عَاْلَمَ
Root: علم
Form: 3
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عَاْلَمَIII
عَالَمَهُ , Present.T of the latter
ـُ means [I contended with him, or strove to surpass him, in
عِلْم,] and I surpassed him in
عِلْم [i. e. knowledge, &c.]: [the measure يَفْعَلُ,] and in like manner the measure يَفْعِلُ, in every case of this kind, is changed into يَفْعُلُ: so says Az: [but see 3 in art. خصم:] and Lh mentions the phrase, مَا كُنْتُ أَرَانِى أَنْ أَعْلُمَهُ [I did not think, or know, that I should surpass him in knowledge].
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