عمى

عَمًى ذ [sometimes written عَمًا] inf. n. of عَمِىَ [q. v.]. (S, * Msb, K.) [Hence the saying, لَا شَلَلًا وَلَا عَمًى: see 1 in art. شل. Hence also one says, رَكِبَ أَمْرًا عَلَى العَمَى, meaning He ventured upon, or embarked in, an affair blindly; like عَلَى غَيْرِ بَصِيرَةِ.] -A2- See also أَعْمَاآءٌ. -A3- And see عَمَاآءٌ, in two places. -A4- Also Stature: and height. (K.) One says, مَا أَحْسَنَ عَمَى هٰذَا الرَّجُلِ i. e. [ How goodly is ] the height, or the stature, of this man! (TA.) -A5- And Dust; syn. غُبَارٌ. (K.) -A6- In the saying of a rájiz, describing a skin of milk, because of its whiteness, يَحْسَبُهُ الجَاهِلُ مَا كَانَ عَمَا شَيْخًا عَلَى كُرْسِيِّةِ مُعَمَّمَا [ The ignorant would think it, while there was remoteness, to be an old man upon his chair, turbaned, ] the meaning is looking at it from afar; for العَمَا in this case signifies remoteness. (TA.)