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فَرْتَنَ

Root: فرتن

Form: Q. 1

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فَرْتَنَ
Q. 1 Verbal.Noun فَرْتَنَةٌ, signifies شَقَّقَ كَلَامَهُ وَٱهْتَمَشَ فِيهِ [app. meaning He uttered, or endeavoured with repeated efforts to utter, his speech in the best manner, and proceeded slowly therein]: in the copies of the K, اهتمس, with the unpointed س, is put for اهتمش, which is the right reading.
2 And He went along with short steps.

def.2 And He became angry, and in a state of excitement: from what here follows [and therefore, app., post-classical].


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