what does the word "ALIMTA" in Arabic mean in English?

Dear mikeginnyc,

The Arabic word "'alimta" is a verb and means in English "to know".
For example like in: Hal ma`alimta = What you came to know.

Sources:

Al Misbar: Online Dictionary Arabic-English
http://www.almisbar.com/dict_page.html

Michael Sells, "Re: Jew teacher b/w Anas & Anisa / Ostrich Song 1"
Online posting (1993-04-23). <soc.culture.arabic> via Google Groups
http://groups.google.de/groups?q=alimta+arabic+knowledge&hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&selm=1r9nj2%24ff1%40venus.haverford.edu&rnum=1

Islam-QA.com: Problems and Solutions
http://www.islam-qa.com/Books/Shakawa/english.shtml

Salawat.com: DALAILU'L KHAIRAAT SHAREEF
://www.google.de/search?q=cache:UNNPZ6wt3hkC:www.salawat.com/dks/wednesday_1.htm+ALIMTA+arabic&hl=de&ie=UTF-8

themuslimwoman.com: Short Temper
http://www.themuslimwoman.com/hertongue/ShortTemper.htm

Search terms used:
arabic alimta
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alimta arabic know (in Google Groups!)
http://groups.google.de/groups?hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=alimta+arabic+know
"ma alimta"
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