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هاترهُ

Root: هتر

Form: 3

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هاترهُIII , [Verbal.Noun مُهَاتَرَةٌ and هِتَارٌ,] He encountered him with mutual reviling, saying what was false: so says IAmb, on the authority of AZ; but, says Th, accord. to others, المُهَاتَرَةُ signifies the saying [that] whereof one part contradicts, or annuls, another: and hence one says, دَعِ الهِتَارَ [leave the saying that whereof one part contradicts another].
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