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عوم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عَامِيٌّ ذ a rel. n., from عَامٌ; (Msb, TA;) A year old. (TA in arts. حول and دول, &c.) And applied to a plant as meaning A year old, and therefore dry. (Msb, TA. *) It is also applied to a [vestige, or relic, of a dwelling, such as is termed] رَسْم, or طَلَل, as meaning Over which a year has passed. (TA.) And it is applied, in a trad., as an epithet to the حَنْظَل [or colocynth, meaning That is of service in the year of drought, or barrenness ]; because it is procured, or prepared [as an article of food], in the year of drought, or barrenness. (TA.)

Derived headwords

عَامِيٌّ
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