زَعَامَةٌ
Root: زعم
Full Definition
زَعَامَةٌ
: see زَعَمٌ.
2 Also High, or elevated, rank or condition or state; or nobility. And Chiefdom, lordship, mastery, or princedom: [accord. to the Msb, an Verbal.Noun in this sense:] thus expl. by IAar as occurring in the following verse of Lebeed:
3 A weapon, or weapons; syn. سِلَاحٌ. So, accord. to J, in the verse of Lebeed: for, he says, they used, when they divided the inheritance, to give the weapon, or weapons, to the son, exclusively of the daughter.
4 A coat of mail: or coats of mail: and thus it is
5 The chief's share of spoil.
6 And The best and most of the property of an inheritance and the like: and thus, also, it has been expl. as used in the verse of Lebeed.
def.2 Also, and زَعَّامَةٌ , An animal of the ox-kind; [probably meaning one of the wild species;] syn. بَقَرَةٌ.
2 Also High, or elevated, rank or condition or state; or nobility. And Chiefdom, lordship, mastery, or princedom: [accord. to the Msb, an Verbal.Noun in this sense:] thus expl. by IAar as occurring in the following verse of Lebeed:
(S and TA in the present art. and in art. عد) [The portions of inheritance of the sharers fly away, two together and singly; but the chiefdom is for the boy]: by his saying شَفْعًا وَوِتْرًا, he means that the male's share of inheritance is like that of two females [so that he has two portions when the female has one]: but other explanations, those here following, are given of الزعامة as used in this verse. (TA. [See also عَدِيدَةٌ.])وَوِتْرًا وَالزَّعَامَةُ لِلْغُلَامِ تَطِيرُ عَدَائِدُ الأَشْرَاكِ شَفْعًا
3 A weapon, or weapons; syn. سِلَاحٌ. So, accord. to J, in the verse of Lebeed: for, he says, they used, when they divided the inheritance, to give the weapon, or weapons, to the son, exclusively of the daughter.
4 A coat of mail: or coats of mail: and thus it is
5 The chief's share of spoil.
6 And The best and most of the property of an inheritance and the like: and thus, also, it has been expl. as used in the verse of Lebeed.
def.2 Also, and زَعَّامَةٌ , An animal of the ox-kind; [probably meaning one of the wild species;] syn. بَقَرَةٌ.
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