تَرَّاعٌ
Root: ترع
Full Definition
تَرَّاعٌ
A torrent filling the valley; as also
أَتْرَعُ : or a torrent which fills the valley: and ↓ the latter, a vehement torrent. J says, in the S, that
سَيْرٌ أَنْزَعُ signifies شَدِيدٌ; and he cites the words of a poet thus:
def.2
ascribed by some to El-'Ajjáj, but correctly, accord. to IB, the words of Ru-beh; making two mistakes, in saying افترش, in the sing., and بسير: moreover, the last word in the citation is a pret. verb: [the right reading is]فَٱفْتَرَشَ الأَرْضَ بِسَيْرٍ أَتْرَعَا
[And they travelled the land with a multitude like a torrent that filled the valleys]: the poet describes the Benoo-Temeem, and their travelling the land like the torrent by reason of multitude.فَٱفْتَرَشُوا الأَرْضَ بِسَيْلٍ أَتْرَعَا
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