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آثِمٌ

Root: اثم

Full Definition

آثِمٌ Falling into what is termed إِثمٌ [i. e. a sin, or crime, &c.]; [sinning; committing a sin, or crime;] doing what is unlawful: and in like manner, but having an intensive signification, أَثِيمٌ , and , and : the pl. of the first of these three is أُثَمَآءُ; that of the second, أُثُمٌ; and that of the third, أَثَّامُونَ. See also أَثِيمٌ.
2 آثِمَةٌ, and آثِمَاتٌ, (S, M, K, [in the CK, erroneously, اَثِماتٌ.]) A she-camel, and she-camels, slow, or tardy; weary, fatigued, or jaded. (K. [In the CK, we find مُعِيْباتٌ erroneously put for مُعْيِيَاتٌ.]) Some pronounce it with ت. [In like manner,] signifies That is slack, or slow, in pace, or going; اَلَّذِى يَكْذِبُ فِى السَّيْرِ. (Sgh, K. [In Golius's Lex., as from the K, اَلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ السَّيْرَ. Both are correct, signifying the same.])


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