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شَرَطَ

Root: شرط

Form: 1

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شَرَطَI , Present.T ـِ and ـُ Verbal.Noun شَرْطٌ; and عليه كذا; both signify the same; [He imposed such a thing as a condition, or by stipulation, upon him;] he made such a thing a condition against him. And شَرَطَ عَلَيْهِ فِى البَيْعِ He imposed a thing as obligatory upon him in the sale, and took it upon himself as such.

def.2 شَرَطَ, Present.T ـِ and ـُ Verbal.Noun شَرْطٌ, He scarified; syn. بَزَغَ; as also شرّط , Verbal.Noun تَشْرِيطٌ. (JK in art. بزغ, and TA. *) [Hence, and from the verb in the sense first mentioned, the saying,] رُبَّ شَرْطِ شَارِطٍ أَوْجَعُ مِنْ شَرْطِ شَارِطٍ [Many a condition of one making a condition is more painful than the scarifying of a scarifier].
2 He slit the ear of a camel.
3 He slit. and then twisted, [or wove together, (see شَرِيطٌ,)] palm-leaves.

def.3 شَرِطَ He fell into a momentous, or formidable, case.
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