Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ط

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4 اطلبهُ ذ He performed, or accomplished, for him, (S, A, O, Msb, TA,) that which he sought, or demanded, (S, A, * O, Msb,) or the object of his want: (TA:) or he gave him that which he sought, or demanded. (K.) A man said to the Prophet, إِِلَىَّ طَلِبَةً فَإِِنِّى أُحِبُّ أَنْ أُطْلِبَكَهَا ↓ اُطْلُبْ i. e. [Ask thou of me] an object of want, [for I love] to perform it, or accomplish it, for thee. (TA.) And one says, إِِلَىَّ فَأَطْلَبْتُهُ ↓ طَلَبَ i. e. [He asked of me a thing] and I performed, or accomplished, for him that which he sought, or demanded. (TA.) And اطلبهُ الشَّىْءَ He aided him, or helped him, to seek the thing. (TA.) And أَطْلِبْنِى Aid thou me to seek. (Lh, TA.) ― -b2- Also He, or it, (said of a man, Msb, and of poverty, A,) necessitated his seeking, or demanding. (S, A, O, Msb, K.) Thus it has two contr. significations. (S, O, K.) ― -b3- And hence, (S, O,) أَطْلَبَ said of water, and of pasture, or herbage, (S, A, O,) &c., (S, O,) It was distant, or remote, (S, A, O,) so as to be not attainable but by seeking, (S, O,) or so that it was sought. (A.)