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اِطَّرَقَ

Root: طرق

Form: 8

Full Definition

اِطَّرَقَVIII : see 3. Said of the wing of a bird, Its feathers overlay one another: or it was, or became, abundant and dense [in its feathers]. And اطّرقت الأَرْضُ The earth became disposed in layers, one above another, being compacted by the rain. And اطّرق الحَوْضُ The watering-trough, or tank, had in it [a deposit of] compacted dung, or dung and mud or clay, that had fallen into it. And اطّرق عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلُ, as in the O and L; in the K, erroneously, ; The night came upon him portion upon portion. See also 6, in three places.


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