تمسّح

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تمسّحV He washed himself with water.
2 تمسّح He performed the ablution called الوُضُوْء.
3 تمسّح بِالأَرْضِ He performed the action termed التَّيَمُّم: or he made his forehead to touch the ground in prostration, without anything intervening.
4 فُلَانٌ يُتَمَسَّحُ بِثَوْبِهِ Such a one has his garment passed over men's persons as a means of their advancing themselves in the favour of God: [i.e., he is a holy man, from the touch of whose garment a blessing is derived: see St. Matthew's Gospel, ix., 20 and 21]. فُلَانٌ يُتَمَسَّحُ بِهِ Such a one is a person by means of whom one looks for a blessing (بُتَبَرَّكُ بِهِ,) by reason of his excellence, and his devotion; as though one advanced himself in the favour of God by approaching him. [See also an ex. voce رُكْنٌ.]
5 فُلَانٌ يَتَمَسَّحُ Such a one has nothing with him, or in his possession; as though he wiped his arms with his hands: [for it is a custom of the Arabs to do thus as an indication of having nothing.]
6 تمسّح He wiped himself, مِنْ شَىْءٍ to remove a thing, and بِشَىْءٍ, with a thing. [See also 1.]

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