Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

وَمَأَ

Root: ومأ

Form: 1

Full Definition

وَمَأَI , Present.T يَمَأُ, Verbal.Noun وَمْءٌ; and , Verbal.Noun إِيمَآءٌ; and ومّأ ; He made a sign to him. أَوْمَيْتُ [for أَوْمَأْتُ] is disallowed: [but see what follows in this paragraph]. Lth says, that الايماء is the making a sign with the head or the hand, as a sick man does with his head for the inclination and prostration in prayer: and اومأ بِرَأْسِهِ sometimes signifies He [made a sign with his head as though he] saidNo: ” Akh cites this verse: إِذَا قَلَّ مَالُ المَرْءِ قَلَّ صَدِيقُهُ وَأَوْمَتْ إِلَيْهِ بِالعُيُونِ الأَصَابِعُ [When the man's wealth becomes little, his friends become few; and the fingers, together with the eyes, make signs to him]; in which اومت is for اومأت.
2 [For a further explanation of اومأ, and the manner in which it is said to differ from اوبأ, see art. وبأ.]


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