قَاتَ

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قَاتَI , Present.T يَقُوتُ, Verbal.Noun قَوْتٌ and قُوتٌ and قِيَاتَةٌ, the last originally قِوَاتَةٌ, He fed, nourished, or sustained, or fed with what would sustain the body, [or with food sufficient to sustain life,] or with a small supply of the means of subsistence, him, or them, or his family; he gave him [or them] what is termed قُوت [q. v.]: and اقاتهُ signifies [in like manner] he gave him his قُوت. It is said in a trad., كَفَى بِالمَرْءِ إِثْمًا أَنْ يُضَيِّعَ مَنْ يَقُوتُ i. e. [It suffices the man as a sin, or crime, that he destroy] him whom he is bound to sustain, of his family and household and slaves: or, as some relate it, مَنْ ; using a dial. var. [of يقوت]. [And اقتات لَهُ app. signifies, primarily, He supplied to him food. ]

def.2 And قَاتَ and قوّت and and [sometimes] signify He straitened his household, by reason of niggardliness or poverty. (TA in art. زنق.)

def.3 قُوتُوا طَعَامَكُمْ يُبَارِكْ لَكُمْ فِيهِ, a trad., thus related by some, by others , [loosely expl. in the TA,] means, accord. to some, Measure ye your corn, [and] He will bless you in it: or, accord. to others, make ye small round cakes (أَقْرَاص) of your corn, &c.

def.4 See also 8, in the middle of the paragraph.

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