عمل

8 اعتمل ذ signifies اِضْطَرَبَ فِى العَمَلِ [ He went to and fro occupied in work, labour, or service ]: (S, O, TA:) or he worked, laboured, or did service, for himself; like as one says اِخْتَدَمَ meaning خَدَمَ نَفْسَهُ: (T, TA:) or he worked, &c., by himself: (K, TA:) or he worked, &c., for another: (TA:) with an instrument, or tool, or the like; or with instruments, or tools, or the like. (M and K in art. اول.) -A2- [It is also trans.] One says, اِعْتَمَلْتُ أَعْمَالًا, meaning اِكْتَسَبْتُ [ I laboured to earn, or gain, sustenance ]. (Msb.) And it is said in a trad., respecting Kheyber, دَفَعَ اـِلَيْهِمْ أَرْضَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْ يَعْتَمِلُوهَا مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ i. e. [ He gave to them their land ] on the condition of their [ bestowing labour upon it, or] doing what they required to be done [ upon it ], of cultivation, and sowing, and fecundating of the palm-trees, and guarding, and the like, from their own property. (IAth, TA.) ― -b2- [And اعتملهُ signifies also He employed him, or used him, for work, or service; like استعملهُ: but is perhaps post-classical.]