تردّد
Root: رد
Form: 5
Full Definition
تردّدV
quasi-pass. of 2; He, or it, was made, or caused, to return, go back, come back, or revert; &c.; or he, or it, returned, went back, came back, or reverted; much, frequently, again and again, or time after time. You say, تَرَدَّدْتُ إِلَى فُلَانٍ
I returned time after time to such a one And هُوَ يَتَرَدَّدُ إِلَى مَجَالِسِ العِلْمِ
He repairs frequently to, or frequents, the assemblies of science; syn. يَخْتَلِفُ. See also 6.
2 [And as the returning repeatedly involves the going repeatedly, it signifies also, like اختلف, He, or it, went, or moved, repeatedly, to and fro; so went and came; or reciprocated. Thus,] تَرَدُّدُ الشَّىْءِ المُعَلَّقِ فِى الهَوَآءِ [means The moving to and fro of a thing suspended in the air]. (K in art. ذب.) You say, تردّدت الرُّوحُ The soul, or spirit, went and came.
3 [Hence,]
4 [And It was, or became, repeated time after time, or reiterated: it was, or became, reproduced: it was, or became, renewed.] You say, تردّد صَوْتُهُ فِى حَلْقِهِ His voice was, or became, reiterated in his throat, or fauces. And تردّدفِى الفَآءِ [He reiterated in uttering the letter ف; or, as the meaning is shown to be in the K in art. فأ, he reiterated the letter ف (رَدَّدَ الفَآءَ)]. (S in art. فأ.) And تردّإ فِى الجَوَابِ وَتَعَثَّرَ لِسَانُهُ [He reiterated, or stam- mered, or stuttered, in uttering the reply, and his tongue halted, faltered, or hesitated].
2 [And as the returning repeatedly involves the going repeatedly, it signifies also, like اختلف, He, or it, went, or moved, repeatedly, to and fro; so went and came; or reciprocated. Thus,] تَرَدُّدُ الشَّىْءِ المُعَلَّقِ فِى الهَوَآءِ [means The moving to and fro of a thing suspended in the air]. (K in art. ذب.) You say, تردّدت الرُّوحُ The soul, or spirit, went and came.
3 [Hence,]
4 [And It was, or became, repeated time after time, or reiterated: it was, or became, reproduced: it was, or became, renewed.] You say, تردّد صَوْتُهُ فِى حَلْقِهِ His voice was, or became, reiterated in his throat, or fauces. And تردّدفِى الفَآءِ [He reiterated in uttering the letter ف; or, as the meaning is shown to be in the K in art. فأ, he reiterated the letter ف (رَدَّدَ الفَآءَ)]. (S in art. فأ.) And تردّإ فِى الجَوَابِ وَتَعَثَّرَ لِسَانُهُ [He reiterated, or stam- mered, or stuttered, in uttering the reply, and his tongue halted, faltered, or hesitated].
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