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إِقْتَدَحَ

Root: قدح

Form: 8

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إِقْتَدَحَVIII see 1, latter half, in three places.
2 اقتدح بِزَنْدِهِ is [also] a tropical phrase [meaning He endeavoured to avail himself of his instrumentality: or he availed himself thereof: see the phrase أَنَا مُقْتَدِحٌ بِزَنْدِكَ in art. زند].
3 And اقتدح الأَمْرَ means He considered, and looked into, the affair, seeking to elicit what would be its issue, or result.
4 See also 1, again; last quarter.
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