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تغاطسا

Root: غطس

Form: 6

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تغاطساVI They two vied, or contended, each with the other, in plunging, or diving, in water; syn. تَمَاقَلَا and تَغَاطَّا and تَغَامَسَا. And تغاطسوا They vied, or contended, one with another, in plunging, or diving, in water; syn. تَغَاطُّوا.

def.2 تغاطس He feigned himself negligent, inattentive, inadvertent, inconsiderate, or heedless, not being really so; and تغاطش is a dial. var. of the same: both are from Aboo-Sa'eed Ed-Dareer You say, تغاطس عَنْهُ He feigned himself negligent of it, &c.; (Aboo-Sa'eed, TA in art. غطش;) and [app. in like manner] تغاطسهُ. (IAar, TA in art. عمش.)
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