عَام

1. عَامٌّ

EaAm~N * part. n. of Eam~a ; applied to rain &c. [as meaning Common, or general, or universal; or generally, or universally, comprehensive: &c.: see 1, first sentence: contr. of xaAS~N ]. (Msb.) ― -b2- See also AlEaAm~apu . ― -b3- Also [A general word; i. e.] a word applied by a single application t

2. عَامٌ

EaAmN * A year syn. sanapN : (S, K;) or HawolN ; [not sanapN ; for] El. Jawáleekee says, the common people do not distinguish between the EAm and the snh , making them both to have the same meaning; but the right state of the case is what I have been told on the authority of Ahmad Ibn-Yahyà [i. e. T

3. عَامَ

1 EaAma * , aor. yaEiymu and yaEaAmu , inf. n. EayomapN (S, K) and EayomN , (thus in copies of the K,) or EayamN , thus accord. to Lth, (TA,) He (a man, S) desired, or desired eagerly, or longed for, milk: (S, K:) and he thirsted: (K: [like gaAma :]) [or thirsted vehemently: (see EayomapN , below:)]