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عَمَدٌ

Root: عمد

Full Definition

عَمَدٌ : see عَمُودٌ (of which it is a quasi-pl. n., as it is also of عِمَادٌ), in four places: and عُمْدَةٌ.

def.2 [It is also an Verbal.Noun of عَمَدَ لَهُ, q. v.:

def.3 and the Verbal.Noun of عَمِدَ, q. v.:
2 and hence it signifies] A swelling, with galls, in the back of a camel.
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