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تغزّل

Root: غزل

Form: 5

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تغزّلV He affected, or attempted, as a selfimposed task, (تَكَلَّفَ,) what is termed غَزَل [meaning as expl. below, i. e. the talk, and actions, and circumstances, occurring between the lover and the object of love; &c.].
2 And sometimes it means He made mention, or spoke, [generally in verse,] of what is termed غَزَل. [See also شَبَّبَ, Verbal.Noun تَشْبِيبٌ; and نَسَبَ, Verbal.Noun نَسِيبٌ.] One says, تغزّل بِالمَرْأَةِ meaning He mentioned the woman [in amatory language, as an object of love,] in his poetry. (TA in art. غنى.)
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