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مكن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 أَمْكَنَهُ مِنْ شَىْءِ ذ He made him to have a thing within his power, or reach: enabled him to do, reach, get, or obtain, a thing. See 2. ― -b2- أَمْكَنَهُ It was within his power, or reach; was possible, or practicable, to him. ― -b3- أَمْكَنَهُ It became easy to him. (Msb.) It (an object of the chase) offered him an opportunity to shoot it or capture it; or became within his power, or reach. ― -b4- أَمْكِنِى, said to a woman, [meaning Empower thou; i. e. grant thou access; ] occurs in a poem. (S, art. عرض.) ― -b5- أَمْكَنَتْهُ She granted him attainment.

Derived headwords

أَمْكَنَهُ مِنْ شَىْءِverb
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