عَطَسَ
Root: عطس
Form: 1
Full Definition
عَطَسَI
, Present.T
ـِ and
ـُ the former of which is the more approved, and therefore it alone is mentioned in some copies [of the K], Verbal.Noun عَطْسٌ, or عُطَاسٌ, or both, or the latter is a simple subst., He sneezed; expl. by أَتَتْهُ العَطْسَةُ: [properly] said only of a man. It is said in a trad., كَانَ يُحِبُّ العُطَاسَ وَيَكْرَهُ التَّثَاؤُبَ [He used to like sneezing, and dislike yawning]: because the former is accompanied by lightness of the body, and openness of the pores, and facilitation of movements; whereas, in yawning, the contrary is the case; and these properties are caused by taking light nourishment and little food and drink: but the Arabs used to augur evil from sneezing; so that if a man were journeying and heard a sneeze, it prevented him from going on.
2 عَطَسَ الصُّبْحُ, Verbal.Noun عَطْسٌ,
3 عَطَسَتْ بِهِ اللُّجَمُ, and اللُّجُمُ, Evil omens brought ill luck upon him: لُجَمٌ and لُجُمٌ are pls. of لُجْمَةٌ and لِجَامٌ, which are syn. with طِيَرَةٌ, because the طيرة refrains one from a thing that he wants: for they used to augur evil from sneezing [as remarked above]: or he died; as also عَطَسَ, alone. [See also غَطَسَ.]
2 عَطَسَ الصُّبْحُ, Verbal.Noun عَطْسٌ,
3 عَطَسَتْ بِهِ اللُّجَمُ, and اللُّجُمُ, Evil omens brought ill luck upon him: لُجَمٌ and لُجُمٌ are pls. of لُجْمَةٌ and لِجَامٌ, which are syn. with طِيَرَةٌ, because the طيرة refrains one from a thing that he wants: for they used to augur evil from sneezing [as remarked above]: or he died; as also عَطَسَ, alone. [See also غَطَسَ.]
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