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الءيم

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the state of being unmarried or widowed for a woman, and unmarried for a man. It also extends to concepts of loss, deficiency, and certain specific terms like a type of snake, a disease in camels, and a historical tribe.

Derived headwords

الأَيِّمnoun
  1. 1.
    widowboth

    A woman who has no husband, whether she was a virgin or previously married.

  2. 2.
    bachelorboth

    A man who has no wife.

  3. 3.
    freeborn womanclassical

    A woman of noble or free birth.

  4. 4.
    relativeclassical

    Kinship, such as a daughter or sister or aunt.

  5. 5.
    mountainclassical

    A mountain located in the Hima Dhariyah region.

  6. 6.
    snakeclassical

    A white, slender snake.

أَيِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be widowedboth

    A woman becomes widowed.

  2. 2.
    to be unmarriedboth

    A man remains unmarried.

أَيْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    widowhoodboth

    The state of being a widow.

  2. 2.
    unmarried stateboth

    The state of being unmarried.

أَيَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to marry (a woman)classical

    To marry a woman, making her a widow (in the sense of taking her as a wife).

أَيَّمَهاverb
  1. 1.
    to marry herclassical

    To marry her, making her a widow (in the sense of taking her as a wife).

أَيْمَانadjective
  1. 1.
    related to womenclassical

    Pertaining to women, specifically in the context of being unmarried or widowed.

عَيْمَانadjective
  1. 1.
    related to milkclassical

    Pertaining to milk, often in the context of young animals or sustenance.

أَيْمَىadjective
  1. 1.
    unmarried womanboth

    A woman who is unmarried or widowed.

عَيْمَىadjective
  1. 1.
    related to milkclassical

    Pertaining to milk, often in the context of young animals or sustenance.

مَأْيَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cause of widowhoodclassical

    Something that causes women to become widows, such as war.

تَأَيَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to remain unmarriedboth

    To remain for a long time without getting married.

تَأْيِيمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    prolonged celibacyclassical

    The act of remaining unmarried for a long time.

آمَverb
  1. 1.
    to perishclassical

    To perish, referring to livestock or property, often due to the loss of the wife.

عَامَverb
  1. 1.
    to perishclassical

    To perish, referring to livestock or property, often due to the loss of the wife.

الإِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    snakeclassical

    A white, slender snake.

الآَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    defectclassical

    A defect or deficiency.

  2. 2.
    disgraceclassical

    A blemish or disgrace.

بَنُو إِيَامname
  1. 1.
    Iyam tribeclassical

    A lineage or tribe named Iyam.

المُؤَيِّمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    wealthy widowclassical

    A wealthy woman who has no husband.

الأَيَّامnoun
  1. 1.
    camel diseaseclassical

    A disease affecting camels.

  2. 2.
    smokeclassical

    Smoke, or a smoky haze.

الإَيَامِيَّانname
  1. 1.
    Iyamiyyanclassical

    A nisba (attribution) indicating origin from the Iyam tribe or region, referring to narrators.

آَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to smoke (bees)classical

    To smoke out bees in order to harvest honey.

Parallel reading

الأَيِّمُ: مَنْ لا زَوْجَ لَهَا، بِكْرًا أَوْ ثَيِّبًا، وَمَنْ لا امْرَأَةَ لَهُ
The widow: she is one who has no husband, whether a virgin or previously married, and he is one who has no wife.
وَقَدْ آمَتْ تَؤِيمُ أَيْمًا وَأُيُومًا وَأَيْمَةً وَإِيمَةً
And she became widowed, becoming a widow (ayman) and (with other plural forms).
وَأَأَمْتُهَا: تَزَوَّجْتُهَا أَيِّمًا
And I married her: I married her as a widow (or, I took her in marriage).
وَرَجُلٌ أَيْمَانٌ عَيْمَانٌ فَأَيْمَانٌ إِلَى النِّسَاءِ، وَعَيْمَانٌ إِلَى اللَّبَنِ
And a man is 'ayman' and 'ayman'; 'ayman' refers to women (unmarried/widowed), and 'ayman' refers to milk.
وَامْرَأَةٌ أَيْمَى عَيْمَى
And a woman is 'ayma' and 'ayma'.
وَالْحَرْبُ مَأْيَمَةٌ لِلنِّسَاءِ
And war is a cause of widowhood for women.
وَتَأَيَّمَ: مَكَثَ زَمَانًا لَمْ يَتَزَوَّجْ
And he remained unmarried: he stayed for a time without marrying.
وَأَيَّمَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى تَأْيِيمًا
And Allah Almighty caused him to remain unmarried for a long time.
وَمَالُهُ آمَ وَعَامَ، أَيْ هَلَكَتْ امْرَأَتُهُ وَمَاشِيَتُهُ حَتَّى يَؤُومَ وَيَعِيمَ
And his property perished and was destroyed, meaning his wife and his livestock perished until he became widowed and his livestock perished.
وَالْآَمَةُ: الْعَيْبُ وَالنَّقْصُ، وَالْغَضَاضَةُ
And 'al-aamah': the defect and the deficiency, and the blemish.
وَالْأَيَّامُ، كَغُرَابٍ وَكِتَابٍ: دَاءٌ فِي الْإِبِلِ، وَالدُّخَانُ
And 'al-ayyam', like 'ghurab' and 'kitab': a disease in camels, and smoke.
وَزَبِيدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، وَالْعَلَاءُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ الْإَيَامِيَّانِ: مُحَدِّثَانِ
And Zubayd ibn al-Harith, and al-Ala' ibn Abd al-Karim al-Iyamiyyan: two hadith narrators.
وَآَمَ إِيَامًا: دَخَّنَ عَلَى النَّحْلِ لِيَشْتَارَ الْعَسَلَ
And he smoked (bees): he smoked over the bees to extract the honey.