ردّدهُ
Root: رد
Form: 2
Full Definition
ردّدهُII
, Verbal.Noun تَرْدِيدٌ and تَرْدَادٌ, [the latter of which ns. is merely said in the K to be syn. with the former, and is said in the M and L to be also an Verbal.Noun of رَدَّ in an intensive or a frequentative sense,] means more than رَدَّهُ; [i. e. He made, or caused, him, or it, to return, go back, come back, or revert; sent, turned, or put, him, or it, back, or away; returned, rejected, repelled, or averted, him, or it; much, frequently, again and again, or time after time;] having an intensive, or a frequentative, signification.
2 [Also He, or it, made, or caused, him, or it, to go, or move, repeatedly, to and fro; to go and come; to reciprocate: see its quasi-pass., 5.
3 Hence,
4 And He repeated it; iterated it: [or rather] he repeated it time after time; reiterated it: he reproduced it: he renewed it: syn. أَعَادَهُ, and كَرَّرَهُ, and رَجَّعَهُ. (Mgh in art. رجع. [See also 1.]) You say, ردّد القَوْلَ He repeated the saying time after time; reiterated it; syn. كَرَّرَهُ. [And ردّد عَلَيْهِ الكَلَامَ He repeated to him the speech, or sentence, time after time; reiterated it to him.] And ردّد صَوْتَهُ فِى حَلْقِهِ He reiterated his voice in his throat, or fauces; syn. رَجَّعَهُ; (S and K in art. رجع, &c.;) [as camels and other animals do in braying; and he quavered, or trilled, rapidly repeating many times one very short note, or each note of a piece;] like [as is done in] chanting, [for so the Arabs generally do in chanting, and in singing and piping, often throughout the whole performance,] or in reading or reciting, or in singing, or piping, or other performances, of such as are accompanied with quavering, or trilling.
2 [Also He, or it, made, or caused, him, or it, to go, or move, repeatedly, to and fro; to go and come; to reciprocate: see its quasi-pass., 5.
3 Hence,
4 And He repeated it; iterated it: [or rather] he repeated it time after time; reiterated it: he reproduced it: he renewed it: syn. أَعَادَهُ, and كَرَّرَهُ, and رَجَّعَهُ. (Mgh in art. رجع. [See also 1.]) You say, ردّد القَوْلَ He repeated the saying time after time; reiterated it; syn. كَرَّرَهُ. [And ردّد عَلَيْهِ الكَلَامَ He repeated to him the speech, or sentence, time after time; reiterated it to him.] And ردّد صَوْتَهُ فِى حَلْقِهِ He reiterated his voice in his throat, or fauces; syn. رَجَّعَهُ; (S and K in art. رجع, &c.;) [as camels and other animals do in braying; and he quavered, or trilled, rapidly repeating many times one very short note, or each note of a piece;] like [as is done in] chanting, [for so the Arabs generally do in chanting, and in singing and piping, often throughout the whole performance,] or in reading or reciting, or in singing, or piping, or other performances, of such as are accompanied with quavering, or trilling.
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