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تعتّب

Root: عتب

Form: 5

Full Definition

تعتّبV : see 1, first sentence.
2 Also He accused him of a crime, an offence, or an injurious action, that he had not committed.
3 And you say, لَا يُتَعَتَّبُ بِشَىْءٍ He is not to be reproved, blamed, or censured, with anything [i. e. with any reproof &c.]. And لَا يُتَعَتَّبُ عَلَيْهِ فِى شَىْءٍ [No reproof, blame, or censure, is to be cast upon him in respect of anything].
4 See also 3.

def.2 تعتّب also signifies He kept to, or was constantly at, the عَتَبَة [or threshold] of the door.
2 And you say, تَعَتَّبْتُ بَابَهَ: see 1, latter half.
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