تلطّخ
Root: لطخ
Form: 5
Full Definition
تلطّخV
He, or it, became defiled, befouled, polluted, dirtied, soiled, besmeared, bedaubed, or bespattered; [or became so much; or he defiled, &c., himself; or did so much;] بِكَذَا
with such a thing, as with ink.
2 تلطّخ بِقَبِيحٍ, (S, L, K, art. طيخ, &c.) and مِنْ قَبِيحٍ, i. e. [He became charged, reproached, or upbraided, with] something bad, evil, abominable, or foul, either said or done. (L, arts. لطخ and طيخ.) تلطّخ بِشَرٍّ He did evil [and thus defiled himself; he defiled himself by doing evil].
2 تلطّخ بِقَبِيحٍ, (S, L, K, art. طيخ, &c.) and مِنْ قَبِيحٍ, i. e. [He became charged, reproached, or upbraided, with] something bad, evil, abominable, or foul, either said or done. (L, arts. لطخ and طيخ.) تلطّخ بِشَرٍّ He did evil [and thus defiled himself; he defiled himself by doing evil].
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