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أُمَّانٌ

Root: امن

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أُمَّانٌ : see أَمينٌ, in two places.

def.2 Also One who does not write; as though he were (كَأَنَّهُ [in the CK لاَنَّهُ because he is]) an أُمِّى. [But this belongs to art. ام; being of the measure فُعْلَانٌ, like عُرْيَانٌ.]
2 And A sower, or cultivator of land; [perhaps meaning a clown, or boor;] syn. زَرَّاعٌ: or sowers, or cultivators of land; syn. زُرَّاعٌ: in one copy of the K زِرَاع.
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