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أَدَمَةٌ

Root: ادم

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أَدَمَةٌ : see أُدْمَةٌ.
2 هُوَ أَدَمَةُ أَهْلِهِ, and , or , and , or , and , He is the pattern, exemplar, example, or object of imitation, of his people, or family, by means of whom they are known: so says IAar. And جَعَلْتُ فُلَانًا أَدَمَةَ أَهْلِى I made such a one to be the pattern, exemplar, example, or object of imitation, of my people, or family. And هُوَ أَدَمَةٌ لِفُلَانٍ, and أُدْمَةٌ , He is a pattern, &c., to such a one. And فُلَانٌ أَدَمَةُ بَنِى فُلَانٍ Such a one is he who makes people to know the sons of such a one. And هُوَ أَدَمَةُ قَوْمِهِ He is the chief, and provost, of his people. And فُلَانٌ قَوْمِهِ, and بَنى أَبِيهِ, Such a one is the aider, and manager of the affairs, and the support, and right orderer of the affairs, of his people, and of the sons of his father.

def.2 [The inner skin; the cutis, or derma;] the interior of the skin, which is next to the flesh; the exterior thereof being called the بَشَرَة: or the exterior thereof, upon which is the hair; the interior thereof being called the بَشَرَة: and أَدَمٌ may be its pl.; [or rather, a coll. gen. n.;] or, accord. to Sb, it is a quasi-pl. n.
2 Accord. to some, What appears of the skin of the head. (M, K. [See بَشَرَةٌ.])
3 And The interior of the earth or ground; the surface thereof being called its أَدِيم: or, as some say, its surface.


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