عَمُودٌ
Root: عمد
Full Definition
عَمُودٌ
a word of well-known meaning, The عَمُود of a بَيْت, or of a خَيْمَة; [i. e.] a pole of a tent; as also
عِمَادٌ : and a column, or pillar, of a house or the like: pl. أَعْمِدَةٌ, and عُمُدٌ, and
عَمَدٌ . [The former is the primary, and more common, meaning: and hence the phrase] أَهْلُ عَمُودٍ and عُمُدٍ or
, or this last is not said, and
أَهْلُ , [The people of the tent-pole or of the tent-poles;] meaning the people of, or who dwell in, tents: or the last means the people of lofty tents, or of lofty structures. خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمٰوَاتِ بِغَيْرِ تَرَوْنَهَا, in the Kur [xxxi. 9 ], accord. to Ibn-'Arafeh, or Fr, means either He created the heavens without
عَمَد [or pillars] as ye see them; and with the sight ye need not information: or He created the heavens with pillars (عَمَد) that ye see not; [i. e., with invisible pillars;] the pillars that are not seen being his power; or, accord. to Lth, Mount Káf, which surrounds the world [or earth]; the sky being like a cupola, whereof the extremities rest on that mountain, which is of green chrysolite, whence, it is said, results the greenness of the sky. And
and عُمُدٍ in the Kur [civ., last verse], accord. to different readings, are pls. [or rather the former is a quasipl. n.] of عَمُودٌ; or of
عِمَادٌ ; and mean [pillars] of fire.
2 Also Any tent (خِبَآء) supported on poles: or any tent extending to a considerable length along the ground, supported on many poles.
3 See also عُمْدَةٌ, in two places.
4 [Hence,] A lord, master, or chief, of a people, or party; as also عَمِيدٌ ; both signify a lord, master, or chief, upon whom persons stay themselves, or rely, in their affairs, or to whom they betake themselves, or have recourse; and the pl. of the latter is عُمَدَآءُ. And The رَئِيس [or chief, or commander], or رَسِيل [app. meaning, if correct, the scout, or emissary, or perhaps the advanced guard], of an army; also called the زُوَيْر [which corroborates the former explanation, being syn. with رَئِيس]; (L, TA; [in the O written زَوِير;]) as also عِمَادٌ and عُمْدَةٌ and
5 Also, [from the same word in the first of the senses expl. above,] A staff, or stick.
6 And A weapon made of iron, with which one beats, or strikes; a rod of iron; [a kind of mace; app. a rod of iron with a ball of the same metal at the head: I have heard this appellation applied to the kind of weapon which I have mentioned in an explanation of طَوَارِقُ, pl. of طَارِقَةٌ, q. v.; and it is vulgarly said, in Egypt, to have been used by the فِدَاوِيَّة, the sect called in our histories of the Crusades “ the Assassins: ”] pl. [of pauc.] أَعْمِدَةٌ.
7 [And A bar of iron, or of any metal.
8 And A perpendicular.]
9 And A slender and lofty mountain: so in the saying, العُقَابُ تَبِيضُ فِى رَأْسِ عَمُودٍ [The eagle lays her eggs in the top of a slender and lofty mountain].
10 عَمُودُ البِئْرِ [Each of] the two upright supports (قَائِمَتَانِ [or قَامَتَانِ]) upon which is [placed the horizontal cross-piece of wood whereto is suspended] the great pulley (مَحَالَة) of the well: [both together being termed the عَمُودَانِ:] a poet says,
11 عَمُودُ الظَّلِيم [Each of] the two legs of the male ostrich: his two legs are called his عَمُودَانِ.
12 عَمُودُ الصَّلِيبِ [The upright timber of the cross] is an appellation applied by the vulgar to the star [e] upon the tail of the constellation Delphinus.
13 عَمُودُ المِيزَانِ The شَاهِين, (K voce شاهين,) i. e. the beam of the balance; the same as the مِنْجَم, except that it (the عَمُود) is generally of the قَبَّان, or steelyard.
14 عَمُودُ السَّيْفِ The شَطِيبَة [or شُطْبَة, generally meaning a ridge, but sometimes a channel, or depressed line,] that is in the مَتْن [or broad side, or middle of the broad side, of the blade] of the sword, in the middle of its مَتْن, extending to its lower part: [the swords of the Arabs in the earlier ages being generally straight and twoedged:] and sometimes the sword had three أَعْمِدَة [pl. of pauc. of عَمُودٌ] in its back, termed شُطُب and شَطَائِب.
15 And عَمُودُ السِّنَانِ The ridge (عَيْر, in the O and in copies of the K [erroneously] written غَيْر,) rising along the middle of the spear-head, between its two cutting sides.
16 عَمُودُ البَطْنِ The back; because it supports the belly: or a vein (عِرْق), or a thing resembling a vein, extending from the place of the رُهَابَة [or lower extremity of the sternum] to a little below the navel, in the middle whereof the belly of the sheep or goat is cut open; so says Lth: or, accord. to Lth, a vein extending from the رهابة to the navel. They said, حمَلَهُ عَلَى عَمُودِ بَطْنِهِ, meaning He carried it on his back: or, in the opinion of A'Obeyd,
17 عَمُودُ الكَبِدِ The rising thing (المُشْرِفُ [app. meaning the longitudinal ligament]) in the middle of the liver: or a certain vein that irrigates the liver: or عَمُودَا الكَبِدِ signifies two large veins, on the right and left of the navel. One says, إِنَّ فُلَانًا لَخَارِجٌ عَمُودُ كَبِدِهِ مِنَ الجُوعِ [Verily such a one has his عمود of his liver coming forth in consequence of hunger]: or عَمُودُهُ مِنْ كَبِدِهِ [his عمود from his liver]; and some say that by his عمود in this saying is meant what here next follows.
18 عَمُودُ السَّحْرِ The وَتِين [app. meaning the aorta, as though it were considered as the support of the lungs].
19 عَمُودُ الأُذُنِ The main part, and support, of the ear: (O, L, K, TA: [in the CK, قَوامُها is erroneously put for قِوَامُهَا:]) or the round part which is above the lobe.
20 عَمُودُ القَلْبِ The middle of the heart, lengthwise: or, as some say, a certain vein that irrigates it. One says, اِجْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ فِى عَمُودِ قَلْبِكَ Put thou that in the middle of thy heart.
21 عَمُودُ اللِّسَانِ The middle of the tongue, lengthwise.
22 عَمُودُ الكِتَابِ The text of the book: thus in the saying, هُوَ مَذْكُورٌ فِى عَمُودِ الكِتَابِ [It is mentioned in the text of the book].
23 عَمُودُ الصُّبْحِ The bright gleam of dawn; the dawn that rises and spreads, filling the horizon with its whiteness: (Msb voce فَجْرٌ:) [app. thus called as being likened to a tent, or long tent:] it is the second, or true, فَجْر, and rises after the first, or false, فجر has disappeared; and with its rising, the day commences, and everything by which the fast would be broken becomes forbidden to the faster. (Msb voce فَجْرٌ.) One says, سَطَعَ عَمُودُ الصُّبْحِ, or ضَرَبَ الصُّبْحُ بِعَمُودِهِ, or ضَرَبَ الفَجْرُ بِعَمُودِهِ, i. e. [The bright gleam of dawn] rose and spread.
24 عَمُودُ الإِعْصَارِ That [meaning the dust] which rises into the sky, or extends along the surface of the earth, in consequence of the [wind called] إِعْصَار [q. v.].
25 عَمُودُ الحُسْنِ
26 عَمُودُ النَّوَى
27 دَائِرَةُ العَمُودِ The curl of the hair [which we term a feather] on a horse's neck, in the places of the collar: it is approved by the Arabs.
28 اِسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى عَمُودِ رَأْيِهِمْ means They continued in the course upon which they placed reliance.
def.2 Also, i. e. عَمُودٌ, or عَمِيدٌ , Affected with vehement, or intense, grief or sorrow.
2 Also Any tent (خِبَآء) supported on poles: or any tent extending to a considerable length along the ground, supported on many poles.
3 See also عُمْدَةٌ, in two places.
4 [Hence,] A lord, master, or chief, of a people, or party; as also عَمِيدٌ ; both signify a lord, master, or chief, upon whom persons stay themselves, or rely, in their affairs, or to whom they betake themselves, or have recourse; and the pl. of the latter is عُمَدَآءُ. And The رَئِيس [or chief, or commander], or رَسِيل [app. meaning, if correct, the scout, or emissary, or perhaps the advanced guard], of an army; also called the زُوَيْر [which corroborates the former explanation, being syn. with رَئِيس]; (L, TA; [in the O written زَوِير;]) as also عِمَادٌ and عُمْدَةٌ and
5 Also, [from the same word in the first of the senses expl. above,] A staff, or stick.
6 And A weapon made of iron, with which one beats, or strikes; a rod of iron; [a kind of mace; app. a rod of iron with a ball of the same metal at the head: I have heard this appellation applied to the kind of weapon which I have mentioned in an explanation of طَوَارِقُ, pl. of طَارِقَةٌ, q. v.; and it is vulgarly said, in Egypt, to have been used by the فِدَاوِيَّة, the sect called in our histories of the Crusades “ the Assassins: ”] pl. [of pauc.] أَعْمِدَةٌ.
7 [And A bar of iron, or of any metal.
8 And A perpendicular.]
9 And A slender and lofty mountain: so in the saying, العُقَابُ تَبِيضُ فِى رَأْسِ عَمُودٍ [The eagle lays her eggs in the top of a slender and lofty mountain].
10 عَمُودُ البِئْرِ [Each of] the two upright supports (قَائِمَتَانِ [or قَامَتَانِ]) upon which is [placed the horizontal cross-piece of wood whereto is suspended] the great pulley (مَحَالَة) of the well: [both together being termed the عَمُودَانِ:] a poet says,
[When it (the bucket, الدَّلْوُ,) rises, the two upright supports of the piece of wood to which hangs the great pulley tremble].إِذَا ٱسْتَقَلَّتْ رَجَفَ العَمُودَانْ
11 عَمُودُ الظَّلِيم [Each of] the two legs of the male ostrich: his two legs are called his عَمُودَانِ.
12 عَمُودُ الصَّلِيبِ [The upright timber of the cross] is an appellation applied by the vulgar to the star [e] upon the tail of the constellation Delphinus.
13 عَمُودُ المِيزَانِ The شَاهِين, (K voce شاهين,) i. e. the beam of the balance; the same as the مِنْجَم, except that it (the عَمُود) is generally of the قَبَّان, or steelyard.
14 عَمُودُ السَّيْفِ The شَطِيبَة [or شُطْبَة, generally meaning a ridge, but sometimes a channel, or depressed line,] that is in the مَتْن [or broad side, or middle of the broad side, of the blade] of the sword, in the middle of its مَتْن, extending to its lower part: [the swords of the Arabs in the earlier ages being generally straight and twoedged:] and sometimes the sword had three أَعْمِدَة [pl. of pauc. of عَمُودٌ] in its back, termed شُطُب and شَطَائِب.
15 And عَمُودُ السِّنَانِ The ridge (عَيْر, in the O and in copies of the K [erroneously] written غَيْر,) rising along the middle of the spear-head, between its two cutting sides.
16 عَمُودُ البَطْنِ The back; because it supports the belly: or a vein (عِرْق), or a thing resembling a vein, extending from the place of the رُهَابَة [or lower extremity of the sternum] to a little below the navel, in the middle whereof the belly of the sheep or goat is cut open; so says Lth: or, accord. to Lth, a vein extending from the رهابة to the navel. They said, حمَلَهُ عَلَى عَمُودِ بَطْنِهِ, meaning He carried it on his back: or, in the opinion of A'Obeyd,
17 عَمُودُ الكَبِدِ The rising thing (المُشْرِفُ [app. meaning the longitudinal ligament]) in the middle of the liver: or a certain vein that irrigates the liver: or عَمُودَا الكَبِدِ signifies two large veins, on the right and left of the navel. One says, إِنَّ فُلَانًا لَخَارِجٌ عَمُودُ كَبِدِهِ مِنَ الجُوعِ [Verily such a one has his عمود of his liver coming forth in consequence of hunger]: or عَمُودُهُ مِنْ كَبِدِهِ [his عمود from his liver]; and some say that by his عمود in this saying is meant what here next follows.
18 عَمُودُ السَّحْرِ The وَتِين [app. meaning the aorta, as though it were considered as the support of the lungs].
19 عَمُودُ الأُذُنِ The main part, and support, of the ear: (O, L, K, TA: [in the CK, قَوامُها is erroneously put for قِوَامُهَا:]) or the round part which is above the lobe.
20 عَمُودُ القَلْبِ The middle of the heart, lengthwise: or, as some say, a certain vein that irrigates it. One says, اِجْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ فِى عَمُودِ قَلْبِكَ Put thou that in the middle of thy heart.
21 عَمُودُ اللِّسَانِ The middle of the tongue, lengthwise.
22 عَمُودُ الكِتَابِ The text of the book: thus in the saying, هُوَ مَذْكُورٌ فِى عَمُودِ الكِتَابِ [It is mentioned in the text of the book].
23 عَمُودُ الصُّبْحِ The bright gleam of dawn; the dawn that rises and spreads, filling the horizon with its whiteness: (Msb voce فَجْرٌ:) [app. thus called as being likened to a tent, or long tent:] it is the second, or true, فَجْر, and rises after the first, or false, فجر has disappeared; and with its rising, the day commences, and everything by which the fast would be broken becomes forbidden to the faster. (Msb voce فَجْرٌ.) One says, سَطَعَ عَمُودُ الصُّبْحِ, or ضَرَبَ الصُّبْحُ بِعَمُودِهِ, or ضَرَبَ الفَجْرُ بِعَمُودِهِ, i. e. [The bright gleam of dawn] rose and spread.
24 عَمُودُ الإِعْصَارِ That [meaning the dust] which rises into the sky, or extends along the surface of the earth, in consequence of the [wind called] إِعْصَار [q. v.].
25 عَمُودُ الحُسْنِ
26 عَمُودُ النَّوَى
27 دَائِرَةُ العَمُودِ The curl of the hair [which we term a feather] on a horse's neck, in the places of the collar: it is approved by the Arabs.
28 اِسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى عَمُودِ رَأْيِهِمْ means They continued in the course upon which they placed reliance.
def.2 Also, i. e. عَمُودٌ, or عَمِيدٌ , Affected with vehement, or intense, grief or sorrow.
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