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تفرّعت

Root: فرع

Form: 5

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تفرّعتV The branches of the trees became abundant.
2 And [hence,] تفرّع الوَادِى [The valley branched forth].
3 [See also an ex. in a verse cited voce فَظِيعٌ.]
4 تَفَرَّعَتْ مِنْ هٰذَا الأَصْلِ مَسَائِلُ Questions, or problems, or propositions, were derived, or deduced, from this fundamental axiom or principle; or were made to be the فُرُوع [i. e. the branches, meaning derivatives,] thereof; [they ramified therefrom;] is a tropical phrase.

def.2 تَفَرَّعَهُمْ He set upon them with reviling and the like; as in the A and L: and he was, or became, superior to them, in eminence, or nobility; and excelled them: or it signifies, or signifies also, he married, or took to wife, the chief of their women, and the highest of them: and تَفَرَّعْتُ بِبَنِى فُلَانٍ I married among the noble and high of the sons of such a one; like تَذَرَّيْتُهُمْ and تَنَصَّيْتُهُمْ.
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