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10 استطلعهُ ذ signifies طَلَبَ طُلُوعَهُ (assumed tropical:) [He sought, or desired, its, or his, coming forth, or appearance]. (Har p. 47.) [And hence, (assumed tropical:) He sought, or desired, to elicit, or to discover, it: he sought, or desired, information respecting it, مِنْهُ of him: and he asked him to tell him a thing. (See Har pp. 134 and 82.)] You say, استطلع رَأْىَ فُلَانٍ (S, O, K, TA) (tropical:) He looked to see what was the opinion, or advice, of such a one, (O, K, TA,) and what would be shown to him [thereof] respecting his affair, or case. (O, K.) It is doubly trans. [as shown above]: you say, اِسْتَطْلَعْتُ زَيْدًا رَأْيَهُ; as well as استطلعت رَأْىَ زَيْدٍ. (Har p. 322.) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) He took it away, or went away with it. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) You say, استطلع مَالَهُ (assumed tropical:) He took away, or went away with, his property. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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