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تلغّب

Root: لغب

Form: 5

Full Definition

تلغّبV : see 4.
2 He chased, hunted, or pursued, long: syn. of the Verbal.Noun طُولُ الطَّرْدِ.
3 A poet says, تَلَغَّبَنِى دَهْرٌ فَلَمَّا غَلَبْتُهُ غَزَانِى بِأَوْلَادِى فَأَدْرَكَنِى الدَّهْرُ [Fortune long pursued me; and when I overcame him, he attacked me with my children; and so fortune overtook me].
4 تلغّبهُ He undertook the management of it, and did it, and was not unequal to it.
5 تلغّب الدَّابَّةَ He found the beast of carriage to be fatigued, tired, or weary; or so in the utmost degree. See 2.
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