لمء

4 المأ عَلَيْهِ ذ He (a thief, TA) took it away privily. (K.) [See also أَلْمَى.] ― -b2- المأ عَلَىَّ حَقِّى He denied me my right, or due. (K.) ― -b3- المأت الدَّوَابُّ المَكَانَ (S) [in the K, بِالَمكَانِ; but this appears, from what is said in the S and the TA, to be wrong;] The beasts of carriage left the place bare of pasture. (S, K.) ― -b4- المأ عليه, (K,) or بِهِ, (S, L,) He took, or got, possession of it; took it, got it, or held it, within his grasp, or in his possession: syn. اـِشْتَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ: (S, K:) or the latter signifies he took it away; went away with it. (K.) المأ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ He got possession of the thing. (L.) ذَهَبَ ثَوْبِى فَمَا أَدْرِى مَنْ المأ به [ My garment is gone, and I know not who has taken, or got, possession of it; or who has taken it away ]. (S.) The phrase without negation is also used. (ISk, S.) [See also 8.]