لم
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1 لَمَأَهُ, and لَمَأَ عَلَيْهِ,
aor. ـَ He smote his hand upon it, [or laid his hand upon it, or seized it,] openly or secretly. (
K.)
b2: لَمَأَ الشَّىْءَ He took the whole thing; took it entirely. (
K.)
b3: لَمَأَ الشَّىْءَ, (
K,)
inf. n. لَمْءٌ, (
TA,) He glanced, or took a slight look at the thing; beheld it quickly: like لَمَحَهُ. (
K.) 4 المأ عَلَيْهِ He (a thief,
TA) took it away privily. (
K.) [See also أَلْمَى.]
b2: المأ عَلَىَّ حَقِّى He denied me my right, or due. (
K.)
b3: المأت الدَّوَابُّ المَكَانَ (
S) [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. (
S,
K.)
b4: المأ عليه, (
K,) or بِهِ, (
S,
L,) He took, or got, possession of it; took it, got it, or held it, within his grasp, or in his possession:
syn. إِشْتَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ: (
S,
K:) or the latter signifies he took it away; went away with it. (
K.) المأ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ He got possession of the thing. (
L.) 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]. (
S.) The phrase without negation is also used. (
ISk,
S.) [See also 8.]
5 تلمّأت الأَرْضُ بِهِ, (
K,) and عَلَيْهِ, (
S,
K,) The earth enclosed him; was made even over him: and concealed him. (
S,
K.) See 8.
8 التمأ بِمَا فِى الجَفْنَةِ, and ↓ المأ, and ↓ تلمّأ, He took to himself the contents of the bowl. (
K,
TA.) [See also التمع and المع and تلمّع.]
A2: أُلْتُمِىءَ لَوْنُهُ His colour altered, or became altered. (
S,
K.) إِلْتَمَأَ is also mentioned as having the same signification. (
TA.) [See also التمع and التمى.]
مَلْمُؤَةٌ A place in which a thing is taken (يُؤْخَذُ, as in some copies of the
K) or found (يُوجَدُ, as in other copies of the
K).
b2: A sportsman's, or hunter's, or fowler's, or fisherman's net. (
K,
TA.)
