ظمأ

, (T, S, M, &c.,) aor. ظَمَاَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. ظَمَأٌ (T, S, M, Msb, K) and ظَمْءٌ (TA) and ظَمَآءٌ (T, M, K) and ظَمَآءَةٌ , (M, K, TA,) in one copy of the K ظَمْأَة , (TA,) He thirsted, or was thirsty: (S, M, Msb, K:) or as some say, he thirsted in the slightest degree. (M, TA.) Hence, (M,) ظَمِئَ إِلَى لِقَائِهِ He desired, or longed, [or, as we often say, thirsted,] to meet with him. (S, M, K, * TA.)

see the next paragraph.

, (T, * S, Msb, K,) inf. n. إِظْمَآءٌ ; (T;) and ظمّأهُ , (T, * Msb, K,) inf. n. تَظْمِئَةٌ ; (T, S;) He made him to thirst: (S, Msb, K:) [or to thirst most vehemently: or to thirst in the slightest degree: see 1.] And (K) He made him lean, or lank, namely, a horse, (T, * K, TA,) by sweating him. (TA.) [See also 4 in art. ظمى .]

He constrained himself to endure with patience a state of thirst. (A, TA.)

a subst. from ظَمِئَ (S, M, K) in both of its senses; (M, K;) [i. e.] it signifies Thirst: (MA:) [or most vehement thirst: or the slightest degree of thirst:] pl. أَظْمَآءٌ . (MA.) [And Desire, or a longing, (or, as we often say, a thirsting,) to meet with a person. See 1.] And (S, M, K) The time, or interval, or period, between two drinkings, or waterings, (T, S, M, K,) in the coming of camels to water: (T:) and the keeping of camels from the water [during that interval, i. e.] until the extreme limit of the coming thereto: (S:) pl. أَظْمَآءٌ . (T, S, M.) The shortest ظِمْءٌ of camels is that termed غِبٌّ , i. e., when they come to the water one day and return, and are in the place of pasture a day, and come to the water [again] on the third day; the interval between their two drinkings being termed a ظِمْء : this is during the greatest heat: but when Suheyl [i. e. Canopus] rises [aurorally, which it did in Central Arabia, about the commencement of the era of the Flight, on the 4th of August, O. S.], they increase the ظِمْء , so that the camels remain in the place of pasture two days, and come to the water on the fourth; and one says, وَرَدَتْ رِبْعًا : then follow the خِمْس and the سِدْس to the عِشْر : and the interval between their two drinkings is termed ظِمْءٌ , whether long or short. (T.) One says, مَا بَقِىَ مِنْ عُمُرِهِ إِلَّا ظِمْءُ الحِمَارِ , (T, S, * K, * TA,) meaning There remained not of his life save a little; [lit., save the period between the two drinkings of the ass;] (S, K, * TA;) because there is no beast that bears thirst for a shorter time than the ass; (T, S, * K, * TA;) for he comes to the water in summer every day twice. (T, TA.) الظِّمْءُ also signifies The period from birth to death; (K;) or so ظِمْءُ الحَيَاةِ . (S, M, TA.) ظِمْوٌ is a dial. var. of ظِمْءٌ . (T and M in art. ظمو .)

: see the next paragraph.

, (T, S, M, Msb, &c.,) fem. ظَمْأَى , (T, S, M, A, L, Msb,) both imperfectly decl.; (T;) or ظَمْآنٌ , fem. ظَمْآنَةٌ ; (K; [but this requires consideration, for its correctness is extremely doubtful;]) and ظَمِئٌ , (so in the K accord. to the TA, and so in my MS. copy of the K,) like كَتِفٌ , [agreeably with analogy as part. n. of ظَمِئَ , and therefore probably correct,] (TA,) or ظَمِىْءٌ , (so in a copy of the M and in the CK,) fem. [of the former] ظَمِئَةٌ , like فَرِحَةٌ , mentioned by Ibn-Málik, but generally held to be disused; (MF, TA;) and ظَامٍ , like رَامٍ ; (TA; [app. for ظَامِئٌ ;]) Thirsty: (S, M, Msb, K:) or most vehemently thirsty: (T, M, K:) or thirsty in the slightest degree: (M, TA:) pl. (of the first, M, Msb, and of the second, M, or of all, mase. and fem., TA) ظِمَآءٌ (T, S, M, Msb, K) and ظُمَآءٌ , which is extr., (K, TA,) being of a form applying to only about ten words, (TA,) mentioned on the authority of Lh, (K, TA,) by ISd in the “ Mukhassas. ” (TA.) [Hence,] one says, أَنَا ظَمْآنُ إِلَى لِقَائِكَ I am desirous, or longing, [or, as we often say, thirsting,] to meet with thee. (A, TA.) And وَجْهٌ ظَمْآنُ A face having little flesh, (T, TA,) the skin of which adheres to the bone, and the sap of which is little: (TA:) an expression of praise: contr. of وَجْهٌ رَيَّانُ , which is [said to be] an expression of dispraise. (A, TA.) And فَرَسٌ ظَمْآنُ الشَّوَى A horse having little flesh upon the legs: (T in art. روى :) and so أَظْمَى الشَّوَى . (T in art. ظمى .) And سَاقٌ ظَمْأَى A lean shank: (T, TA:) and so ساق ظَمْيَآءُ . (S and M and K in art. ظمى .) And عَيْنٌ ظَمْأَى An eye having a thin, or delicate, lid: (M, TA:) and so عين ظَمْيَآءُ . (S and M and K in art. ظمى .) And فُصُوصُهُ ظِمَآءٌ (said of a horse, T, S, TA) His joints are [firm,] not flabby, or lax, (T, S, K, TA,) nor fleshy; (S, K, TA;) and are well braced; an expression of commendation: (T:) and مَفَاصِلُ ظِمَآءٌ Hard [or firm] joints, without flabbiness, or laxness: (A, TA:) accord, to IB, belonging to art. ظمى ; but said in the T to be originally from ظمأ . (TA.) And رِيحٌ ظَمْأَى A wind that is hot, (As, T, K,) thirsty, not gentle, (K,) and without moisture. (As, T.)

: see ظَمْآنُ , first sentence.

Evilness of nature, of a man, and meanness of disposition, and deficiency of equity to associates: (En-Nadr, T, K:) originating from the fact that he who is given to drink, if of an evil nature, does not act equitably to his associates. (T.)

: see ظَمْآنُ , first sentence.

Tawny; applied to a spear: (A, TA:) and so أَظْمَى . (TA in art. ظمى .) And Black; applied to an antelope and to a camel: pl. ظُمْءٌ . (A, TA.)

A thirsty place of the earth or ground. (M, K.)

A very thirsty man. (K.)

Watered [only] by the rain: contr. of مَسْقَوِىٌّ : (K:) and so مَظْمِىٌّ : applied to seedproduce. (S and K in art. ظمى .)