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تَرَدَّمَ

Root: ردم

Form: 5

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تَرَدَّمَV see 1:
2 and 2.
3 Also تردّم فُلَانًا He sought to find in such a one something that he should be ashamed to expose, or some slip or fault, and obtained a knowledge of the state, or case, in which he was; as though he imputed some error to him.
4 And تردّم القَوْمُ الأَرْضَ The people, or party, consumed, or ate, the pasture (مَرْتَع) of the land time after time [or part after part, app. so as to make the ground appear as though it were patched].

def.2 تردّم also signifies It was, or became, old, and worn out, requiring to be patched: this verb being intrans. as well as trans.

def.3 تردّمت, [or تردّمت عَلَى وَلَدِهَا, as seems to be implied in the K,] She inclined to, or affected, her young one; [perhaps from رَدَمَ القَوْسَ, because of her yearning cry;] as also ردّمت عَلَى وَلَدِهَا, Verbal.Noun تَرْدِيمٌ.

def.4 تردّمت الخُصُومَةُ The contention, or altercation, was, or became, far-extending, and long.
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