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5 تورّط فِى وَرْطَةٍ ذ He fell into what is termed وَرْطَة [properly and also tropically, or in its primary sense, and also in any of its subordinate senses]. (S.) You say, تورّطتِ الغَنَمُ وَغَيْرُهَا The sheep, or goats, &c., fell into mud from which they could not extricate themselves; or into a depressed piece of ground in which was no way directing to escape: and hence the verb is used in relation to any straitness or difficulty. (Msb.) Thus you say, تورّط فُلَانٌ فِى الأَمْرِ (assumed tropical:) Such a one undertook, or embarked in, the affair, and could not easily extricate himself; and so فيه ↓ استورط : (Msb:) or the former signifies (assumed tropical:) he fell into the affair, or case: (K:) or (assumed tropical:) he became entangled in the affair, and could not easily extricate himself from it; (TA;) and so ↓ the latter: (Sh, K, TA:) and تورّط and ↓ استورط both signify he stuck fast: or (assumed tropical:) he perished; or died. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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