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تصدّف

Root: صدف

Form: 5

Full Definition

تصدّفV : see 1, first sentence.
2 Also I. q. تَعَرَّضَ: in the saying of Muleyh ElHudhalee, فَلَمَّا ٱسْتَوَتْ أَحْمَالُهَا وَتَصَدَّفَتٌ بِشُمِّ المَرَاقِى بَارِدَاتِ المَدَاخِلِ [app. describing a she-camel, or a number of camels, meaning And when her, or their, burdens were, or became, adjusted, or firm or steady, and she, or they, went alternately to the right and left, (see the phrase تَعَرَّضَتِ الإِبِلُ المَدَارِجَ, in art. عرض,) in the high places of ascent, cold in the entrances thereof, because of their height], Skr says, تَصَدَّفَتْ means تَعَرَّضَتْ.
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