Lane’s articleمَعَ2 senses · 1 main
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A word, noun, or particle denoting accompaniment, and the like; generally pronounced this way in all cases.
MF: it is said to denote the beginning of accompaniment, though this is not always so — remarked under the word فِى.
1.1it has the same meaning as عِنْدَ العَصْرِ—جِئْتُ مَعَ العَصْرِ
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[generally thus in all cases] is a word, or noun, (S, K,) or particle, (K,) denoting concomitance, (S, K,) &c. (K.) It is said to denote the commencement of concomitance, though this is not invariably the case. (MF and TA, voce فِى .) جِئْتُ مَعَ العَصْرِ means عِنْدَ العَصْرِ . (Mughnee.)