تَمْتَمَةٌ

Root: تم

Form: R. Q. 1

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تَمْتَمَةٌ is the Verbal.Noun of تَمْتَمَ, and signifies The reiterating in uttering the letter ت: [if so, syn. with تَأْتَأَةٌ:] or the tongue's pronouncing indistinctly, missing the place of the letter, [i. e. the place of its pronunciation in the organs of speech,] and recurring to an utterance like ت and م, though this be not distinct: or the making the speech [or tongue] to revert [repeatedly] to ت and م: or the jabbering, or hurrying in one's speech, so as hardly, or not at all, to make a person understand: or the uttering in such a manner that one's speech proceeds rapidly to the roof of his mouth.

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