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Root
ء م ر (ʔ-m-r)

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Verb edit

اِيتَمَرَ or اِئْتَمَرَ (iʔtamara or ītamara) VIII, non-past يَأْتَمِرُ‎ (yaʔtamiru)

  1. to deliberate (about) [+ بِ (object)]
  2. to conspire (against) [+ بِ (object)] or [+ عَلَى (object)]
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:20:
      وَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَقْصَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْعَى قَالَ يَا مُوسَى إِنَّ ٱلْمَلَأَ يَأْتَمِرُونَ بِكَ لِيَقْتُلُوكَ فَٱخْرُجْ إِنِّي لَكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاصِحِينَ
      wajāʔa rajulun min ʔaqṣā l-madīnati yasʕā qāla yā mūsā ʔinna l-malaʔa yaʔtamirūna bika li-yaqtulūka fa-ḵruj ʔinnī laka mina n-nāṣiḥīna
      And there came a man, rushing from the farthest end of the city. He said, “O Moses! The chiefs are actually conspiring against you to put you to death, so leave ˹the city˺. I really advise you ˹to do so˺.”
  3. to command one another

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