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تقوّض

Root: قوض

Form: 5

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تقوّضV It became demolished, destroyed, or thrown down; (S * in art. قيض; and K;) and in like manner تقوّز; as also [which see also in art. قيض]: (K; and in a copy of the S in art. قيض:) or it was, or became, taken to pieces, without being demolished or destroyed or thrown down: and , said of a well (بئْر), it fell; fell in ruins, or to pieces; or collapsed. (Msb: see also art. قيض.)
2 [Hence,] تقوّض المَجْلِسُ, and تقوّضت الحِلَقُ, and الصَّفُوفُ, [The assembly, and] the rings of men, and the ranks, became separated, or dispersed.
3 Also, He came and went, and would not be still, or remain at rest.
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