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مَأْتًى ذ A place of coming. (Msb.) [And ↓ مَأْتَاةً signifies the same: or A road, or way, by which one comes; a way of access; an approach; as also مَأْتًى: or, more properly, a means of coming.] ― -b2- مَأْتَى المَرْأَةِ[The place of access of the woman; i. e. the meatus of her vagina; or her vagina itself;] the مَحِيض, or place of menstruation, of the woman. (Zj in the TA in art. حيض.) ― -b3- مَأْتَىِ الأَمرِand ↓ مَأْتَاتُهُ The way, or manner, (وَجْه, S, or جِهَة, M, K,) of the affair, (S, M, K,) by which it is, or is to be, entered into, engaged in, done, executed, or performed; like as you say مَعْنَي الكَلَامِand مَعْنَاتُهُ, meaning the same by both. (S.) You say, أَتَيْتُ الأَمْرَ مِنْ مَأْتاهُand ↓ مَأْتَاتِهِ , (S, M,) i. e., مِنْ وَجْهِهِ الَّذِي يُؤُتَى مِنْهُ[I entered into, engaged in, did, executed, or performed, the affair by the way, or manner, whereby it should be entered into, &c.], (S,) or مِنْ جِهَتِهِ [which means the same]. (M.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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