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تغاطش

Root: غطش

Form: 6

Full Definition

تغاطشVI He feigned himself negligent, or heedless, of it; namely, a thing, or an affair; as also تغاطس; and [app. in like manner] تغاطشهُ: (IAar, TA in art. عمش:) or he feigned himself blind to it; either in the eyes or intellectually; syn. تعامى. You say also, مَرَرْتُ بِهِ فَتَغَاطَشَ [I passed by him and he feigned himself heedless, or blind].
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