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مُتَدَوِّمَاتٌ متدومات , applied to birds, means Going round, or circling, over a thing: and this is meant by ↓ مُتَدَاوِمَات , which is used for the former word, in the saying [of a rájiz], describing horses, “ كَالطَّيْرِ تَبْقِى مُتَدَاوِمَاتِهَا
” i. e. Like birds when thou lookest at, or watchest, those of them that are going round, or circling, over a thing: (S, TA: *) or متدوّمات signifies waiting, or watching. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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