نَعَامَةٌ
Root: نعم
Full Definition
2 نَعَامَةٌ The ostrich: it sometimes denotes the female. See مَخْزُومٌ and جَراَدٌ.
3 شاَلَتْ نَعَامَتُهُمْ: see طَائِرٌ, زَأْلٌ, شَالَ, and a verse voce إِمَّا.
4 اِبْنُ النَّعَامَةِ The shank-bone: and a certain vein in the leg: and the middle, or beaten track, of the road: and the brisk, lively, or sprightly, horse: and the drawer of water (السَّانِى) who is at the head of the well. (T in art. بنى.)
5 نَعَامَةٌ and نَعَامَتَانِ of a well see زُرْنُوقٌ.
6 النَّعَائِمُ Nine stars [of Sagittarius], behind الشَّوْلَةُ, four in the Milky Way, [
as though drinking; and four without the Milky Wayβ, γ, δ, ε, ,[c, s, t, and f,] called النعائمُ الصَّادِرَةُ, as though returning from drinking; and the ninth, [
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