أَيِّمٌ
1.
A woman having no husband; (Lth, T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K;) whether she be a virgin or not; (IAar, T, S, M, Mgh, K;) or whether she have married before or not; (Sgh, Msb;) as also أَيِّمَةٌ; (Msb;) [said to be] applied to one who has not married: (IAar, T:) or if not a virgin; according to [the Imám] Mohammad; agreeably with a reading of a tradition by which the أَيِّم is distinguished from the virgin: (Mgh:) also, the former, a man having no wife; (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K;) whether he have married before or not: (S, Sgh, K:) or who has not married: (IAar, T:) plural أَيَامَى (S, M, K) and أَيَايءِمُ; (M, K;) the latter of which is the original form: (S, M:) [or both, according to the Msb, are pls. of أَيْمَانُ, q. v.:] and أَيِّمُونَ is a plural applied to men, and أَيِّمَاتٌ applied to women: and امَةٌ, also, signifying men having no wives, is plural of
ايءِمٌ for أَيِّمٌ. (TA.)
2.
Also A free woman: (K:) plural, in this sense also, أَيَامَى, used in this sense in the Qur'an, 24:32, (T, TA,) according to some. (TA.)