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بَلَغَ فُلَانٌ فِى العِلْمِ أَطْوَرَيْهِ ذ Such a one attained the two extremes of science, or learning; (S, O;) the beginning and the end thereof; (S, O, K;) as also أَطْوَرِيهِ: (K:) or the latter, which is the form mentioned by AZ, (S, O,) and by IAar, (Sh, TA,) signifies the utmost point thereof; accord. to AZ, as related by A 'Obeyd: (S, O:) or he attained, in science, or learning, his utmost, and his ambition; accord. to IAar: (Sh, TA:) or بَلَغَ أَطْوَرَيْهِ he attained the utmost of his endeavour. (L.) ― -b2- بَلَغْتُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ أَطْوَرَيْهِ I did the utmost in the case of such a one. (ISk, TA.) ― -b3- رَكِبَ فُلَانٌ الدَّهْرَ وَأَطْوَرَيْهِ [Such a one encountered fortune and] its two extremes. (As, TA.) ― -b4- لَقِىَ مِنْهُ الأَطْوَرِينَ, with kesr to the ر, He experienced from him, or it, calamity. (As, O, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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