عتم

10 استعتمهُ ذ He deemed him, or reckoned him, slow, or tardy. (Z, TA.) ― -b2- اِسْتَعْتِمُوا نَعَمَكُمْ حَتَّى تُفِيقَ means Delay ye the milking of your camels, or cattle, until the milk shall have collected: (K, TA:) for they used to bring back their camels a little after sunset to their nightly resting-place, and make them to lie down there a while, until, when their milk had collected, after a portion of the night had passed, they roused them and milked them. (TA.) -A2- استعتمت الاـِبِلُ: see 1.