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مُضْطَرِبٌ

Root: ضرب

Full Definition

مُضْطَرِبٌ [A thing having its several parts in a state of collision: and hence, a thing, and a man, in a state of commotion, agitation, convulsion, &c.: see its verb, 8].
2 One says, جَآءَ مُضْطَرِبَ العِنَانِ [lit. He came with quivering rein]; meaning he came discomfited, or put to flight, and alone.
3 And رَجُلٌ مُضْطَرِبُ الخَلْقِ A man incongruous, unsound, faulty, or weak, in respect of make: tall, and [loose, lax, flabby, uncompact, slack, shaky, or] not strong of make.
4 And حَدِيثٌ مُضْطَرِبُ السَّنَدِ A tradition unsound, faulty, or weak, in respect of the authority upon which it rests, or to which it is traced up or ascribed; syn. مُخْتَلٌّ.
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