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أَيِّمٌ ذ A woman having no husband; (Lth, T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K;) whether she be a virgin or not; (IAar, T, S, M, Mgh, K;) or whether she have married before or not; (Sgh, Msb;) as also أَيِّمَةٌ; (Msb;) [said to be] applied to one who has not married: (IAar, T:) or if not a virgin; accord. to [the Imám] Mohammad; agreeably with a reading of a trad. by which the أَيِّم is distinguished from the virgin: (Mgh:) also, the former, a man having no wife; (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K;) whether he have married before or not: (S, Sgh, K:) or who has not married: (IAar, T:) pl. أَيَامَى (S, M, K) and أَيَائِمُ; (M, K;) the latter of which is the original form: (S, M:) [or both, accord. to the Msb, are pls. of أَيْمَانُ, q. v.:] and أَيِّمُونَ is a pl. applied to men, and أَيِّمَاتٌ applied to women: and آمَةٌ, also, signifying men having no wives, is pl. of ↓ آئِمٌ for أَيِّمٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A free woman: (K:) pl., in this sense also, أَيَامَى, used in this sense in the Kur xxiv. 32, (T, TA,) accord. to some. (TA.) ― -b3- And A female relation; (K;) in which sense also أَيَامَى is pl.; (T, TA;) meaning such as the daughter and the sister and the maternal aunt. (T, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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