عَدِيمٌ
Root: عدم
Full Definition
عَدِيمٌ
Not having, being without, lacking, wanting, not finding, or having lost: one says, هُوَ
عَدِيمُ النَّظِيرِ
He is one not having, without, lacking, &c., the likes [or like]; and عَدِيمُ المَعْرُوفِ [destitute of goodness, gentleness, beneficence, &c.]: and هِىَ عَدِيمَةُ المَعْرُوفِ [She is destitute of goodness, &c.].
2 And Poor, needy, or destitute; as also عَدِمٌ , and مُعْدِمٌ , and مَعْدُومٌ , which last occurs in a trad. as meaning the poor who has become, by reason of the pressure of his want, as though himself were not existing, or lost: عَدِيمٌ signifies having no property; as also مُعْدِمٌ : and having nothing: it is of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ: and its pl. is عُدَمَآءُ; erroneously said in the K to be pl. of عَدِمٌ.
3 Also Stupid; foolish; destitute of intellect, or understanding. And Insane; demented.
2 And Poor, needy, or destitute; as also عَدِمٌ , and مُعْدِمٌ , and مَعْدُومٌ , which last occurs in a trad. as meaning the poor who has become, by reason of the pressure of his want, as though himself were not existing, or lost: عَدِيمٌ signifies having no property; as also مُعْدِمٌ : and having nothing: it is of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ: and its pl. is عُدَمَآءُ; erroneously said in the K to be pl. of عَدِمٌ.
3 Also Stupid; foolish; destitute of intellect, or understanding. And Insane; demented.
Lane's Lexicon
+
Hans Wehr
+
Mufradat
Three dictionaries. One search.
"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."
47,000+ classical entries
Root-based navigation
Full text search
Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now
Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more