ملتمس multamis A part. act. (VIII. of لمس) Begging, praying, supplicating.

مقيت muḳīt A (part. act. IV. from قوت) adj. Powerful, a guardian, keeper, feeder or nou- risher.

ما mā A (Heb. Chald. ) 1. Which, what, that which, whatsoever, as far as. 2. Why? Wherefore? 3. No, not. 4. How. 5. Some- what, something. مابعد mā baﻌd, What (is) after, following. مابقي يا بقيه mā-baḳī or -ba- ḳīya, The rest, remainder, remnant, arrears, balance. مابه الاحتياج mā bi-hi-l-iḥtiyāj, What- ever is necessary. ما حصل mā ḥaṣal, Any thing collected, the harvest, produce of fruit trees, &c. profit or income. ما حضر mā ḥaẓar, What is present or ready. ما صدق mā ṣadaḳ, What is true. ما فوق mā-fauḳ, What is above or excelling. مافي الضمير mā fi-ẓ-ẓamīr (comp. of ما What, في In, and ضمير Mind) Secret. ما قبل mā ḳabl, What (is) before, before. ما لاکلام mā-lā-kalām, What cannot be told, beyond description. مالا يطاق mā lā yut̤āḳ, Intolerable. مالا ينحل mā lā yanḥall, What cannot be untied or dissolved; inextricable. ما ورا mā warā, What is behind or beyond. ما يتحلل mā ya- taḥallal, That which is dissolved and has va- nished. ما يحتاج mā yuḥtāj, What is neces- sary. ما يؤل mā yaʼūl, What returns, what may come to pass.

معلا muʼaﻌllā A for معليٰ muʼaﻌllạ̄, q. v.

محرف muḥarraf A (part. pass. II. of حرف Heb. ) adj. Inverted, transposed.

مبـﮩم mubham A (part. pass. IV. of بـﮩم Heb. and Chald. ) adj. Occult, unknown, keeping concealed, ambiguous, equivocal.

ملنا milnā मेलन S̱. v. n. 1. To be mixed or

مقطع maḳt̤aﻌ A (noun of place or inf. from قطع Chald. ) s. m. 1. The last verse of a poem. 2. Cutting, amputating. ¶ miḳt̤aﻌ (noun of in- strum.) Shears for cutting cloth, silver, &c. a cutting instrument in general. ¶ muḳat̤t̤aﻌ (part. pass. II.) adj. 1. Cut, cut out, shaped. 2. Well dressed, well shaped, beautiful.

مـﮩدي mihdī S̱. s. f. Name of a plant. See مينـﮩدي meṅhdī.

منسج mansaj A or mansij (noun of place of نسج) s. m. A weaverʼs shop. ¶ minsaj (noun of instrum.) 1. The instrument by which the web is stretched when working. 2. The part of a horse about the fore shoulder and under the mane.