Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عَاْطَوَ

Root: عطو

Form: 3

Full Definition

عَاْطَوَIII see 4, in two places:
2 and see also 2.
3 عَاطَى الصَّبِىُّ أَهْلَهُ means The boy wrought for his family, and gave them, or handed to them, what they desired.
4 And المُعَاطَاةُ signifies A man's meeting, face to face, a man having with him a sword, and saying,Bring near thy sword,and he gives it, and thereupon each acts with the other awhile in a manner resembling the slaying with the edge of the sword (يَغُرُّهُ [see غَرَّ فُلَانٌ فُلَانًا]); they being in a marketplace or a mosque: the doing of which is forbidden.
5 عَاطَيْتُ الأَرْطَالَ means [I joined in mutually, or reciprocally, giving, or presenting, the pints of wine; i. e.] أَعْطَيْتُ النَّدَامَى وَأَعْطَوْنِى أَرْطَالَ الخَمْرِ [I gave, or presented to, the cup-companions, and they gave, or presented to, me, the pints of wine].


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