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ارتطم

Root: رطم

Form: 8

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ارتطمVIII He stuck fast فِى الوَحْلِ [in the mire]. You say, ارتطمت الدَّابَّةُ فِى الوَحْلِ [The beast stuck fast in the mire], and فى الخَبَارِ [in the soft ground], (TA in art. تع,) and فى الرَّمْلِ [in the sand]. And ارتطمت بِهِ فَرَسُهُ His mare's feet sank [in the mire, or soft ground, or sand,] with him.
2 And hence, ارتطم فِى أَمْرٍ He became involved in an affair, or a case, from which he could not extricate himself unless with confusion, or perplexity, cleaving to him.
3 And ارتطم عَلَيْهِ أَمْرٌ, or الأَمْرُ, An affair, or a case, or the affair, or case, was such that he could not extricate himself from it; it wearied him, and the ways thereof were obstructed against him, so that he could not extricate himself from it.
4 And ارتطم It was, or became, pressed together, or compressed: and it was, or became, heaped up, piled up, or accumulated, one part upon another; as also تراطم .

def.2 ارتطم السَّلْحَ He suppressed, or retained, the excrement; as also ↓ترطّمهُ.
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