تَهْتَهَةٌ

Root: ته

Form: R. Q. 1

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تَهْتَهَةٌ
R. Q. 1 [Verbal.Noun of تَهْتَهَ,] i. q. لُكْنَةٌ [The having an impotence, or an impediment, or a difficulty, or barbarousness, or vitiousness, in speech]: or [the having] a distortion in the tongue, like what is termed لُكْنَة: accord. to Az, تَهْتَهَةٌ and هَتْهَتَةٌ signify the twisting, or distorting, of the tongue in speaking. (TA in art. هت.)
2 And تَهْتَهَ signifies رَدَّدَ فِى البَاطِلِ, or فى الأَبَاطِيلِ, [app. meaning He repeated, or used repetitions, in uttering false, or vain, or unprofitable, sayings: but Golius and Freytag render it as meaning he applied himself to vain things.]
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