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إِفْتَرَىَ

Root: فرى

Form: 8

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إِفْتَرَىَVIII افترىكَذِبًا He forged, or fabricated, a lie, or falsehood; you say, افترى عَلَيْهِ كَذِبًا [he forged against him a lie]; and كَذِبًا signifies the same, Present.T يَفْرِى, Verbal.Noun فَرْىٌ; and this verb likewise is followed by عَلَيْهِ: in this sense is mentioned as said by Lth; others saying افترى. افترى is used in the Kur in relation also to the attributing a copartner to God: thus in the saying [in iv. 51], وَمَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِٱللّٰهِ فَقَدِ ٱفْتَرِىإِثمًا عَظِيمًا [And whoso attributeth a copartner to God, hath devised an enormous sin].
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