Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

كَتَمَ, aor. ـُ {يَكْتُمُ}, 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.

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

تَكَاتَمُوا They practised concealment, one with another: see تَدَافَنُوا.

كَتُومٌ A strict concealer of secrets.

كَاتِمٌ meaning مَكْتُومٌ: see دَافِقٌ, in two places.

فِى كَاتِمِ السِّرِّ: see a verse cited in conj. 3 of art. عرض.