Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تزعّم

Root: زعم

Form: 5

Full Definition

تزعّمV i. q. تَكَذَّبَ [q. v.]: [it seems here to mean He spoke falsely; and to be trans.; for] a poet says, أَيُّهَا الزَّاعِمُ مَا تَزَعَّمَا [app. meaning O thou asserter of that which thou hast spoken falsely]. (TA. [This hemistich is there cited as an ex. of تزعّم as expl. in the K; and I find no other explanation of this verb.])


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