أَمِيمٌ
Root: ام
Full Definition
def.2 I. q. ; i. e. one who raves, or is delirious, (يَهْذِى, [in two copies of the S يَهْدِى, but the former appears, from a remark made voce آمَّةٌ, to be the right reading,]) from [a wound in] what is termed أُمُّ رَأْسِهِ [see أُمٌّ]: or wounded in what is so termed; having a wound such as is termed آمَّة, q. v. It is also used, metaphorically, in relation to other parts than that named above; as in the saying,
وَ حَشَاىَ مِنْ حَرِّ الفِرَاقِ أَمِيمُ
def.3 A stone with which the head is broken: but in the M and K , [in a copy of the M, however, I find it without any syll. signs, so that it would seem to be ,] explained as signifying stones with which heads are broken: pl. أَمَائِمُ.
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