Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

إِضْمَامَةٌ

Root: ضم

Full Definition

إِضْمَامَةٌ A bundle, (حُزْمَةٌ, Msb,) or number put, or joined, together, i. q. إِضْبَارَةٌ, of books or writings; as also ضِمَامَةٌ : pl. of the former أَضَامِيمُ. You say, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ بِإِضْمَامَةٍ مِنْ كُتُبٍ [Such a one brought a bundle of books or writings].
2 And A company, or collection, of men, or people, not of one stock, but of different tribes mixed together; [and of horses;] as though collected and joined, one to another: pl. as above. One says, فَرَسٌ سَبَّاقُ الأَضَامِيمِ i. e. [A horse that often outstrips] the collections of horses.
3 And its pl. أَضَامِيمُ signifies also Stones: or collections of stones: (Mgh in art. صقع:) occurring in a trad. respecting the stoning of an adulterer.


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