عَقِيمٌ

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عَقِيمٌ , with which عَقَامٌ is syn., is applied to a womb, meaning [Barren; or] incapable of receiving offspring, in consequence of a هَزْمَة therein; [see عُقْمٌ;] as also عَقِيمَةٌ, and ; the last of which is expl. by Ks as signifying, thus applied, bound, or constricted; (مَشْدُودَةٌ; so in some copies of the S, and in the TA;) or obstructed; (مَسْدُودَةٌ; so in other copies of the S;) that will not bring forth offspring. It is also applied to a woman, as meaning Barren; that will not bring forth offspring: so in a trad. cited voce أَسْوَأُ, in art. سوأ: pl. عَقَائِمُ and عُقُمٌ, and sometimes عُقْمٌ, (S, and so in some copies of the K instead of عُقُمٌ,) a contraction of عُقُمٌ. And it is also applied to a man, meaning To whom no child is born; and so عَقَامٌ : pl. عُقَمَآءُ and عِقامٌ and عَقْمَى.
2 [Hence,] applied to a wind, Such as does not fecundate, or fructify; that does not cause clouds to produce rain, nor trees to produce fruit; i. e. that does not bring rain, but is destructive: or that does not fructify the trees, nor raise clouds, nor bear rain. And الرِّيحُ العَقِيمُ [mentioned in the Kur li. 41] means The west, or westerly, wind, by means of which [the tribe of] 'Ád were destroyed.
3 Applied to intellect (عَقْلٌ), it means [Barren, or] unprofitable to him who possesses it: or unfruitful of good.
4 As applied to speech, or language, see عُقْمِىٌّ. كَلِمَاتٌ عُقُمٌ means [Words, or expressions, or sentences,] strange, or difficult to understand.
5 It is applied to a day as meaning Without air [or wind], and therefore [sultry, or] intensely hot.
6 See also عُقَامٌ.
7 And see عَقَامٌ.
8 The day of resurrection is termed يَوْمٌ عَقِيمٌ because [it is A day] having no day after it. Accord. to some, it is thus termed in the Kur xxii. 54.
9 الدُّنْيَا عَقِيمٌ means [The present world] does not render good to him who is of the people thereof.
10 And one says, المُلْكُ عَقِيمٌ meaning Dominion is a condition in which, or in the seeking of which, relationship profits not, nor friendship: for a man will slay his son, if he fear him, and his father, for dominion; or because, in seeking it, the father will be slain, and the son, and the brother, and the paternal uncle; or because, in it, the ties of relationship are severed by slaughter and by undutiful conduct.

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