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مُدَامٌ مدام Continual, or lasting, rain. (IJ, M, K.) [See also دِيمَةٌ, above.] ― -b2- And Wine; as also ↓ مُدَامَةٌ : (T, S, M, K:) so called because it is made to continue for a time (T, M) in the دَنّ, (T,) or in its receptacle, (M,) until it becomes still after fermenting: (T:) or because, by reason of its abundance, it does not become exhausted: (Sh, T:) or because of its oldness: (AO, T:) or because it is the only beverage of which the drinking can be long continued: (M, K:) or because the drinking thereof is continued for days, to the exclusion of other beverages. (A, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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