طَامِسٌ
Root: طمس
Full Definition
طَامِسٌ
[A relic, or remain, or a mark, or trace, becoming, or become, effaced, or obliterated]; [and so, app., طَمِيسٌ and
مَطْمُوسٌ :] and أَرْبُعٌ طِمَاسٌ [pl. of
رَبْعٌ طَمِيسٌ or طَامِسٌ] dwellings of which the remains are becoming, or become, effaced, or obliterated.
2 [عَيْنٌ طَامِسَةٌ An eye of which the sight is going, or gone: and] رَجُلٌ مَطْمُوسٌ a man whose sight is going, or gone; as also طَمِيسٌ : or a blind man, the edge of whose eyelid is not apparent: or a man who has no slit between his two eyelids; as also طَمِيسٌ : and نَجْمٌ طَامِسٌ a star [that is evanescent,] of which the light is going, or gone: and نُجُومٌ طَوَامِسُ stars that become hidden, or concealed, or that set: or stars that are covered by the
سَرَاب [app. a mistranscription for سَحَاب or clouds], so that they are not seen. And طَامِسٌ signifies also Distant, or remote: or a mountain not plainly discernible from afar: pl. طَوَامِسُ. And A desert far-extending and pathless.
3 رَجُلٌ طَامِسُ القَلْبِ A man dead in heart, who keeps nothing in mind: or a man of bad, corrupt, or depraved, heart.
def.2 رِيَاحٌ طَوَامِسُ [pl. of رِيحٌ طَامِسَةٌ] Winds that efface, or obliterate, things, by repeatedly passing over them; syn. دَوَارِسُ.
2 [عَيْنٌ طَامِسَةٌ An eye of which the sight is going, or gone: and] رَجُلٌ مَطْمُوسٌ a man whose sight is going, or gone; as also طَمِيسٌ : or a blind man, the edge of whose eyelid is not apparent: or a man who has no slit between his two eyelids; as also طَمِيسٌ : and نَجْمٌ طَامِسٌ
3 رَجُلٌ طَامِسُ القَلْبِ
def.2 رِيَاحٌ طَوَامِسُ [pl. of رِيحٌ طَامِسَةٌ] Winds that efface, or obliterate, things, by repeatedly passing over them; syn. دَوَارِسُ.