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عقم
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaعَقْمٌ ذ and ↓ عَقْمَةٌ and ↓ عِقْمَةٌ A red [ garment of the sort called ] مِرْط [q. v.]: or any red garment: and the last signifies a variegated, or figured, cloth or garment; syn. وَشْىٌ: (K:) [see an ex. of this last in a verse cited voce جِرْمَةٌ:] or all signify a certain sort of وَشْى: (S:) or, accord. to Lh, the last signifies one of the sorts of variegated, or figured, cloths [ that serve for the coverings ] of the [ women's camel-vehicles called ] هَوَادِج; (TA;) as also the second; and so عَقْبَةٌ: (O and TA in art. عقب:) but some, Lh adds, say that it signifies sorts of لَبِن [evidently, I think, a mistranscription for لِبْس i. e. clothing ], white and red. (TA.)
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عَقْمٌ
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