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اعتق

Root: عتق

Form: 4

Full Definition

اعتقIV He made his mare to hasten, or be quick, [and to precede, ] and become safe, or secure.
2 اعتق العَبْدَ He emancipated the slave; freed him from slavery: in this sense is not known, and should not be said, therefore it is said in the Bári' that one should not say عُتِقَ العَبْدُ, nor should one say أَعْتَقَ العَبْدُ with the verb in the active form [and making العبد the agent].
3 اعتق المَالَ He put the cattle, or property, into a good, right, or proper, state; as also عتّقهُ , Verbal.Noun تَعْتِيقٌ; and , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عَتْقٌ.
4 اعتق قَلِيبَهُ He dug his well, and cased it [with stones or bricks], and made it good.
5 اعتق مَوْضِعَهُ He took for himself his place (حَازَهُ), so that it became his property.
6 اعتق دِيوَانَهُ [is expl. by the words] إِذَا ٱسْتَقَامَ لَهُ وَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا [app. as meaning He took something from his register, or his account or reckoning, when it had become in a right, or correct, state for him].
7 اعتق يَمِينَهُ He made his oath to be inexpiable.
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