to encircle, surround → to understand 1 realization Unique
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme ʔaḥāṭa
meaning 1 to surround ʔaḥāṭa l-qawm-u bil-balad-i ‘The people surrounded the sides of the town’ (Lane 671)
direction →
meaning 2 to understand wa-lā yuḥīṭūna bi-šayʔ-in min ʕilm-i-hi ‘they encompass not a thing of His knowledge’ (al-Qurʔān- 2:255)
reference Lane: 671
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