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عَمَمٌ

Root: عم

Full Definition

عَمَمٌ The state, or quality, of being collected together, and numerous, or abundant.
2 And Largeness, or bigness, of make, in men and in others.
3 See also عُمُمٌ.

def.2 Also Complete, or without deficiency; applied to a body, and to a shoulder: or, applied to the latter, long. [See also عَمِيمٌ.]
2 Applied to a beast of the bovine kind, Having all his teeth grown. [See 8, last sentence; and see عَضْبٌ.]
3 And Any affair, or event, or case, complete [or accomplished], and common or general or universal [app. meaning commonly or generally or universally known].
4 And quasi. pl. n. of عَامَّةٌ, q. v.
5 See also مِعَمٌّ.
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