Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَثَأْتُهُ

Root: ثوأ

Form: 4

Full Definition

أَثَأْتُهُIV , (S in art. ثأ, [incorrectly there mentioned, as is said by IB and others and in the K,] and K in the present art. and in art. اثأ,) Verbal.Noun إِثَآءَةٌ, I shot him, or shot at him, with an arrow; so says AA, and Ks says the like; as also أَثَوْتُهُ, and, accord. to As, أَثَيْتُهُ, (TA in art. ثأ,) which is a strange word. It is mentioned in the present art. by Sgh; (K in art. اثأ;) and this is its proper place; the verb, accord. to him, being like أَقَامَ: (TA in art. اثأ:) A 'Obeyd has mentioned it in art. اثأ, as also Az; holding the verb to be like صَنَعَ; and so IKtt and IKoot assert it to be.


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