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اِسْتَتْيَسَتِ

Root: تيس

Form: 10

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اِسْتَتْيَسَتِX The she-goat became like the تَيْس [or he-goat]: (M, [but in a copy of that work, for العَنْزُ I find الشَّاةُ,] A, K:) like اِسْتَنْوَقَ الجَمَلُ: a prov. applied to a vile man who becomes mighty, or who magnifies himself: one should not say استتاست.
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