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فَذْفَذَ

Root: فذ

Form: R. Q. 1

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فَذْفَذَ
R. Q. 1
He contracted himself (تَقَاصَرَ), to leap, deceiving, or circumventing, or in order to deceive, or circumvent, when leaping; (IAar, T in art. ذف;) said of a man.
2 [And accord. to the K, in art. ذف, i. q. تَبَخْتَرَ; like ذَفْذَفَ: but] accord. to IAar, ذَفْذَفَ has this latter meaning, and فَذْفَذَ signifies as expl. above on his authority. (T in art. ذف.)
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