عَيْمَانُ
Root: عيم
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عَيْمَانُ
Desiring, or desiring eagerly, or longing for, milk: fem. عَيْمَى: the former applied to a man; and the latter, to a woman: pl. عِيَامٌ and عَيَامَى, like عِطَاشٌ and عَطَاشَى. And [hence] one says رَجُلٌ عَيْمَانُ أَيْمَانُ meaning A man whose camels have gone [so that he is in want of milk] and whose wife has died: and AZ mentions, on the authority of Et-Tufeyl Ibn-Yezeed, اِمْرَأَةٌ عَيْمَى أَيْمَى
a woman who has no camels, or the like, and whose husband has died.
2 And Thirsty: [or vehemently thirsty. (See عَيْمَةٌ.)]
2 And Thirsty: [or vehemently thirsty. (See عَيْمَةٌ.)]
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