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عمى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 اِعْتَمَاهُ ذ He chose it, selected it, or preferred it; syn. اِخْتَارَهُ; (S, K, TA;) i. e., a thing; (S;) formed by transposition from اِعْتَامَهُ [mentioned in art. عيم]. (S, TA.) ― -b2- And i. q. قَصَدَهُ [i. e. He tended, betook himself, or directed himself or his course or aim, to, or towards, him, or it; &c.]; (K, TA;) like اِعْتَامَهُ. (TA in art. عيم.) -A2- See also 1, last sentence.

Derived headwords

اِعْتَمَاهُverb
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