المأ
Root: لمأ
Form: 4
Full Definition
المأIV
He took it away privily. [See also أَلْمَى.]
2 المأ عَلَىَّ حَقِّى He denied me my right, or due.
3 المأت الدَّوَابُّ المَكَانَ [in the K, بِالَمكَانِ; but this appears, from what is said in the S and the TA, to be wrong;] The beasts of carriage left the place bare of pasture.
4 المأ عليه, or بِهِ, He took, or got, possession of it; took it, got it, or held it, within his grasp, or in his possession: syn. إِشْتَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ: or the latter signifies he took it away; went away with it. المأ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ He got possession of the thing. ذَهَبَ ثَوْبِى فَمَا أَدْرِى مَنْ المأ به [My garment is gone, and I know not who has taken, or got, possession of it; or who has taken it away]. The phrase without negation is also used. [See also 8.]
2 المأ عَلَىَّ حَقِّى He denied me my right, or due.
3 المأت الدَّوَابُّ المَكَانَ [in the K, بِالَمكَانِ; but this appears, from what is said in the S and the TA, to be wrong;] The beasts of carriage left the place bare of pasture.
4 المأ عليه, or بِهِ, He took, or got, possession of it; took it, got it, or held it, within his grasp, or in his possession: syn. إِشْتَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ: or the latter signifies he took it away; went away with it. المأ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ He got possession of the thing. ذَهَبَ ثَوْبِى فَمَا أَدْرِى مَنْ المأ به [My garment is gone, and I know not who has taken, or got, possession of it; or who has taken it away]. The phrase without negation is also used. [See also 8.]
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