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5 تأتّى لَهُ ذ It (an affair, T, Mgh, Msb, K, or a thing, S, M) was, or became, prepared, disposed, arranged, or put into a good or right state, for him; (T, * S, M, Mgh, Msb, K;) and hence, it (a thing) was, or became, feasible or practicable, and easy, to him; (Mgh;) it (an affair) was, or became, facilitated, or easy, to him; (Msb;) the way thereof (i. e. of an affair) was, or became, facilitated, or easy, to him. (TA.) The following is an ex.: “ تَأَتَّى لَهُ الدَّهْرُ حَتَّى انْجَبَرْ
” [Fortune became well, or rightly, disposed for him, so that he became restored to wealth, or competence]: (T:) or تَأَتَّى لَهُ الخَيْرُ الخ[good fortune, or prosperity, became prepared, &c., for him, &c.]. (So in the TA.) And hence the saying, هٰذَا مِمَّا يَتَأَتَّى لِىَ المَضْغُ This is of the things which it is feasible or practicable, and easy, to me to chew. (Mgh). ― -b2- He applied himself to it with gentleness, (As, S, K,) and so تأتّى لَهَا, meaning لِحَاجَتِهِ, to his needful affair or business, (T,) and entered into it, engaged in it, occupied himself with it, did it, executed it, or performed it, by the way, or manner, proper, or suitable, to it. (As, T, S, K. [In the CK, for أَتَاهُ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ, we find اتاهُ عن وَجْهِه.]) And تأتّى فِى أَمرِهِ He used gentleness, or acted gently, in his affair. (Msb.) ― -b3- تأتّى لَهُ بِسَهْمٍ حَتَّى أَصَابَهُ He sought him leisurely or repeatedly [with an arrow, app. taking aim in one direction and then in another, until he hit him]. (Z, TA.) ― -b4- جَآءَ فُلَانٌ يَتَأَتَّىis explained by Fr as meaning يَتَعَرَّضُ لِمَعْرُوفِكَ[Such a one came, or has come, addressing, or applying, or directing, himself, or his regard, or attention, or mind, to obtain thy favour, or bounty]. (S.) And you say, تأتّى لِمَعرُوفِهِ, meaning تَعَرَّضَ لَهُ[He addressed, applied, or directed, himself, &c., to obtain his favour, or bounty]. (TA.) ― -b5- Some say that تأتّىsignifies He prepared himself to rise, or stand. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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