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1 لَمَعَ ذ It (lightning, &c.) shone; shone brightly; gleamed; glistened. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- لَمَعَ بِيَدِهِ, (K, TA,) and بِثَوْبِهِ, (TA, S, K, &c., in art. خفق &c.,) and بِسَيْفِهِ, (TA,) He signalled, or made a sign, with his hand or arm, (K, TA,) and with his garment, and with his sword; or did so for the purpose of information or warning; by raising it, and moving it about, [or waving it, or brandishing it, i. e., he waved it as a sign or signal,] in order that another might see it, and come to him; as also ↓ أَلْمَعَ ; but the former is the more approved; [i. q. Lat. micuit;] and sometimes the verb is used without the mention of the hand or arm [&c.]. (TA.) See a verse cited voce فَرْضٌ. ― -b3- لَمَعَ بِسَيْفِهِ, (S, and K, art. لوح,) and بِثَوْبِهِ, (S, ibid, and S, K, &c., in art. خفق.) He made a sign with his sword, and with his garment, [waving it about, to make it seen by some one whom he desired to see it]. (S, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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