فِتَكْرِين
Root: فتكر
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فِتَكْرِين
and فُتَكْرِين and فَتَكْرِين and فِتْكَرِين and
فِتْكِرٌ and
A calamity, or misfortune; and [in the CK “ or ”] a wonderful, and great, or formidable, affair, or event: or the ن is the characteristic of the pl.; and one says, لَقِيتُ مِنْهُ الفِتَكْرِينَ and الفُتَكْرِينَ, meaning [I experienced from him, or it,] difficulties, or distresses, and calamities, or misfortunes.
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