أَيْمَانُ

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أَيْمَانُ A man whose wife has died: and أَيْمَى A woman whose husband has died: pl. أَيَامَى, of both; like as سَكَارَي is pl. of سَكْرَانُ: accord. to ISk, أَيَامَى is originally أَيَائِمُ. [See also أَيِّمٌ.] أَيْمَانُ عَيْمَانُ are epithets applied to a man, meaning Whose wife [and cattle] have died or perished [so that he has no wife and is vehemently desirous of milk; as shown above; see 1, last signification]: the former relates to wives; and the latter, to milk: fem. أَيْمَى عَيْمَى, applied to a woman.

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