Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَقَامَ

Root: قوم

Form: 4

Full Definition

أَقَامَIV He set up, put up, set upright, a thing.
2 أَقَامَهُ, said of food, [It sustained him, supported him].
3 أَقَامَ عَلَى خَطَرٍ He stood to a bet, wager, or stake. (TA, voce نَدَِبٌ.)
4 أَقَامَ عَلَيْهِ الحَّدَ He inflicted upon him the punishment termed حَدٌّ. (Mgh, art. حد.)
5 أَقَامَ دَرْأَهُ: see درأ.
6 أَقَامَ لِلصَّلَاةَِ, Verbal.Noun إِقَامَةٌ, He (the مُبَلِّغ) recited the form of words called إِقَامَة, q. v. infra.
7 أَقَامَ He remained, continued, stayed, tarried, resided, dwelt, or abode, in a place: he remained stationary.
8 أَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ, He observed prayer: or أَدَامَ فِعْلَهَا. See also Bd, and Jel ii. 2.
9 أَقَامَ فِعْلًا He performed an action.
10 See 1.
11 أَقَامَهُ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ He made him to keep to the road: and للقَصْدِ, to the right way. (L, art. لغد.)
12 See 10.
13 أَقَاَمَ الأَمْرَ He put the affair into a right state; like نَظَمَهُ: see the latter in the Msb.
14 أَقَامَهُ (K in art. عدل) He made it to be conformable with that which is right; namely, a judgment, a judicial decision.
15 See 2.
16 أَقَامَ بِهِ in the Hamáseh, p. 75, 1. 9, app. signifies He stood in his stead.
17 أَقَامَ He observed, or duly performed, a religious, or moral, ordinance or duty.
18 أَقَامَ البَيِّنَةَ [He established the evidence or proof; and so اقام بِهَا? the ب being redundant]. And [in like manner,] اقام حُجَّتَهُ i. q. أَثْبَتَهَا; (TA in art. ثبت;) and so, app., بِحُجَّتِهِ; the ب being redundant, as in an ex. voce خُطَّةٌ; but this is the only ex. that I know, and it is without explanation: Golius mentions the phrase أَقَامَ بِى عَلَيْكُمْ; but without indicating his authority.
19 أَقَامَ عَلَى حَالٍ He abode, or continued, in a state, or condition; and اقام على أَمْرٍ the same; and he abode, continued, stayed, or waited, intent upon, or occupied in, an affair, a business, or a concern; he kept to it.


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