عمد

عَمُودٌ ذ a word of well-known meaning, (Msb, K,) The عَمُود of a بَيْت, (S, O,) or of a خَيْمَة; (Mgh;) [i. e.] a pole of a tent; as also ↓ عِمَادٌ: and a column, or pillar, of a house or the like: (L:) pl. (of pauc., S, O) أَعْمِدَةٌ, and (of mult., S, O) عُمُدٌ, and (quasi-pl. n., L) ↓ عَمَدٌ. (S, O, L, Msb, K.) [The former is the primary, and more common, meaning: and hence the phrase] أَهْلُ عَمُودٍ (Lth, A, Msb) and عُمُدٍ or ↓ عَمَدٍ, (Msb,) or this last is not said, (L,) and ↓ أَهْلُ عِمَادٍ, (Lth, A, Msb, K,) [ The people of the tent-pole or of the tent-poles; ] meaning the people of, or who dwell in, tents: (Lth, A, Msb, K:) or the last means the people of lofty tents, (K,) or of lofty structures. (TA.) تَرَوْنَهَا ↓ خَلَقَ ا@لسَّمٰوَاتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ, in the Kur [xxxi. 9 (and see also xiii. 2)], (O, L,) accord. to Ibn-'Arafeh, (O,) or Fr, (L,) means either He created the heavens without عَمَد [or pillars ] as ye see them; and with the sight ye need not information: or He created the heavens with pillars (عَمَد) that ye see not; [i. e., with invisible pillars; ] (O, * L;) the pillars that are not seen being his power; or, accord. to Lth, Mount Káf, which surrounds the world [or earth]; the sky being like a cupola, whereof the extremities rest on that mountain, which is of green chrysolite, whence, it is said, results the greenness of the sky. (L.) And ↓ عَمَدٍ and عُمُدٍ in the Kur [civ., last verse], accord. to different readings, are pls. [or rather the former is a quasipl. n.] of عَمُودٌ; (Fr, L;) or of ↓ عِمَادٌ; and mean [ pillars ] of fire. (Zj, L.) ― -b2- Also Any tent (خِبَاآء) supported on poles: or any tent extending to a considerable length along the ground, supported on many poles. (L.) ― -b3- See also عُمْدَةٌ, in two places. ― -b4- [Hence,] A lord, master, or chief, (S, O, K,) of a people, or party; (S, O;) as also ↓ عَمِيدٌ; (S, A, O, K;) both signify a lord, master, or chief, upon whom persons stay themselves, or rely, in their affairs, or to whom they betake themselves, or have recourse; and the pl. of the latter is عُمَدَاآءُ. (TA.) And (accord. to IAar, O, L, TA) The رَئِيس [or chief, or commander ], (so in the L, and in the copy of the K followed in the TA,) or رَسِيل [app. meaning, if correct, the scout, or emissary, or perhaps the advanced guard ], (so in the O, and in the CK, and in my MS. copy of the K,) of an army; (O, L, K;) also called the زُوَيْر [which corroborates the former explanation, being syn. with رَئِيس]; (L, TA; [in the O written زَوِير;]) as also ↓ عِمَادٌ and ↓ عُمْدَةٌ and ↓ عُمْدَانٌ. (O, L, K.) ― -b5- Also, [from the same word in the first of the senses expl. above,] A staff, or stick. (L.) ― -b6- And A weapon made of iron, with which one beats, or strikes; (Mgh;) a rod of iron; (L;) [ a kind of mace; app. a rod of iron with a ball of the same metal at the head: I have heard this appellation applied to the kind of weapon which I have mentioned in an explanation of طَوَارِقُ, pl. of طَارِقَةٌ, q. v.; and it is vulgarly said, in Egypt, to have been used by the فِدَاوِيَّة, the sect called in our histories of the Crusades “ the Assassins: ”] pl. [of pauc.] أَعْمِدَةٌ. (Mgh.) ― -b7- [And A bar of iron, or of any metal. ― -b8- And A perpendicular. ] ― -b9- And A slender and lofty mountain: so in the saying, العُقَابُ تَبِيضُ فِى رَأْسِ عَمُودٍ [ The eagle lays her eggs in the top of a slender and lofty mountain ]. (A.) ― -b10- عَمُودُ البِئْرِ [ Each of ] the two upright supports (قَائِمَتَانِ [or قَامَتَانِ]) upon which is [ placed the horizontal cross-piece of wood whereto is suspended ] the great pulley (مَحَالَة) of the well: (O, K:) [both together being termed the عَمُودَانِ:] a poet says, اـِذَا ا@سْتَقَلَّتْ رَجَفَ العَمُودَانْ [ When it (the bucket, الدَّلْوُ,) rises, the two upright supports of the piece of wood to which hangs the great pulley tremble ]. (O.) ― -b11- عَمُودُ الظَّلِيم [ Each of ] the two legs of the male ostrich: (K:) his two legs are called his عَمُودَانِ. (O, L, TA.) ― -b12- عَمُودُ الصَّلِيبِ [ The upright timber of the cross ] is an appellation applied by the vulgar to the star [e] upon the tail of the constellation Delphinus. (Kzw.) ― -b13- عَمُودُ المِيزَانِ The شَاهِين, (K voce شاهين,) i. e. the beam of the balance; the same as the مِنْجَم, except that it (the عَمُود) is generally of the قَبَّان, or steelyard. (MA.) ― -b14- عَمُودُ السَّيْفِ The شَطِيبَة [or شُطْبَة, generally meaning a ridge, but sometimes a channel, or depressed line, ] that is in the مَتْن [or broad side, or middle of the broad side, of the blade ] of the sword, (En-Nadr, O, K,) in the middle of its مَتْن, extending to its lower part: (En-Nadr, O:) [the swords of the Arabs in the earlier ages being generally straight and twoedged:] and sometimes the sword had three أَعْمِدَة [pl. of pauc. of عَمُودٌ] in its back, termed شُطُب and شَطَائِب. (En-Nadr, O.) ― -b15- And عَمُودُ السِّنَانِ The ridge (عَيْر, in the O and in copies of the K [erroneously] written غَيْر,) rising along the middle of the spear-head, between its two cutting sides. (ISh, O, L, K. *) ― -b16- عَمُودُ البَطْنِ The back; (S, A, Mgh, O, L, K;) because it supports the belly: (Mgh, O, L:) or a vein (عِرْق), (K,) or a thing resembling a vein, (O, L,) extending from the place of the رُهَابَة [or lower extremity of the sternum ] to a little below the navel, (O, L, K,) in the middle whereof the belly of the sheep or goat is cut open; so says Lth: (O, L:) or, accord. to Lth, a vein extending from the رهابة to the navel. (Mgh.) They said, حمَلَهُ عَلَى عَمُودِ بَطْنِهِ, meaning He carried it on his back: (S, O, L:) or, in the opinion of A'Obeyd, (tropical:) with difficulty, or trouble, and fatigue; whether upon his back or not. (O, L.) ― -b17- عَمُودُ الكَبِدِ The rising thing (المُشْرِفُ [app. meaning the longitudinal ligament ]) in the middle of the liver: (Zj in his “ Khalk el-Insán: ”) or a certain vein that irrigates the liver: (Lth, O, L, K:) or عَمُودَا الكَبِدِ signifies [...]