makman

ambush

مَكْمَن

Word

Noun · pattern مَفْعَل

Root

ك م ن

Forms

Plural: مَكامِن

In the library

فصار بذلك للمحققين من أهل السنة انحراف عنه وتحذير للجمهور من مكامنه، مع إقرارهم برسوخ قدمه فيما يتعلق باللسان والبلاغة.

The Muqaddimah, page 262 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries

الكَامَانُ المُذَابُ Open entry

, mentioned in the TA, in art. نبط, i. q. عِلْكُ الأَنْبَاط, which is applied as a لزوق to a wound.
كَامِنٌ Latent

Latent.
مَكْمَنٌ A place of concealment, a lurking-place

A place of concealment, a lurking-place: (Mgh, Msb:) pl. مَكَامِنُ. (Msb.)

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