Arabic

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Root
ء م ر (ʔ m r)
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اِئْتَمَرَ (iʔtamara) VIII (non-past يَأْتَمِرُ (yaʔtamiru), verbal noun اِئْتِمَار (iʔtimār))

  1. to deliberate (about) [with بِ (bi)]
  2. to conspire (against) [with بِ (bi) or عَلَى (ʕalā)]
    • 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˺.”
      Translation by Mustafa Khattab
  3. to command one another

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