[1]
عَامَ فِى المَآءِ , (Mgh, Msb,) aor. يَعُومُ, (Msb,)
inf. n. عَوْمٌ, (S, Msb, K,) He swam in the water;
syn. سَبَحَ: (Mgh:) العَوْمُ signifying السِّبَاحَةُ: (S,
K:) or, accord. to the author of the “ Iktitáf, ”
the former signifies the coursing along in water
with immersion of oneself; and the latter, “ the
coursing along upon water without immersion of
oneself: ” [but see what follows:] or, as some
say, the former is an act of rational beings, and
the latter is of irrational; but Bd, on the words
كُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ [in the Kur xxi. 34], says
that السِّبَاحَةُ is the act of rational beings. (MF,
TA.) It is said in a trad., عَلِّمُوا صِبْيانَكُمُ العَوْمَ
[Teach ye your young boys swimming]. (TA.)
And one says, العَوْمُ لَا يُنْسَى [Swimming once
learned will not be forgotten]. (S, TA.) ―
2-b2- And
عامت السَّفِينَةُ, (TA,) inf. n. as above, (S, K,) The
ship coursed along. (S, K, TA.) ―
2-b3- And عامت
النُّجُومُ, inf. n. as above, (tropical:) The stars coursed along.
(TA.) ―
2-b4- And عامت الِإبِلُ, (TA,) inf. n. as above,
(S, K,) (tropical:) The camels marched along, or journeyed,
(S, K, TA,) in the desert. (TA.) And يَعُمْنَ
فِى لُجِّ السَّرَابِ (tropical:) [They course along in the apparently-boundless expanse of the mirage]. (A, TA.)