تفاوت
Root: فوت
Form: 6
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تفاوتVI
has for its Verbal.Noun تَفَاوُتٌ and تَفَاوَتٌ and تَفَاوِتٌ, the second and third of which are mentioned by AZ; the second is said by ISk to be of the dial. of the Kilábees, and the third is mentioned by El-'Ambaree; both anomalous, for the Verbal.Noun of a verb of the measure تَفَاعَلَ is تَفَاعُلٌ. [in the copies of the S يتفاعل, and said to be so in J's handwriting,] with damm to the ع except in this instance but Sb said that there is not among inf. ns. an instance of تَفَاعَلٌ nor of تَفَاعِلٌ. مَا تَرَى فِى خَلْقِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ مِنْ تَفَاوُتٍ, or
, [the former in the CK and the latter in other copies of the K,] the latter being the reading of Hamzeh and Ks, in the Kur [lxvii. 3], means Thou seest not in the creation of the Compassionate, i. e. in his creation of the heaven, any incongruity, or discordance; or any fault, defect, or imperfection, so that the beholder might say, “ If it were thus, it were better; ” thus the latter reading is expl. by Es-Suddee; and Fr says that both readings have one meaning: you say of a thing
تفوّت and تفاوت.
2 And one says, تفاوت الشَّيْآنِ The two things were far apart, one from the other; or widely distinct or separated; or
2 And one says, تفاوت الشَّيْآنِ The two things were far apart, one from the other; or widely distinct or separated; or
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