عَاصِمٌ
Root: عصم
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عَاصِمٌ
[act. part. n. of عَصَمَ, signifying] Defending [&c.], or a defender [&c.]. لَا
عَاصِمَ اليَوْمَ مِنْ أَمْرِٱللّٰهِ, in the Kur [xi. 45], may mean There is no defender [this day from the decree of God]: or the meaning may be, no [person] defended: or no possessor of defence: so that عاصم may be an instance of فَاعِل in the sense of مَفْعُوا: or it may thus be a possessive epithet. (TA. [See also دَافِقٌ.])
2 [Hence,] العَاصِمَةُ is a name of El-Medeeneh.
3 أَبُو عَاصِمٍ is an appellation of The meal of parched barley or the like (السَّوِيق). And also The food called سِكْبَاج [q. v.].
2 [Hence,] العَاصِمَةُ is a name of El-Medeeneh.
3 أَبُو عَاصِمٍ is an appellation of The meal of parched barley or the like (السَّوِيق). And also The food called سِكْبَاج [q. v.].
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