أَمَّهُI
, aor
اَمُمَVerbal.Nounأَمٌّ, He tended, repaired, betook himself, or directed his course, to, or towards, him, or it; aimed at, sought, endeavoured after, pursued, or endeavoured to reach or attain or obtain, him, or it; intended it, or purposed it; syn. قَصَدَهُ, and تَوَخَّاهُ, and تَعَمَّدَهُ, and تَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ; as also
أَمَّمَهُ, and
, and
ائتمّهُ, and
, and
; the last two being formed by substitution [of ى for أ]. Hence, يَااَللّٰهُ أُمَّنَا بِخَيْرٍ [O God, bring us good]. (JK in art. اله, and Bd in iii. 25.) And لَأَمَّ مَا هُوَ, occurring in a trad., meaning He has indeed betaken himself to, or pursued, the right way: or it is used in a pass. sense, as meaning he is in the way which ought to be pursued. And انْطَلَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ, in another trad., I went away, betaking myself to the Apostle of God. Hence, also, تَيَمَّمَ الصَّعِيدَ لِلصَّلَاهِ [He betook himself to dust, or pure dust, to wipe his face and his hands and arms therewith, for prayer]: as in the Kur iv. 46 and v. 9: whence الَّتَّيَمُّمُ as meaning the wiping the face and the hands and arms with dust; i. e. the performing the act termedتَوَضُّؤٌwith dust: formed by substitution [of ى for آ]: originally التَّأَمُّمُ. 2 See also 8.
def.2أَمَّهُ, Present.TاَمُمَVerbal.Nounأَمٌّ, He broke his head, so as to cleave the skin,inflicting a wound such as is termedآمَّة [q. v.]; [i. e.] he struck, or wounded, the أُمّ [q. v.] of his head, with a staff, or stick.
def.3أَمَّهُمْ and أَمَّ بِهِمْ, [Present.Tاَمُمَ
] Verbal.Nounإِمَامَةٌ, He preceded them; went before them; took precedence of them; or led them, so as to serve as an example, or object of imitation; syn.
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