علم

8 اعتلمهُ ذ : see 1, latter half. -A2- اعتلم said of water, It flowed (K, TA) upon the ground. (TA.) ― -b2- And said of lightning it means لَمَعَ فى العلم [app. فِى العَلَمِ, and, if so, meaning It shone, shone brightly, or gleamed, in, or upon, the long mountain ]: a poet says, بَلْ بُرَيْقًا بِتُّ أَرْقُبُهُ لَا يُرَى اـِلَّا اـِذَا ا@عْتَلَمَا [ But a little lightning, in watching which I passed the night, not to be seen save when it shone, &c.]. (TA.)