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تفكّك

Root: فك

Form: 5

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تفكّكV It became much, or widely, separated: and became unclosed.
2 تفكّكت السَّفِينَةُ The ship parted asunder; became disjointed; became separated in its places of joining. (Mgh in art. خلع.)
3 See also 7.
4 And see 4.
5 You say also, هُوَ يَتَفَكَّكُ meaning He is [or acts] without power of self-restraint, in consequence of stupidity, or unsoundness of intellect, in his gait, and in his speech: or تَفَكَّكَ in walking is syn. with تَخَلَّعَ, (S and K and TA in art. خلع,) i. e. [he was, or became, loose in the joints; or] he shook his shoulder-joints and his arms, and made signs with them.
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