عِمَادٌ
Root: عمد
Full Definition
2 and عَمُودٌ also, former half, in four places.
3 Also Lofty buildings: masc. and fem.: [being a coll. gen. n.:] one thereof is called عِمَادَةٌ.
4 إِرَمُ ذَاتُ العِمَادِ [mentioned in the Kur lxxxix. 6] means Irem possessing lofty buildings supported by columns: or possessing tallness: or possessing tallness and lofty buildings: or, accord. to Fr, the possessors of tents; i. e. who dwelt in tents, and were accustomed to remove to places of pasture and then to return to their usual places of abode.
5 طَوِيلُ العِمَادِ: see عُمُدَّانٌ.
6 Also (i. e. طويل العماد)
7 And فُلَانٌ رَفِيعُ العِمَادِ means
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