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شتّت

Root: شت

Form: 2

Full Definition

شتّتII , Verbal.Noun تَشْتِيتٌ; and ; and شَتَّ , Present.T شَتِتَ [which is anomalous in the case of a trans. verb of this class,] Verbal.Noun شَتٌّ and شَتَاتٌ and شَتِيتٌ; [the first and second mentioned in the K only with reference to God as the agent;] He dissolved, broke up, discomposed, deranged, disorganized, disordered, or unsettled, syn. فَرَّقَ, the state of affairs [&c.], and the state of union of a people or party. And one says also, بِى قَوْمِى My people, or party, dissolved, broke up, &c., my state of affairs. And شَتَّ بِقَلْبِى كَذَا وَكَذَا Such and such things discomposed, or disorganized, (فَرَّقَ, [which may also be rendered frightened,]) my mind, or heart. And شَتَّتَهُمُ ٱللّٰهُ God separated, disunited, dispersed, or scattered, them.
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