[1]
عَمِىَ , [aor.
يَعْمَى,] inf. n.
عَمًى,
He was, or
became, blind, (S, Msb, K,)
of both eyes; (Msb,
K, * TA;) as also ↓
اِعْمَاىَ, aor.
يَعْمَايُ, inf. n.
اِعْمِيَآءٌ; (K;) [said by SM to be like
اِرْعَوَى, aor.
يَرْعَوِى, inf. n.
اِرْعِوَآءٌ; as though
اِعْمَاىَ were originally
اِعْمَىَّ, like as
اِرْعَوَى is originally
اِرْعَوَّ,
both being of the measure
اِفْعلَّ; but he adds,
correctly, that,] accord. to Sgh,
اِعْمَاىَ is originally
like
اِدْهَامَمَ, which becomes
اِدْهَامَّ, [i. e. it is
originally
اِعْمَايَىَ,] but the latter
ى is changed
into
ا because of the fet-hah of the former, so that
it becomes
اِعْمَايَا, and the two, thus differing, do
not easily admit of idghám (TA;) and sometimes the
ى of
اِعْمَاىَ is musheddedeh, (Sgh, K,
TA,) so that it becomes [↓
اِعْمَاىَّ, aor.
يَعْمَاىُّ,
inf. n.
اِعمِيَّآءٌ,] like
اِدْهَامَّ, aor.
يَدْهَامُّ, inf. n.
اِدْهِيمَامٌ; but this is by a straining of a point, and
not in use: (Sgh, TA:) and ↓
تعمّى, likewise,
signifies the same, (K, TA,) i. e., the same as
عَمِىَ. (TA.) And you say also,
عَمِيَتْ عَيْنَاهُ His
two eyes were, or
became, blind. (TA.) ―
2-b2- Hence
عَمًى is metaphorically used in relation to the
mind, as meaning (tropical:)
An erring; the connection
between the two meanings being the
not finding,
or
not taking, the right way: (Msb:) or the
being
blind in respect of the mind: and in this sense,
the verb is as above, with the exception of the
measure
اِفعَالَّ [and the abbreviated form of this].
(K, * TA. [
اَفْعَالٍ in the CK in this passage is a
mistranscription, for
ٱفْعَالَّ.]) You say,
عَمِىَ عَنْ
رُشْدِهِ, and
حُجَّتِهِ, meaning
لَمْ يَهْتَدِ (assumed tropical:) [
He did not,
or
could not, become guided to his right course, and
his plea or
the like; i. e.
he was, or
became, blind
thereto]. (TA.) And
عَمِىَ عَنْ حَقِّهِ (assumed tropical:) [
He was,
or
became, blind to his right, or
due], like
عَشِىَ
عَنْهُ. (TA in art.
عشو.) ―
2-b3- One says also
عَمِىَ
عَلَيْهِ الخَبَرُ (tropical:)
The information was, or
became,
unapparent, obscure, or
covert, to him. (Mgh,
Msb. *) And
عَمِىَ عَلَيْهِ طَرِيقُهُ, (TA,) and
الأَمْرُ,
(S, TA,) and
الشِّعْرُ, and
الكَلَامُ, (Har p. 190,) i. e.
(assumed tropical:) [
His way, or
road, and
the affair, and
the
poetry, or
verse, and
the speech, or
saying,]
was,
or
became, obscure, or
dubious, to him; (S, TA,
and Har ubi suprá) and so ↓
عُمِّىَ; (TA;) and
↓
تعمّى. (Har ubi suprá.) Hence, accord. to
different readings, in the Kur [xxviii. 66],
فَعَمِيَتْ
عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَنْبَآءُ and ↓
فَعُمِّيَتْ (assumed tropical:) [
And the pleas shall
be obscure, or
dubious, to them]. (S, TA.) ―
2-b4- And
عَمِيتُ إِلَى كَذَا (assumed tropical:)
I betook myself to such a thing,
not desiring any other; as also
عَطِشْتُ. (TA.
[Accord. to the TA, the inf. ns. of these two
verbs, thus used, are
عميان and
عطشان: but
they are correctly
عَمًى and
عَطَشٌ.]) ＝
1-A2-
عَمَى
المَوْجُ, aor.
يَعْمِى, (S, K,) inf. n.
عَمْىٌ, (S,)
The
waves cast the particles of rubbish, or
the like, (S,
K, TA,)
driving them to their upper, or
uppermost, parts, (TA,)
and the foam. (S, TA.) ―
2-b2-
And
عَمَى بِلُغَامِهِ, (K, TA,) aor.
يَعْمِى, (TA,)
He (a camel)
brayed, and cast the foam of his
mouth upon his head, or
the upper part of his
head, or
anywhere: (K, TA:) mentioned by ISd.
(TA.) ―
2-b3- And [hence]
عَمَانِى بِكَذَا (assumed tropical:)
He cast
upon me a suspicion of such a thing. (TA.) ―
2-b4-
عَمَى, aor.
يَعْمِى, said of water, (K, TA,) and of
other things, (TA,) also signifies
It flowed; (K,
TA;) and so
هَمَى. (TA.) ―
2-b5- And
عمى النَّبْتُ
[app.
عَمَى] and ↓
اعتمى and
اِعْتَمَّ are three syn.
dial. vars., (TA in this art.,) meaning (assumed tropical:)
The
plant, or
herbage, became of its full height, and
blossomed; (S, K, TA, in explanation of the last,
in art.
عم;) and
became luxuriant, or
abundant
and dense. (TA in that art.)