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غنم
Root entry · 1 derived lemma8 اغتنمهُ ذ , as also ↓ تغنّمهُ, He reckoned it spoil: (S, K:) or both signify he took, seized, caught, or snatched, it as spoil. (KL.) ― -b2- And [hence] one says, اغتنم الفُرْصَةَ He took, or seized, or [ availed himself of, ] the opportunity; or he hastened to take it; syn. اِنْتَهَزَهَا. (S and A and K in art. نهز.)
Derived headwords
اغتنمهُverb
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اغتنم الفُرْصَةَ