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استعتمهُ

Root: عتم

Form: 10

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استعتمهُX He deemed him, or reckoned him, slow, or tardy.
2 اِسْتَعْتِمُوا نَعَمَكُمْ حَتَّى تُفِيقَ means Delay ye the milking of your camels, or cattle, until the milk shall have collected: for they used to bring back their camels a little after sunset to their nightly resting-place, and make them to lie down there a while, until, when their milk had collected, after a portion of the night had passed, they roused them and milked them.

def.2 استعتمت الإِبِلُ: see 1.
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