maktūm

hidden, secret, concealed

مَكْتُوم

Word

Adjective · pattern مَفْعُول

Root

ك ت م

In the library

وإن للبين في إظهار السرائر المطوية عملاً عجباً : ولقد رأيت من كان حبه مكتوماً وبما يجد فيه مستتراً حتى وقع حادث الفراق فباح المكنون وظهر الخفي .

The Ring of the Dove, page 141 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries

كَتَمَ Form I He concealed, or suppressed

, aor. , inf. n. كَتْمٌ [and كِتْمَانٌ], doubly trans., He concealed, or suppressed, a secret. (Mgh.) ― -b2- كَتَمَ الرَّبْوَ: see a verse cited in the last paragraph of art. عور.
تَكَتَّمَ Form V He (a man) concealed, or hid, himself

(K, art. دلس) He (a man) concealed, or hid, himself. (T, K, same art.)
تَكَاتَمُوا Form VI They practised concealment, one with another

They practised concealment, one with another: see تَدَافَنُوا.
كَتُومٌ A strict concealer of secrets

A strict concealer of secrets.
كَاتِمٌ Open entry

meaning مَكْتُومٌ: see دَافِقٌ, in two places. ― -b2- فِى كَاتِمِ السِّرِّ: see a verse cited in conj. 3 of art. عرض.

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