عوم

عَائِمٌ ذ [ Swimming; ] part. n. of عَامَ in the phrase عَامَ فِي المَاآءِ. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence,] سَفِينٌ عُوَّمٌ means عَائِمَةٌ [of which عُوَّمٌ is pl.; i. e. Ships coursing along ]. (TA.) -A2- One says سِنُونَ عُوَّمٌ, in which the latter word is a corroborative to the former; (S, K; *) [app. meaning Tedious, because severe, years; ] like as one says شُغْلٌ شَاغِلٌ: as though pl. of عَائِمٌ; but it is not used alone, because it is not a subst., being only a corroborative: (S:) or, as is said in the M, it should by rule be عُومٌ; for [it is pl. of ↓ أَعْوَمُ, and] the pl. of أَفْعَلُ is فُعْلٌ; but they pronounce it as above, as though the sing. were عَامٌ عَائِمٌ: ISd says, عَامٌ ↓ أَعْوَمُ is an intensive expression, and I think that the meaning is, [ A year ] that seems long to people because of its drought, or barrenness; and similar to it is ↓ عَامٌ مُعِيمٌ, mentioned by Lh. (TA.) -A3- عَائِمٌ is also [the name of] A certain idol (S, K) of the Arabs. (S.)