ك • ت • م

, aor. كَتُمَ , inf. n. كَتْمٌ [and كِتْمَانٌ], doubly trans., He concealed, or suppressed, a secret. (Mgh.) كَتَمَ الرَّبْوَ: see a verse cited in the last paragraph of art. عور.

(K, art. دلس) He (a man) concealed, or hid, himself. (T, K, same art.)

They practised concealment, one with another: see تَدَافَنُوا.

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