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Form 1 · Form 5 · Form 6 · 5 entries · Qur'ānic frequency 21

Form 1كَتَمَ2 senses · 1 main

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarكَتْمٌ

Core sense — he concealed a secret, he suppressed itgenerated

1.1

He concealed, or suppressed, a secret. Doubly transitive.

[and كِتْمَانٌ].

1.1.1

For كَتَمَ الرَّبْوَ, see a verse cited in the last paragraph of art. عور.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 2 shown of 20

2:42

وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth when ye know (what it is).

21:110

إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْتُمُونَ

"It is He Who knows what is open in speech and what ye hide (in your hearts).

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, aor. كَتُمَ , inf. n. كَتْمٌ [and كِتْمَانٌ ], doubly trans., He concealed, or suppressed, a secret. (Mgh.) كَتَمَ الرَّبْوَ : see a verse cited in the last paragraph of art. عور .

Form 5تَكَتَّمَ1 sense

Core sense — he concealed himself, he hid himselfgenerated

5.1

Said of a man: he concealed, or hid, himself.

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(K, art. دلس ) He (a man) concealed, or hid, himself. (T, K, same art.)

Form 6تَكَاتَمُوا1 sense

Core sense — they practised concealment with one anothergenerated

6.1

They practised concealment, one with another: see تَدَافَنُوا.

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They practised concealment, one with another: see تَدَافَنُوا .

Derived nouns 2

Nounكَتُومٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who keeps secrets strictlygenerated

A strict concealer of secrets.

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A strict concealer of secrets.

Nounكَاتِمٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — concealing, keeping a secret hiddengenerated

In the sense of مَكْتُومٌ, see دَافِقٌ, in two places.

1.1

For فِى كَاتِمِ السِّرِّ, see a verse cited under form 3 of art. عرض.

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meaning مَكْتُومٌ : see دَافِقٌ , in two places. فِى كَاتِمِ السِّرِّ : see a verse cited in conj. 3 of art. عرض .