نعم

نَعَامَةٌ ذ The blackness of night. (S in art. سقط.) see an ex. voce سقْطٌ. ― -b2- نَعَامَةٌ The ostrich: it sometimes denotes the female. See مَخْزُومٌ and جَراَدٌ. ― -b3- شاَلَتْ نَعَامَتُهُمْ: see طَائِرٌ, زَأْلٌ, شَالَ, and a verse voce اـِمَّا. ― -b4- اِبْنُ النَّعَامَةِ The shank-bone: and a certain vein in the leg: and the middle, or beaten track, of the road: and the brisk, lively, or sprightly, horse: and the drawer of water (السَّانِى) who is at the head of the well. (T in art. بنى.) ― -b5- نَعَامَةٌ and نَعَامَتَانِ of a well see زُرْنُوقٌ. ― -b6- النَّعَائِمُ Nine stars [ of Sagittarius ], behind الشَّوْلَةُ, four in the Milky Way, [ β, γ, δ, and ε ,] called النعائمُ الوَارِدَةُ, as though drinking; and four without the Milky Way β, γ, δ, ε, , [c, s, t, and f,] called النعائمُ الصَّادِرَةُ, as though returning from drinking; and the ninth, [ λ ,] [ not mentioned by some, ] high between them: each of the two fours forming the corners of a quadrilateral figure. The twentieth Mansion of the Moon. (El- Kazweenee.)