مهر

1 مَهَرَ المَرْأَةَ, (Az, S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. ـَ (S, Msb, K) and مَهُرَ, (K,) inf. n. مَهْرٌ, (S, Msb, TA,) He gave the woman a مَهْر [or dowry]: (A, Mgh, Msb, K:) or he assigned to her (جَعَلَ لَهَا) a مَهْر: (K:) and ↓ أَمْهَرَهَا signifies the same as مَهَرَهَا, (Az, S, Msb, K,) which is of the dial. of Temeem, and the more usual: (Msb:) or مَهَرَهَا has the first of the above significations, (A, Mgh, Msb, K,) or signifies he set apart for her a مَهْر: (Msb:) and ↓ أَمْهَرَهَا signifies he named for her a مَهْر and married her to himself for it; (A, Mgh;) or he married her to another man for a certain مَهْر; (Msb, K;) or he sent for her a مَهْر. (TA.) A2: مَهَرَ الشَّىْءَ, (S, K,) and فِيهِ, and بِهِ (K,) and فِيهِ ↓ تمهّر, (K, * TA,) and مَهَرَ صِنَاعَتَهُ, (A,) and فِيهَا, (Mgh, Msb,) and بِهَا, and فِيهَا ↓ تمهّر, (A,) and مَهَرَ فِى العِلْمِ وَغَيْرِهِ, (Msb,) aor. ـَ (Msb, K,) inf. n. مَهَارَةٌ (S, A, Mgh, L, Msb, K) and مِهَارَةٌ (L) and مُهُورٌ (Msb, K) and مَهَارٌ and مَهْرٌ, (K,) He was, or became, skilled, or expert, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) in the thing, (S, K,) and in his art, or craft, (A, Mgh, Msb,) and in science, &c., (Msb,) knowing its abstrusities and niceties, or having learned the whole of it; syn. حَذَقَ. (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K.) 2 مهّر, inf. n. تَمْهِيرٌ, He desired a colt: (K, TA:) he procured for himself a colt. (JK, K, TA.) [In the CK, and in a MS. copy of the K, we find المَهْر put by mistake for المُهْر.] Aboo-Zubeyd says, describing a lion, أَقْبَلَ يَرْدِى كَمَا يَرْدِى الحِصَانُ إِلَى

مُسْتَعْسِبٍ أَرِبٍ مِنْهُ بِتَمْهِيرِ He came [beating the ground with his feet] like as a horse comes [so beating the ground] to a man borrowing him for covering, wanting by his means to procure for himself a colt. (TA.) [In the L, and TA, يَرْوِى is put for يردى in both instances: but it is corrected by SM in the margin of the L.]4 امهر المَرْأَةَ: see 1, in two places.

A2: امهر النَّاقَةَ He called, or rendered, (جَعَلَ) the she-camel a مَهْرِيَّة: (K:) [it has sometimes, if not always, the latter meaning; for] it is said of the breaker, or trainer; and is like أَرْحَلَهَا. (TA, in art. رحل.) A3: امهرت الفَرَسُ The mare had a colt following her. (TA.) 5 تَمَهَّرَ see 1, in two places.

مَهْرٌ A dowry; a nuptial gift; a gift that is given to, or for, a bride; syn. صَدَاقٌ: (S, A, Msb, K:) pl. مُهُورٌ, (K,) or مُهُورَةٌ, like as بُعُولَةٌ is pl. of بَعْلٌ, and فُحُولَةٌ of فَحْلٌ. (Msb.) زَوْجٌ مَهْرٍ

A husband from whom a dowry is got: (S, art. بهر:) or a husband who has not nobility of race, and who therefore doubles the dowry to make himself desired. (TA, same art.) See بَهْرٌ. b2: The hire of a prostitute. Ex. نَهَى عَنْ مَهْرِ البَغِىّ He forbade [receiving] the hire of the prostitute. (Mgh, Msb.) مُهْرٌ A colt; the male foal of a mare; (S, K;) and of a mare kept for breeding: (TA:) or the first male offspring of a mare or other animal; (K;) i. e., of a tame ass; &c.: (ISd, TA:) fem. with ة; a filly: (S, Msb, K:) and dim. مُهَيْرٌ: (JK:) pl. masc., (of pauc., TA,) أَمْهَارٌ, and (of mult., TA) مِهَارٌ and مِهَارَةٌ; (S, Msb, K;) and pl. fem. مُهَرٌ and مُهَرَاتٌ. (S, Msb.) إِبِلٌ مَهْرِيَّةٌ Camels of Mahreh; i. e. certain camels, so called in relation to Mahreh Ibn-Heydán, (T, S, Msb, K,) a tribe, (K,) or a great tribe, (TA,) or the father of a tribe of El-Yemen: (S:) or in relation to Mahreh, a district of 'Omán: (Msb:) they are excellent camels, that outstrip horses; and some add, that they are unequalled in quickness of running, understanding what is desired of them with the least training, and having names, by which being called, they answer quickly: (Msb:) [and hence, any such like camels; i. e. any excellent, fleet, camels: (see 4:) n. un. مَهْرِىٌّ:] pl. مَهَارِىُّ [which is irreg. like ظَهَارِىٌّ] (S, Msb, K) and مَهَارٍ (S, K) and مَهَارَى, (K, TA,) written in the L مَهَارِى, (TA,) [and so in the CK,] or مَهَارَا, the ى being changed into ا, (Msb,) [but it generally retains the form of ى, though pronounced ا.] See also حُوشِىٌّ.

مَهِيرَةٌ [A woman to whom a dowry has been given: and hence,] a free [married] woman: (S, K:) opposed to سُرِّيَّةٌ: (A:) pl. مَهَائِرُ. (A, TA.) And, (TA,) One whose dowry is dear. (K, TA.) مَاهِرٌ Skilled, or skilful, (A, Msb, K,) فى

صِنَاعَتِهِ, in his art, (A, Msb,) and بكُلِّ عَمَلٍ, in every work, (A, K,) فِى عِلْمِ وَغَيْرِهِ in science &c., (Msb,) knowing its abstrusities and niceties, or having learned the whole of it; syn. حَاذِقٌ: (A, Msb, K:) and, (K,) in most instances, (TA,) [but only when used absolutely,] a good swimmer; (JK, K;) as also ↓ مُتَمَهِّرٌ: (Z, TA;) pl. مَهَرَةٌ: (A, K:) also ↓ مُتَمَهِّرٌ a lion skilled in slaying his prey. (K.) مُمْهِرٌ A mare having a colt or foal. (S, K.) مَمْهُورَةٌ A woman dowered; to whom a dowry has been given; or for whom a dowry has been set apart. (Msb.) It is said in a proverb, كَالْمَمْهُورَةِ إِحْدَى خَدَمَتَيْهَا [Like her who has been dowered with one of her two anklets]: (S, K:) or أَحْمَقُ مِنَ الْمَمْهُورَةِ إِحْدَى خَدَمَتَيْهَا [More stupid than she who has been dowered with one of her two anklets]: (Mgh:) applied to him who has reached the utmost degree of stupidity: from the following case: (TA:) a stupid woman demanded of her husband her dowry, (K, TA,) when he paid her his first visit, and she said, I will not obey thee unless thou give me my dowry: (TA:) so he pulled off one of her two anklets (K, TA) from her foot, (TA,) and gave it to her, and she was content with it. (K, TA.) In like manner, a certain man gave to another property, and he married with it the daughter of the giver, and then reproached her for the dowry he had given her: so they said, كَالْمَمْهُورَةِ مِنْ مَالِ أَبِيهَا [Like her who has been dowered from the property of her father]: (K, TA:) [a proverb] applied in relation to him who reproaches for that which is not his own. (TA.) مُتَمَهِّرٌ: see مَاهِرٌ, in two places.

ملس

1 مَلُسَ, aor. ـُ (M, A, Msb, K;) and مَلِسَ, aor. ـَ (Msb;) or the second form is مَلَسَ, aor. ـُ (K;) [but the last of the inf. ns. here following seems to indicate that مَلِسَ is correct;] inf. n. مَلَاسَةٌ (S, M, A, Msb, K) and مُلُوسَةٌ, (M, K,) [accord. to rule, both of the first,] and مَلَسٌ, (M, TA,) [accord. to rule, of the second;] It was, or became, smooth, sleek, or free from asperities; the inf. n. being the contr. of خُشُونَةٌ; (S, M, K;) it had in it nothing upon which to lay hold; it was, or became, smooth to the feel; (Msb;) and ↓ املاسّ signifies the same, (S, M,) inf. n. إِمْلِيسَاسٌ; (S;) and ↓ املسّ: (so in a copy of the A) and [in like manner] ↓ تملّس (S, A) and ↓ إِمَّلَسَ, of the measure إِنْفَعَلَ, the ن being incorporated into the م, both signify it was, or became, made, or rendered, smooth, &c. (S.) See also 4.

A2: مَلَسَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. مَلْسٌ, (tropical:) He (a man) went away quickly, or swiftly: (TA:) and مَلَسَتِ النَّاقَةُ, (M,) and الإِبِلُ, (A,) aor. and inf. n. as before, (M,) (tropical:) the she-camel, (M,) and the camels, (A,) went quickly, or swiftly: (M, A:) or مَلْسٌ signifies the going easily, or gently: and also, contr., the going vehemently: (M:) or a gentle mode of going or journeying: (IAar:) and the being light, or active, and quick. (TA.) It is said in a trad., سِرْ ثَلَاثًا مَلْسًا, i. e., ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ ذَوَاتِ مَلْسٍ; or ثَلَاثًا سَيْرًا مَلْسًا; (tropical:) [Journey thou three nights of quick, or of easy, journeying; or with a quick, or an easy, journeying;] or ملسا signifies a certain mode of going or journeying; and is in the accus. case as an inf. n. (TA.) مَلَسَ, aor. and inf. n. as above, also signifies (assumed tropical:) It (a thing) went back, or retired, (إِنْخَنَسَ,) quickly; (M;) and so ↓ إِمَّلَسَ. (M, TA.) A3: مَلَسَ الظَّلَامُ, [aor. ـُ (TK,) inf. n. مَلْسٌ, (A, K,) or مَلَسٌ, (S, M,) The darkness became confused; (S, M, A, K;) as also ↓ أَمْلَسَ, (TK,) inf. n. إِمْلَاسٌ: (K:) or became in the state after that which is termed مَلَثٌ, (M,) or مَلْثٌ. (TA.) See مَلْسٌ below.2 ملّسهُ, inf. n. تَمْلِيسٌ, He rendered it smooth, sleek, or free from asperities. (S.) You say, ملّس الأَرْضَ, (TA,) بِالْمَلَّاسَةِ, (A,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) [He smoothed the land with the ملّاسة;] he drew the مِمْلَقَة [or ملّاسة] over the land, [and so made it smooth, or even,] after the ploughing and sowing thereof. (TA.) A2: Also, (S, A,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) He made him to escape; or to be, or become, or get, clear, quit, free, or at liberty; مِنَ الأَمْرِ from the thing, or affair; (S, K;) and منْ يَدِ غَيْرِهِ from the hand of another. (A.) 4 أَمْلَسَ see 1. b2: أَمْلَسَتْ شَاتُكَ The wool of thy sheep, or ewe, fell off: (K:) from Ibn-'Abbád. (TA.) 5 تملّس: see مَلُسَ.

A2: It (a smooth thing) slipped forth from the hand [&c.]. (Har, p. 119.) b2: And hence, (Har, ubi supra,) (tropical:) He escaped; got away; or was, or became, or got, clear, quit, free, or at liberty; (S, * M, A, Msb, * K,) as also ↓ انملس, (S, A, K,) and ↓ إِمَّلَسَ, of the measure إِفْتَعَلَ, [or rather إِنْفَعَلَ,] and ↓ املاسّ; (K;) مِنَ الأَمْرِ from the thing or affair; (S, A, TA;) and مِنْ يَدِى from my hand. (A.) b3: [Hence,] تملّس مِنَ الشَّرَابِ (assumed tropical:) He recovered from the wine. (AHn, M.) 7 انملس and إِمَّلَسَ: see مَلُسَ: A2: and مَلَسَ: A3: and 5.8 إِمْتَلَسَ see 5.

A2: أُمْتُلِسَ بَصَرُهُ (tropical:) His sight was suddenly taken away. (M, A, K.) 9 إِمْلَسَّ see مَلُسَ.11 إِمْلَاْسَّ see مَلُسَ: A2: and 5.

مَلْسٌ: see أَمْلَسُ.

A2: Also, مَلْسٌ, (A, K,) or ↓ مَلَسٌ, (S, M,) The confusedness of the darkness: (S, M, A, K:) or it is after the مَلَث, (M,) or مَلْث: (TA:) the ملث is the first, or commencement, of the blackness of the west; and the ملس is when the blackness has become intense, so that the time of the last عِشَآء comes; then the ملس becomes confounded with the ملث, and the one is not distinguished from the other. (IAar.) You say, الظَّلَامِ ↓ أَتَيْتُهُ مَلَسَ, (S, M,) or مَلْسَ الظلام, (TA,) I came to him when the darkness had become confused; (S, TA;) when the night had become confused with the earth. (TA.) The word is used adverbially and otherwise. (M.) See مَلَسَ الظَّلَامُ.

مَلَسٌ: see إِمْلِيسٌ, in two places: A2: and مَلْسٌ, throughout.

مَلَسَى: see إِمْلِيسٌ.

A2: (tropical:) A she-camel that escapes and goes away so quickly that nothing attaches, or clings, to her: (S:) or quick, or swift, in the utmost degree: (Z, K:) or quick, or swift; as also ↓ مَلُوسٌ: (M:) or the latter signifies a she-camel excellent, or good, in the pace termed عَنَق, [so I render مِعْنَاقٌ,] that outstrips, and is seen to be first among the camels in the place of pasturage and the watering-place and every journeying. (Az, K. *) b2: Also, (assumed tropical:) A man who will not remain firm to a compact, covenant, engagement, or promise; like as the smooth thing will not remain firm. (M.) It is said in a proverb, (El-Ahmar, M,) alluding to dislike, or hatred, of faults or the like, (El-Ahmar, TA,) المَلَسَى لَا عَهْدَ لَهُ (assumed tropical:) [He who will not remain firm to a compact, &c., for him there is no compact, &c.]; (El-Ahmar, M;) meaning, that he has got out of the affair in safety, there being nothing due to him, nor anything to be demanded of him. (El-Ahmar, TA.) [But see what here follows.]

b3: It is said in a proverb, applied to him in whose fidelity one does not trust, (TA,) المَلَسَى

لَا عُهْدَةَ لَهُ, meaning ذُو المَلَسَى; (Az, L, Msb, TA;) i. e., (assumed tropical:) He who steals a commodity, and sells it for less than its price, and escapes immediately and hides himself, so that if he who has a just claim to it come, he finds his property in the hand of him who purchased it, he takes it, and the price which the thief gained goes for nought, and the purchaser cannot return to him to recover the price: (Az, TA:) or it means, (assumed tropical:) he who goes away privily, gets out of the affair in safety, there being nothing due to him, nor anything to be demanded of him: or املسى means, a (assumed tropical:) man's selling a commodity which he has stolen, and abating the price, and then absenting himself; so that when it is plucked from the hand of the purchaser, he cannot sue the seller as responsible for the loss thereof: (Msb:) or (tropical:) the sale to which attaches no claim upon the seller for having acted unjustly: (A, TA:) or (assumed tropical:) the selling a thing without making one's self responsible for any loss or the like that may be occasioned by it. (TA.) One says, also, in selling, مَلَسَى لَا عُهْدَةَ, meaning, that he has escaped from the affair, or become quit of it; that there is nothing due to him, nor anything to be demanded of him: [i. e., (assumed tropical:) I am quit of the affair: no claim shall be made for indemnification.] (S.) You say, also, أَبِيعُكَ المَلَسَى لَا عُهْدَةَ, meaning, (tropical:) [I sell to thee on the condition that] thou shalt get thee away, and not return to me, (S, Msb, K,) nor have any claim upon me for indemnification. (Msb.) [In some copies of the S, here and in art. عهد, the verbs by which the meaning is explained are of the third person, as though referring to the things sold; but the right reading I hold to be that which I have followed. See also art. عهد.]

مَلُوسٌ: see مَلَسَى.

مَلِيسٌ: see أَمْلَسُ, in two places: A2: and إِمْلِيسٌ.

مُلَيْسَآءُ: dim. of مَلْسَآءُ, fem. of أَمْلَسُ, which see, in two places.

مَلَّاسَةٌ An implement (S, A, K) of wood (A, TA) with which land is made smooth, or even; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ مِمْلَسَةٌ. (A, TA.) أَمْلَسُ Smooth; sleek; free from asperities; [contr. of خَشِنٌ;] (S, M, K;) having in it nothing upon which to lay hold; smooth to the feel; (Msb;) and ↓ مَلِيسٌ signifies the same; (TA;) and ↓ مَلْسٌ [in like manner], anything smooth or soft: (TA:) fem. of the first, مَلْسَآءُ: (M, A, &c.:) and pl. مُلْسٌ. (A.) You say, ثَوْبٌ أَمْلَسُ [A smooth garment, or piece of cloth]. And صَخْرَةٌ مَلْسَآءُ [A smooth rock]. (A, TA.) And قَوْسٌ مَلْسَآءُ and ↓ مَلِيسٌ A bow in which is no crack. (M.) and ضَرَبَهُ عَلَى مَلْسَآءِ مَتْنِهِ and ↓ مُلَيْسَائِهِ He struck him upon the even and smooth part of his back. (M.) b2: (tropical:) A camel (A) having a sound back, (S, K,) free from mange or scab. (A, TA.) So in the proverb, (S,) هَانَ عَلَى الأَمْلَسِ مَا لَاقَى الدَّبِرُ (tropical:) [What he that had galls on his back experienced was a light matter to him that had a sound back]: (S, K:) applied to him who has an ill concern for his companion. (K.) b3: أَرْضٌ مَلْسَآءُ: see إِمْلِيسٌ. b4: سَنَةٌ مَلْسَآءُ (tropical:) A year without herbage: (A:) or a year of sterility: pl. أَمَالِيسُ, contr. to rule. (M.) b5: المَلْسَآءُ (tropical:) The lowest heaven. (TA, art. جرب.) b6: قَهْوَةٌ مَلْسَآءُ (A) or خَمْرٌ مَلْسَآءُ (K) (tropical:) Wine easy to swallow; (A;) wine that descends easily in the throat. (K.) b7: مَلْسَآءُ [as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates] (assumed tropical:) Sour milk with which pure [fresh] milk is mixed; as also ↓ مُلَيْسَآءُ. (IDrd, K.) b8: جِلْدُهُ أَمْلَسُ (tropical:) He has no blame attaching to him. (A, TA.) b9: خِمْسٌ أَمْلَسُ (tropical:) A fatiguing, severe [journey such as is called] خمس. (K.) إِمْلِيسٌ (S, K,) and with ة, (Ibn-'Abbád, K,) (tropical:) A desert in which is no herbage: pl. أَمَالِيسُ (S, K) and أَمَالِسُ, [the latter] contr. to general rule, (K,) the ى being suppressed by poetic licence: (TA:) or أَمَالِسُ signifies land in which are no trees, nor fresh nor dry herbage, nor wild animals; sing, إِمْلِيسٌ; app. from مَلَاسَةٌ, [inf. n. of مَلُسَ,] i. e., smooth land, in which is nothing: (Sh, L, TA: *) or أَمَالِيسُ is pl. of أَمْلَاسٌ, which is pl. [of pauc.] of ↓ مَلَسٌ, meaning, an even place, (M, TA,) in which is no herbage; (TA;) and the pl. of mult. is مُلُوسٌ: and you say also, ↓ أَرْضٌ مَلَسٌ and ↓ مَلَسَى and ↓ مَلْسَآءُ and إِمْلِيسٌ, meaning, land that produces no herbage; (M, TA;) and the pl. is أَمَالِسُ and أَمَالِيسُ, contr. to analogy [unless pls. of إِمْلِيسٌ, in which case the former only is so]. (TA.) b2: You say also, رُمَّانٌ إِمْلِيسٌ (T, M, TA,) and ↓ إِمْلِيسِىٌّ, (T, S, M, K, TA,) as though the latter were a rel. n. from إِمْلِيسٌ, (T, S, K, TA,) not, as is implied in the [S, and] K, as meaning a desert, but as syn. with ↓ إِمْلِيسِىٌّ; (TA;) (assumed tropical:) A sweet pomegranate, having no stones: (T, M, TA:) and accord. to Lth, رُمَّانٌ مَلِيسٌ signifies (assumed tropical:) the sweetest kind of pomegranate, which is that without stones. (TA.) [See شَنْبَآءُ, voce أَشْنَبُ.]

إِمْلِيسَةٌ: see إِمْلِيسٌ.

إمْلِيسِىٌّ: see إِمْلِيسٌ.

ممْلَسَةٌ: see مَلَّاسَةٌ.

متع

1 مَتَعَ النَّهَارُ The day became advanced, the sun being high, (S, K,) before the declining of the sun from the meridian. (K.) . مَتَّعَهُ He (God) made him to live. (Bd in xi. 3.) b2: See مَلّا. b3: مَتَّعَهَا He gave her a gift after divorce. (K.) And مَتَّهَا بِكَذَا He gave her (a divorced wife) such a thing. (Msb.) 5 تَمَتَّعَ بِهِ and ↓ اِسْتَمْتَعَ and ↓ اِمْتَتَعَ are syn., signifying اِنْتَفَعَ بِهِ زَمَانًا طَوِيلًا; (Ham, p. 165 ;) [He benefited, or profited by it; had the benefit, use, or enjoyment, of it; he enjoyed it; accord. to the above authority, for a long time; but this restriction is not always meant.] You say.

اِسْتَمْتَعْتُ بِاصْطِبَاحِ خَمْرٍ [I enjoyed the drinking a morning-draught of wine]: and بِالإِصْغَآءِ إِلَى

أَغَانِى جَارِيَةٍ [the listening to the songs of a girl]. (Mo'allakát, p. 169.) b2: تَمَتَّعَ He became provided with مَتَاع, or utensils and furniture for the house, or tent. (TA, voce تَبَتَّتَ, q. v.) b3: تَمَتَّعَ i. q. عَاشَ. (Bd, Jel, xi. 68.) b4: تَمَتَّعَ بِهِ generally signifies He enjoyed it: (MA:) so in many cases in the Kur, &c.8 إِمْتَتَعَ see 5.10 اِسْتَمْتَعَ بِكَذَا , and ↓ تَمَتَّعَ, He benefited or profited by such a thing. (Msb.) b2: See 5. b3: مُسْتَمْتُعٌ: see مَلْبَسٌ.

مُتْعَةٌ Enjoyment; a subst. in the sense of تَمَتُّعٌ; (S, Msb, K;) syn. نَعْمَةٌ. (Jel, xlvi. 26.) See an ex., in a verse of Lebeed, voce فَرْطٌ. b2: مُتْعَةٌ A gift to a divorced wife. (Msb, K.) See مَتَاعٌ. b3: متعة الضُّحَى [i. e. مُتْعَة?] i. q. أَوَّلُهَا. (TA voce فِيقَة, in art. فوق.) مَتَاعٌ Anything useful or advantageous; as goods: such as the utensils and furniture of a house or tent, or household-goods: any utensils, or apparatus: chattels: a commodity, and commodities; (Mgh, &c.;) generally best rendered goods, chattels, household-goods or chattels, or utensils and furniture. b2: المَتَاعُ [signifies (tropical:) الفَرْجُ;] a woman's pudendum: (TA:) [see مُتَوَهِّجَةٌ, in art. وهج: and] the penis. (Mgh.) b3: مَتَاعٌ also applies to Food, the necessaries of life: see two exs. voce حَفَفٌ. b4: مَتَاعٌ for a divorced wife, A provision of necessaries, such as food and clothing and household-utensils or furniture: see عَرْفٌ, and Bd in ii. 242: i. q. تَمْتِيعٌ. (Bd in ii. 237.) b5: مَتَاعٌ i. q. مَا يُتَمَتَّعُ بِهِ, and الاِسْتِمْتَاعُ; (Jel in iv. 79;) generally best rendered Enjoyment, in the Kur iv. 79 and ix. 38 and similar cases. See مُتْعَةٌ.

مسك

1 يُمْسِكُ الرَّمَقَ : see art. رمق.2 مَسَّكَ بِالنَّارِ : see ثقّب.4 أَمْسَكَ He retained; he withheld. (Msb.) b2: He maintained: he was tenacious, or niggardly. b3: He, or it, held fast a thing: and arrested it. b4: أَمْسَكَهُ He held, retained, detained, restrained, stayed, confined, imprisoned, or withheld, him. (K.) b5: أَمْسَكَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ He held, refrained, or abstained, from the thing. (Msb.) b6: أَمْسَكَهُ He grasped it, clutched it, laid hold upon it; or seized it, (بِيَدِهِ (قَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ with his hand: (Msb:) or he took it; or took it with his hand, (أَخَذَهُ,) namely, a rope, &c.: (Mgh:) or he held, or clung, to it: (TA:) [as also تَمَسكَ ↓ بِهِ]. Also, أَمْسَكَ بِهِ signifies [the same; or] he laid hold upon, or seized, somewhat of his body, or what might detain him, as an arm or a hand, or a garment, and the like: but أَمْسَقَهُ may signify he withheld him, or restrained him, from acting according to his own free will. (Mugh, art. بِ.) b7: أَمْسَكَ بَطْنَهُ [It bound, or confined, his belly (or bowels)]: said of medicine. (S, O, Msb, K; all in art. عقل.) b8: الإِمْسَاك, in relation to تَحْجِيل: see an unusual application of it in art. طلق, conj. 4.5 تَمَسَّكَ see 4 and 8. b2: تَمَسَّكَ بِحَبْلِهِ He held fast by his covenant: see أَعْصَمَ.6 تَمَاسَكَ He withheld, or restrained, himself: (PS:) he was able, or powerful; as also تَمَالَكَ, q. v. (KL.) b2: مَا تَمَاسَكَ أَنْ فَعَلَ كَذَا He could not restrain himself from doing so; syn. مَا تَمَالكَ. (S.) b3: تَمَاسَكَ It held together. b4: إِنَّهُ لَذُو تَمَاسُكٍ (assumed tropical:) Verily he possesses intelligence. (TA.) and مَابِهِ تَمَاسُكٌ (tropical:) There is no good in him. (TA.) See مُسْكَةٌ.8 اِمْتَسَكَ بِهِ He clutched, or griped, him, or it; i. q. بِهِ ↓ تَمَسَّكَ. (MA.) 10 اِسْتَمْسَكَ البَطْنُ [The belly (or bowels) became bound, or confined]. (TA in art. عقل.) b2: اِسْتَمْسَكَ بِهِ [sometimes] He sought to lay hold upon it. (Bd, in ii. 257.) b3: اِسْتَمْسَكَ: see an ex. voce صِرْعَةٌ.

مِسْكٌ [Musk: it is obtained from the muskdeer, moschus moschiferus; being found in the male animal, in a vesicle near the navel and prepuce.] It is masc. and fem. (IAmb, TA voce ذَكِىٌّ.) مَسَكٌ Tortoise-shell; syn. ذَبْلٌ: (K:) bracelets made of tortoise-shell (ذَبْلٌ), or of عاج [ivory]: (S, Msb:) bracelets and anklets made of horn and of عاج: n. un. with مُسْكَةٌ. (K.) مُسْكَةٌ Intelligence: (Msb:) or full intelligence, (K, TA,) and judgment; judgment and intel-ligence to which one has recourse; as also مُسْكٌ, not ↓ مَسِيكٌ, as in the K; (TA;) i. q. تَمَاسُكٌ. (Mgh.) You say, لَيْسَ لَهُ مُسْكَةٌ He has no intel-ligence. (Msb.) b2: لَيْسَ بِهِ مُسْكَةٌ He has no strength. (Msb.) مُسْكَانٌ : see art. سكن.

مِسَاكٌ or مَسَاكٌ A kind of needles: see مِدَادٌ.

مَسِيكٌ : see مُسْكَةٌ.

مَسَّاكاتٌ [in the CK, art. روض, written مُسّاكات,] Places, in land, or in the ground, to which the rain-water flows, and which retain it. (TA.) See ضَابِطَةٌ.

مُمْسَكٌ , said of a horse, white on both fore and kind leg on the same side: see مُحَجَّلٌ.

مُتَمَاسِكٌ Compact in the limbs, (TA in art. بدن,) or flesh. (TA in this art.)

ملك

1 مَلَكَهُ He possessed it, or owned it, [and particularly] with ability to have it to himself exclusively: (M, K:) [and he exercised, or had, authority over it; for] مُلْكٌ signifies the exercise of authority to command and to forbid in respect of the generality of a people [&c.]: (Er-Rághib, TA:) or the having possession and command or authority: and the having power to exercise command or authority. (TA.) مِلْكٌ, as inf. n. of مَلَكَهُ meaning He possessed it, is more common than مَلْكٌ and مُلْكٌ. b2: [مَلَكَ أَمْرَهُ He had the ruling, or ordering, of his affair, or case] and مَلَكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ أَمْرَهُمْ He had the dominion, or sovereignty, or ruling power, over the people. (Msb.) A2: See 4.2 مَلَّكَهُ He made him to possess a thing; (S, K;) as also ↓ أَمْلَكَهُ. (K.) b2: He made him king; or made him to have dominion, kingship, or rule. (Msb, K.) b3: يُمَلَّكَ الرَّجُلُ أَمْرَهُ [The man shall be made to have the ruling, or ordering, of his affair, or affairs, or case]. (Sh, T in art. دين.) 3 مَالكَ أُمَّهُ : see شَدَنَ.4 مَلَكَ ↓ العَجِينَ and أَمْلَكَهُ He kneaded well the dough. (S, K.) A2: See 2.5 تَمَلَّكَ He took possession of a thing [absolutely or] by force. (Msb.) 6 مَا تَمَالَكَ أَنْ فَعَلَ He could not restrain himself from doing; (Mgh, Msb;) syn. مَا تَمَاسَكَ [q. v.] (S.) مِلْكٌ : its pl. أَمْلاَكٌ, in common conventional language means [or rather includes] Houses and lands. (TA.) See its pl. pl. أَمْلاَكَاتٌ.

مُلْكٌ Dominion; sovereignty; kingship; rule; mastership; ownership; possession; right of possession; authority; sway. b2: مُلْكُ اللّٰهِ God's world of spirits; or invisible world. (TA, art. شهد.) b3: [مُلْكٌ (when distinguished from ملكوت) The dominion that is apparent; as that of the earth.]

مَلَكٌ An angel: see مَأْلَكٌ. b2: مَلَكٌ Water. (S.) مَلِكُ الأَمْلاَكِ The king of kings. See أَخْنَعُ.

مَلاَكُ الأَمْرِ and ↓ مِلاَكُهُ That whereby the thing &c. subsists: (S, KL:) its قَوَام [q. v.] by whom, or by which, it is ruled, or ordered: (K:) its foundation; syn. أَصْلُهُ: (KL:) its support; that upon which it rests: (T, TA:) it may be rendered the cause, or means, of the subsistence of the thing; &c.

مِلَاكٌ see مَلاَكٌ.

مَالِكٌ : see رَبٌّ. b2: مَالِكُ الأَمْرِ The possessor of command, or rule. b3: المَالِكُ الكَبِيرُ The Great Master, or Owner; i. e., God; in contradistinction to المَالِكُ الصَّغِيرُ the little master, or owner; i. e., the human owner of a slave, &c. b4: مَالِكٌ الحَزِينُ: (so in one copy of the S: in another, and the MA, and Kzw, مَالِكُ الحَزِينِ:) [The heron: or a species thereof] in Pers\. بوتيمار; (MA;) a certain bird, long in the neck and legs, called in Pers\.

بوتيمار. (Kzw:) see سَبَيْطَرٌ b5: أَبُو مَالِكٍ Hunger. (MF, art. جبر.) See also أَبٌ.

أَمْلَاكَاتٌ pl. of أَمْلاَكٌ pl. of مِلْكٌ Goods, or chattels, of a bride: see أَغْنَآءٌ in art. غنى.

مَلَكَةٌ [A faculty.] A quality firmly rooted in the mind. (KT.) مَلَكُوتُ اللّٰهِ God's world of corporeal beings. (TA, art. شهد.) Generally The kingdom of God.

مِلِيك is also syn. with مَمْلُوكٌ; this is meant in the TA where it is said that مُلَكَآءُ in the saying لَبَا مُلُوكٌ وَلَيْسَ لَبَا مُلَكَآءُ [We have kings of bees, but we have not slaves] is pl. of المَلِيكُ from المَمْلُوكُ: it is also said in art. رغو in the TA, (see 4 in that art.) that مَلِيكَةٌ is syn. with مَمْلُوكَةٌ.

أَمْلَكُ : see شَرْطٌ. and also أَمْلَأُ, and أَرَبٌ. b2: مَا أَمْلِكُ شَدًّا وَلاَ إِرْخَآءً: see شَدَّ.

مَمْلَكَةٌ A kingdom, or realm. (S.) مَمْلُوكٌ A slave; a bondman; syn. عَبْدٌ, (S,) or رَقِيقٌ. (TA.) In the present day, specially, A white male slave. (TA.) See مَرْبُوبٌ.

مكن

2 مَكَّنَهُ He gave him a place: (Jel, vi. 6:) he assigned him a place, and settled, or established, him. (Bd, ibid, where see more.) You say also, مَكَّنَ لَهُ فِى مَنْزِلٍ [He assigned, or gave, him a place in an abode]. (S in art. بوأ.) b2: مَكَّنَهُ مِنْ شَىْءٍ, and ↓ أَمْكَنَهُ, He made him to have mastery, or dominion, or ascendancy, or authority, and power, over a thing; (Msb;) put it in his power. b3: مَكَّنَهُ مِنَ الشَّىْءِ, and مِنْهُ ↓ أَمْكَنَ, He empowered him, enabled him, or rendered him able, to do the thing: he enabled him to have the thing within his power. Ex. أَمْكَنَ ↓ يَدَيْهِ مِنْ رُكْبَتَيْهِ He enabled his hands to take and grasp his knees. from a trad. (Mgh.) 4 أَمْكَنَهُ مِنْ شَىْءِ He made him to have a thing within his power, or reach: enabled him to do, reach, get, or obtain, a thing. See 2. b2: أَمْكَنَهُ It was within his power, or reach; was possible, or practicable, to him. b3: أَمْكَنَهُ It became easy to him. (Msb.) It (an object of the chase) offered him an opportunity to shoot it or capture it; or became within his power, or reach. b4: أَمْكِنِى, said to a woman, [meaning Empower thou; i. e. grant thou access;] occurs in a poem. (S, art. عرض.) b5: أَمْكَنَتْهُ She granted him attainment.5 تَمَكَّنَ i. q. اِسْتَقَرَّ: (Msb, art. قر:) it is very often used in this sense, as meaning He, or it, settled; became fixed, or established; it became fixed, or steady, in its place; when said of a man, particularly implying in authority and power: see قَرَّ. b2: تَمَكَّنَ مِنْ شَىْءٍ, and ↓ اِسْتَمْكَنَ, He became possessed of mastery, or dominion, or ascendancy, or authority, and power, over a thing; he was able to avail himself of it: [he was, or became, within reach of him, or it.] (Msb.) b3: تَمَكَّنَ مِنْهُ He assumed authority over him.10 اِسْتَمْكَنَ : see 5. b2: He, or it, was, or became, firm. It seems sometimes to mean It (a plant) took firm root.

مُكْنَةٌ , (Msb, TA,) with damm, (TA,) Power; (Msb, * TA;) ability; (TA;) strength. (Msb.) مَكِنَةٌ i. q. تَمَكُّنُ. (Sh, TA.) b2: النَّاسُ عَلَى مَكِنَاتِهِمْ means على مَقَارِّهِمْ. (IAar, TA.) مَكَّانُ : see مَصَّانٌ in art. مص.

مَكْنَانٌ : see رَيِّحَةٌ.

مَكَانَةٌ Greatness, and high rank or standing, in the estimation of the Sultán: (Msb:) an honourable place in the estimation of a king. (K.) جَلَسَ مُتَمَكِّنًا He sat in a firm, or settled, posture; as when one sits cross-legged.