Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اصطلحا

Root: صلح

Form: 8

Full Definition

اصطلحاVIII and اصتلحا, and تصالحا and , [the last a var. of تصالحا,] all signify the same, and القَوْمُ, and اصطلحوا, [They two, and] the people, or party, made peace, or became at peace or reconciled, [each with the other, and] one with another: [اِصْطِلَاحٌ is the contr. of اِخْتِصَامٌ and] is the contr. of تَخَاصُمٌ.
2 And اصطلحوا عَلَى أَمْرٍ They agreed together, or among themselves, respecting a particular thing.
3 [Hence,] اِصْطِلَاحٌ signifies also The agreement of a people to name a thing by any name turned from the primary application.
4 And [as an Verbal.Noun used in the sense of a pass. part. n., for مُصْطَلَحٌ عَلَيْهِ,] Conventional [or technical] language: and a conventional [or technical] term: opposed to [لُغَةٌ and] تَوْقِيفٌ. (Mz 1st نوع.)


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