اِسْتَقَامَ
Root: قوم
Form: 10
Full Definition
2 اِسْتَقَامَ عَلَى طَرِيقِ الحَقِّ (K, art. رشد) He continued in the way of truth, or the right way; as also عَلَيْهِ
3 أَقَامَ?
4 لَمْ يَسْتَقِمِ الأَمْرُ The affair was, or became, difficult: see تَعَذَّرَ.
5 استقام لَهُ الأَمْرُ The affair, or case, became in a right state for him; syn. اِعْتَدَلَ.
6 اِسْتَقَامَ He, or it, was, or became, right, direct, rightly directed, undeviating, straight, or even: and he, or it, stood right, or straight, or erect. He went right on, straight on, or undeviatingly: (see زَعَبَ:) whence اِسْتَقَامَ عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ he went on undeviatingly in the way. He went right; pursued a right course; acted rightly, or justly. See also سَدَّ, with which it is syn. It was direct in its tendency, or had a right tendency. It had a right tenour.
7 See 2.
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