تفخّت
Root: فخت
Form: 5
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تفخّتV
He walked in the manner of the bird called
فَاخِتَة: thus in the K: but in most of the lexicons تَفَخَّتَتْ: i. e. she walked as walks the
فَاخِتَة: [or,] accord. to Lth, [in the 'Eyn,] signifying مشت مجنبحة: (TA: in the O, مَشَتْ مجنحه; and in the margin thereof, مُجَنْبِخَةً: [the right reading is مَشَتْ مُجْتَنِحَةً; thus in the JK, a lexicon founded upon the 'Eyn:] thought by him to be from the walking of the bird called فَاخِتَة: he means, she strode in her walking, and held out her arms apart from [her sides beneath] her armpits.
2 And He wondered, syn. تَعَجَّبَ, and said, How good, or goodly, is he, or it! And it is said of a man as signifying تعجّب فِى مِشْيَتِهِ [app. meaning He showed عُجْب, i. e. self-admiration, &c., in his gait: but I do not find this signification assigned to تعجّب].
3 And He affected lying; or lied purposely; syn. تَكَذَّبَ.
2 And He wondered, syn. تَعَجَّبَ, and said, How good, or goodly, is he, or it! And it is said of a man as signifying تعجّب فِى مِشْيَتِهِ [app. meaning He showed عُجْب, i. e. self-admiration, &c., in his gait: but I do not find this signification assigned to تعجّب].
3 And He affected lying; or lied purposely; syn. تَكَذَّبَ.
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