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ثَيْتَلَ

Root: ثتل

Form: Q. Q. 1

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ثَيْتَلَ
Q. Q. 1 (K and TA, in the CK تَثَيْتَلَ,) He feigned himself stupid after feigning himself intelligent: accord. to some copies, after feigning himself negligent, or inadvertent: (تَغَافُل being put in the place of تَعَاقُل:) [app. from the subst. below:] but the word as mentioned by IAar is تنتل [app. a mistranscription for ثَنْتَلَ].
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