عَمًى
Root: عمى
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عَمًى
[sometimes written عَمًا] Verbal.Noun of عَمِىَ [q. v.]. [Hence the saying, لَا
شَلَلًا وَلَا عَمًى: see 1 in art. شل. Hence also one says, رَكِبَ أَمْرًا عَلَى العَمَى, meaning He ventured upon, or embarked in, an affair blindly; like عَلَى
غَيْرِ بَصِيرَةِ.]
def.2 See also أَعْمَآءٌ.
def.3 And see عَمَآءٌ, in two places.
def.4 Also Stature: and height. One says, مَا أَحْسَنَ عَمَى هٰذَا الرَّجُلِ i. e. [How goodly is] the height, or the stature, of this man!
def.5 And Dust; syn. غُبَارٌ.
def.6 In the saying of a rájiz, describing a skin of milk, because of its whiteness,
def.2 See also أَعْمَآءٌ.
def.3 And see عَمَآءٌ, in two places.
def.4 Also Stature: and height. One says, مَا أَحْسَنَ عَمَى هٰذَا الرَّجُلِ i. e. [How goodly is] the height, or the stature, of this man!
def.5 And Dust; syn. غُبَارٌ.
def.6 In the saying of a rájiz, describing a skin of milk, because of its whiteness,
[The ignorant would think it, while there was remoteness, to be an old man upon his chair, turbaned,] the meaning is looking at it from afar; for العَمَا in this case signifies remoteness.يَحْسَبُهُ الجَاهِلُ مَا كَانَ عَمَا شَيْخًا عَلَى كُرْسِيِّةِ مُعَمَّمَا
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