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8 إِِحْتَرَقَ احتراق [It burned, or became burnt,] بِالنَّارِ [with fire]: and ↓ تحرّق [it burned, or became burnt, much, or frequently, or repeatedly]: each is a quasi-pass.; (S Msb, K, TA;) [the former, of احرق or حَرَقَ; and the latter, of حرّق.] ― -b2- [Hence,] one says of a horse, يَحْتَرِقُ فِى عَدْوِهِ [(assumed tropical:) He is fiery, ardent, or vehement, in his running]. (S.) And احتراق النَّبَاتُ [(assumed tropical:) The plant, or plants, or herbage, became nipped, shrunk, shrivelled, or blasted: see 4]: this is said of a consequence of heat, and of cold, and of a wind, and of other banes, or causes of mischief or harm. (TA.) And احترقت الفِضَّةُ (assumed tropical:) The silver became black. (Har p. 114.) And احترق (assumed tropical:) He, or it, perished. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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