Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَقْتُوتٌ

Root: قت

Full Definition

مَقْتُوتٌ i. q. مَكْذُوبٌ [meaning مَكْذُوبٌ فِيهِ A saying in which a falsehood, or lie, is told]; i. e. a false saying, or lie: or a saying that is falsified, or embellished with lies: or a misreported saying; a reported saying that is misrepresented: it occurs in the saying of Ru-beh, قُلْتُ وَقَوْلِى عِنْدَهُمْ مَقْتُوتُ [I said, and my saying was in their estimation false, or falsified, &c.].


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