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عمت

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عِمِّيتٌ ذ A clever, or an intelligent, watcher, or guardian: (S, O, K:) or a knowing, intelligent, keeper, or preserver, or guardian: (Az, TA:) and a clever, or an intelligent, and a bold, man. (TA.) ― -b2- And (some say, S, O) Ignorant and weak. (S, O, K.) ― -b3- And (some say, O) Drunken: (O, K:) and who cannot go aright, or knows not the course, or way, that he would pursue: (K:) which last explanation and that which immediately precedes it (i. e. “ drunken ”) appear, from the L and other lexicons, to be one signification. (TA.) The pl. is عَمَامِيتُ. (S, O.)

Derived headwords

عِمِّيتٌ
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