Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اعتمل

Root: عمل

Form: 8

Full Definition

اعتملVIII signifies اِضْطَرَبَ فِى العَمَلِ [He went to and fro occupied in work, labour, or service]: or he worked, laboured, or did service, for himself; like as one says اِخْتَدَمَ meaning خَدَمَ نَفْسَهُ: or he worked, &c., by himself: or he worked, &c., for another: with an instrument, or tool, or the like; or with instruments, or tools, or the like. (M and K in art. اول.)

def.2 [It is also trans.] One says, اِعْتَمَلْتُ أَعْمَالًا, meaning اِكْتَسَبْتُ [I laboured to earn, or gain, sustenance]. And it is said in a trad., respecting Kheyber, دَفَعَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَرْضَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْ يَعْتَمِلُوهَا مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ i. e. [He gave to them their land] on the condition of their [bestowing labour upon it, or] doing what they required to be done [upon it], of cultivation, and sowing, and fecundating of the palm-trees, and guarding, and the like, from their own property.
2 [And اعتملهُ signifies also He employed him, or used him, for work, or service; like استعملهُ: but is perhaps post-classical.]


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