استطرد

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From the root ط ر د (ṭ-r-d). Compare طَرَدَ (ṭarada, to expel, to drive out).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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اِسْتَطْرَدَ (istaṭrada) X (non-past يَسْتَطْرِدُ (yastaṭridu), verbal noun اِسْتِطْرَاد (istiṭrād))

  1. to go on to say, to say furthermore, to add
  2. to proceed in, to continue (one's speech)
  3. to proceed, to change [with مِن (min) ‘from one subject’ and لِ (li) ‘to another’] (in speech)
  4. (intransitive) to digress, to stray from the subject, to go on a tangent

Conjugation

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