سقم

سُقْمٌ ذ and ↓ سَقَمٌ and ↓ سَقَامٌ [are all inf. ns.; or the last, accord. to the Msb, is a simple subst.; and all are used as substs., signifying] A disease, disorder, distemper, malady, sickness, or an illness; syn. مَرَضٌ: (S, K, TA:) سُقْمٌ and مَرَضٌ are both said to be in the body, and also (assumed tropical:) in religion [&c., as is implied by phrases mentioned below, voce سَقِيمٌ]: (Aboo-Is-hák, TA in art. مرض:) pl. [of the first] أَسْقَامٌ. (TA.) ↓ سَقَمُ الجُفُونِ means (assumed tropical:) Languidness, and slowness in motion, of the eyelids. (Har p. 113.)