اعتام

, (S, K,) aorist يَعْتَامُ, verbal noun اِعْتِيَامٌ, (TA,) He took, (S, K,) or chose, (T, TA,) the عِيمَة, i. e. the choice, or best, or excellent, of the camels or other property. (T, S, K, TA.) Tarafeh says,

أَرَى المَوْتَ يَعْتَامُ الكِرَامَ وَيَصْطَفِى

عَقِيلَةَ مَالِ الفَاحِشِ المُتَشَدِّدِ

[I see that death chooses the generous, and selects the most excellent of the property of the tenacious niggard]. (TA.) [See also اِعْتَمَاهُ, in article عمى.]

And اعتامهُ signifies also قَصَدَهُ [i. e. He tended, betook himself, or directed himself or his course or aim, to, or towards, him, or it; &c.]; like اِعْتَمَاهُ. (TA.)