لجم

لُجْمَةٌ ذ and ↓ لِجَامٌ A thing from which one augurs evil; an omen, or a bodement, of evil: because it refrains one from a thing that he wants. (A, art. عطس.) ↓ لُجَمٌ, which is originally the plural of both, is also used as a sing. (A, ibid, where see an ex.) See عَطَسَ and عَطُوسٌ.