أَمَتَهُ

Form: 1

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أَمَتَهُI , Present.T ـِ inf. N. أَمْتٌ, He measured it; determined its measure, quantity, or the like; computed, or conjectured, its measure, quantity, &c.; as also امّتهُ , Verbal.Noun تَأْمِيتٌ. You say, اِيمِتْ يَا فُلَانُ هٰذَا لِى كَمْ هُوَ Compute thou, O such a one, this, for me, how many it is. And أَمَتَ القَوْمَ He computer, or conjectured, the number of the people, or company of men. And أَمَتَ المَآءَ He measured, or computed, the distance between him and the water.
2 Also, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, i. q. قَصَدَهُ [He tended, repaired, betook himself, or directed his course, to it, or towards it; aimed at it; sought after it; or intended, or purposed, it]; namely, a thing.

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