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طَامَّةٌ ذ A calamity that predominates over others: (K, and Har p. 127:) or simply a calamity. (TA.) It is said in a trad. of Aboo-Bekr En-Nessábeh, مَا مِنْ طَامَّةٍ إِِلَّا وَفَوْقَهَا طَامَّةٌ (S, * TA) i. e. There is no calamity but above it is a calamity. (TA.) ― -b2- And A great, or formidable, thing; as also ↓ طَامٌّ . (TA.) ― -b3- And A cry, or vehement cry, that overcomes everything. (TA.) ― -b4- And الطَّامَّةُ signifies The resurrection: (S, Msb, K:) so called because it surpasses, or predominates over, everything: (S, * Msb, * TA:) and also called الطَّامَّةُ الكُبْرَى. (Har p. 346.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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