امتاز

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امتازVIII , and تميّز , and . and , [the last being a variation of that immediately preceding,] and , It was, or became, put, or set, apart, away, or aside; or removed; or separated; from another thing, or other things: and the last, , he went, or withdrew, aside, or to a distance, عَنِ الشَّىْءِ from the thing. All these forms are syn.; but in the phrase مِزْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَمَّزْ [as though signifying I put it, or set it, apart, &c., but it did not remain so] Lh allows the verbs to be only in these two forms: [though is used in other cases; for] you say عَنْ مُصَلَّاهُ He shifted from his place of prayer; or quitted it for another. [See also 1, last signification.] You say also, امتار القَوْمُ, meaning, تميّز بَعْضُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ [The people were, or became, put, or set, apart, &c., one from another]: and, as also تميّزوا , they became on one side: or they became alone, or separate: and the former, they withdrew, in a company or troop, aside; as also : and [in like manner] تمايزوا they became separated: and they formed themselves into separate companies, or troops, and went away, one from another. (TA. [التَّمَايُزُ being there said to signify التَّحَزُّبُ وَالتَّنَافُرُ.])
2 [امتاز, and the other forms mentioned above, in the first sentence of the paragraph, as syn. with it, also signify It was, or became, distinguished, or discriminated, or discerned: in which sense, تميّز is the most common. You say also, تميّز فُلَانٌ بِٱلْكَرَمِ Such a one was, or became, distinguished by generosity. And الأَشْيَآءُ and The things were, or became, distinguished, or discriminated, one from another; or distinct.]

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