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إِبْهَامٌ

Root: بهم

Full Definition

إِبْهَامٌ The thumb, and the great toe; the greatest إِصْبَع, that is next to the forefinger, having two joints, so called because it closes upon [the palm of] the hand, as a cover; the greatest of the أَصَابِع in the hand and in the foot: of the fem. gender, accord. to common repute; and sometimes masc.: and بَهِيمٌ signifies the same; mentioned by Az in the T, and by others; but Az adds that one should not say بِهَامٌ: the pl. of ابهام is أَبَاهِيمُ and أَبَاهِمُ, which latter is used by poetic license for the former, and إِبْهَامَاتٌ. أَقْصَرُ مِنْ إِبْهَامِ الضَّبِّ [Shorter than the great toe of the ضبّ], and من ابهام القَطَاةِ [than the back toe of the قطاة], and من ابهام الحُبَارَى [than the back toe of the حبارى], are proverbs of the Arabs.


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