اعتام
Root: عيم
Form: 8
Full Definition
اعتامVIII
, Present.T يَعْتَامُ, Verbal.Noun اِعْتِيَامٌ, He took, or chose, the
عِيمَة, i. e. the choice, or best, or excellent, of the camels or other property. Tarafeh says,
2 And اعتامهُ signifies also قَصَدَهُ [i. e. He tended, betook himself, or directed himself or his course or aim, to, or towards, him, or it; &c.]; like اِعْتَمَاهُ.
[I see that death chooses the generous, and selects the most excellent of the property of the tenacious niggard]. [See also اِعْتَمَاهُ, in art. عمى.]أَرَى المَوْتَ يَعْتَامُ الكِرَامَ وَيَصْطَفِى عَقِيلَةَ مَالِ الفَاحِشِ المُتَشَدِّدِ
2 And اعتامهُ signifies also قَصَدَهُ [i. e. He tended, betook himself, or directed himself or his course or aim, to, or towards, him, or it; &c.]; like اِعْتَمَاهُ.
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