v. (VIII)

medk ḥadíd kor aḷ-ḷegšóḷ wa-yemáṭa énhi wa-ḷaṭ medk toy wamóted énhi wa-med énhi ˁéľfe di-ḥaḷf ‘I straightened an iron rod, to prevent its being broken into two parts (by the builders), and to make it of the right length, reaching from one side of the house to another. Then I straightened it, and it became straightened, and it (was of the right length and) took the required amount of space in the house’ (Bulakh 2024:193)

Cf. CSOL II 532, LS 238

• med to pull, to stretch
• emtέdid to stretch, spread (transitive)