عَمِيمٌ
Root: عم
Full Definition
2 Anything collected together, and abundant, or numerous: pl. as above.
3 Reaching to everything: applied in this sense to perfume.
4 Tall; applied to a man, and to a plant: and so عَمِيمَةٌ applied to a palm-tree (نَخْلَةٌ); and to a girl, or young woman; as also applied to both; of which last word the masc. is أَعَمُّ : or عَمِيمَةٌ applied to a woman, or to a girl, or young woman, signifies complete, or perfect, in stature and make, and tall: pl. عُمٌّ, which is applied to palm-trees (نَخِيلٌ) as meaning tall; or, accord. to Lh, to a single palm-tree (نَخْلَةٌ), and may be [thus, originally,] of the measure فُعْلٌ, or of the measure فُعُلٌ, originally عُمُمٌ: يَعْمُومٌ , also, signifies tall, applied to a plant, or herbage: and عَمِيمَةٌ applied to a بَقَرَة [or beast of the bovine kind] signifies complete, or perfect, in make.
5 One says also, هُوَ مِنْ عَمِيمِهِمْ, meaning صَمِيمِهِمْ [i. e. He is of the choice, best, or most excellent, of them; or of the main stock of them].
def.2 Also Such as is dry of [the species of barleygrass called] بُهْمَى.
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