مُعْتَذِرٌ
Root: عذر
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مُعْتَذِرٌ
One excusing himself, whether he have, or have not, an excuse: the person to whom this epithet is applied may be a speaker of truth, and he may be not a speaker of truth: and so
مُعَذِّرٌ , which, as applied to a speaker of truth, signifies having an excuse, like مُعْتَذِرٌ, [of which it is a variation,] for the ت is changed into ذ, and this is incorporated [into the radical ذ], and its vowel is transferred to the ع, like as is the case in يَخَصِّمُونَ; and
is also allowable, and also
; but [it is said that]
مُعَذِّرٌ applied to him who does not speak truth, being [originally] of the measure مُفَعِّلٌ, [not a variation of مُعْتَذِرٌ,] means falling short, or doing less than is incumbent on him, excusing himself without having any [real or valid] excuse. In the Kur ix. 91, I'Ab read
[instead of the more usual reading
], and so did Yaakoob El-Hadramee, from أَعْذَرَ; the former asserting that it was so revealed; app. considering
مُعَذِّرٌ , with teshdeed, to apply to one not speaking truth, meaning pretending to excuse himself, without having any real excuse; and
مُعْذِرٌ to mean having an excuse: Ibn-Abee-Leylà and Tá-oos read
, as meaning those striving, or labouring, in seeking excuse.
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