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2 أمّرهُ ذ , inf. n. تَأْمِيرٌ, He made him, or appointed him, commander, governor, lord, prince, or king. (S, * Mgh, Msb.) [And it seems to be indicated in the S that ↓ أَمَرَهُ , without teshdeed, signifies the same.] See 1, in three places. You say also, أُمِّرَعَلَيْنَا (A, TA) He was made, or appointed, commander, &c., over us. (TA.) ― -b2- Also He appointed him judge, or umpire. (Mgh.) ― -b3- أمّر القَنَاةَ (assumed tropical:) He affixed a spear-head to the cane or spear. (T, M.) [See also the pass. part. n., below.] ― -b4- أمّرأَمَارَةٍ He made [a thing] a sign, or mark, to show the way. (T.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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