اومض

Form: 4

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اومضIV It flashed, gleamed, or shone, slightly, not extending sideways in the adjacent tracts of cloud; for when it does thus, it is termed خَفْوٌ; and when it extends high in the sky, without extending sideways to the right and left, it is termed عَقِيقَةٌ: it is also said of other things, beside lightning: and , Present.T يَمِضُ, Verbal.Noun وَمِيضٌ and وَمْضٌ and وَمَضَانٌ and تَوْمَاضٌ, signifies the same; or it flashed faintly or weakly, and then disappeared, and then flashed again; and is also, sometimes, said of fire, and of anything of a clear [or bright] colour: or both verbs signify it gleamed, or shone.
2 Hence, أَوْمَضَتِ المَرْأَةُ The woman smiled, so as to display her teeth: the glistening of her front teeth being likened to the flashing of lightning.
3 And The woman stole a glance, or glances; as also اومضت بِعَيْنِهَا: or this last, the woman looked, or gazed with widely opened eyes.
4 And اومض لَهُ بِعَيْنِهِ He made a sign to him with his eye: or اومض فُلَانٌ such a one made a private, or secret, sign, إِلَيَّ to me.

def.2 Also, He saw the slight flashing, or gleaming, or shining, of lightning, or of fire.

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