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عَيْلَمٌ ذ A well having much water: (S, K:) or of which the water is salt: (K:) and a wide well: and sometimes a man was reviled by the saying, يَا ا@بْنَ العَيْلَمِ, referring to the width of his mother [in respect of the فَرْج]: (TA:) pl. عَيَالِمُ or عَيَالِيمُ. (S, accord. to different copies: in the TA, in this instance, the latter.) ― -b2- And The sea: (S, K:) pl. عَيَالِمُ. (TA.) ― -b3- And The water upon which is the earth: (S, K:) or water concealed, or covered, in the earth; or beneath layers, or strata, of earth; mentioned by Kr: (TA:) [عَيْلَمُ المَآءِ occurs in the JK and TA in art. خسف, and is there plainly shown to mean the water that is beneath a mountain, or stratum of rock: (see also غَيِّثٌ: and see غَيْلَمٌ:) and it is said that] المَأءُ العَيْلَمُ means copious water. (Ham p. 750.) ― -b4- And A large cooking-pot. (T, TA voce هِلْجَابٌ.) -A2- Also Plump, and soft, tender, or delicate. (S, K.) -A3- And The frog. (AAF, K. [This meaning is also assigned to غَيْلَمٌ.]) ― -b2- And i. q. ↓ عَيْلَامٌ ; (K;) which signifies A male hyena; (S, K;) occurring in a trad. (خَبَر) respecting Abraham, relating that he will take up his father to pass with him the [bridge called] صِرَاط, and will look at him, and lo, he will be عَيْلَامٌ أَمْدَرُ [a male hyena inflated in the sides, big in the belly, or having his sides defiled with earth or dust]. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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