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1 مَضَى ذ and ↓ تَمَضَّى i. q. تَقَدَّمَ [He advanced, proceeded, &c.]. (M.) ― -b2- مَضَى He, or it, passed; passed away; went; or went away. (S, M, Msb, K.) ― -b3- [He went on.] ― -b4- مَضَى لَهُ, said of time: see تَسْهِيمٌ. ― -b5- [مَضَى فِى سَيْرِهِ He advanced, or pressed onward, with a penetrative energy or force, or a sharpness and effectiveness, in his pace.] ― -b6- مَضَىَ الأَمْرُ, and القَوْلُ, (assumed tropical:) The command, or order, and the saying, was effectual; had effect; was, or became, executed, or performed; syn. نَفَذَ. (Msb, art نفذ.) ― -b7- مَضَى فِى الأَمْرِ (assumed tropical:) He acted [or went on, and did so] with penetrative energy, or with sharpness, vigour, and effectiveness, in the affair; syn. نَفَذَ. (S, M, K.) See مَاضٍ فِى الأُمُورِ, below; and جَسَرَ. ― -b8- مَضَى عَلَى الأَمْرِ He executed, performed, or accomplished, the affair; as also ↓ أَمْضَاهُ : (S:) and he kept, or applied himself, constantly, or perseveringly, to it. (Msb.) ― -b9- مَضَيْتُ على بَيْعِى and ↓ أَمْضَيْتُهُ I effected, or executed, my sale. (K.) ― -b10- مَضَى It (a sword) cut; (M, K;) penetrated; was sharp.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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