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عَلَامَةٌ

Root: علم

Full Definition

عَلَامَةٌ i. q. سِمَةٌ [A mark, sign, or token, by which a person or thing is known; a cognizance, or badge; a characteristic; an indication; a symptom]; (K; [see also مَعْلَمٌ;]) and عَلَمٌ is syn. therewith [as meaning thus]; and so أُعْلُومَةٌ , as in the saying بَيْنَ القَوْمِ أُعْلُومَةٌ [Among the people, or party, is a mark, sign, or token]; and the pl. of this last is أَعَالِيمُ: the pl. of عَلَامَةٌ is عَلَامَاتٌ and [the coll. gen. n.] عَلَامٌ , differing from عَلَامَةٌ only by the apocopating of the ة.
2 See also عَلَمٌ, in two places.
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