عَدِيمٌ
1.
Not having, being without, lacking, wanting, not finding, or having lost: one says, هُوَ
عَدِيمُ النَّظِيرِ
He is one not having, without, lacking, &c., the likes [or like]; and عَدِيمُ المَعْرُوفِ [destitute of goodness, gentleness, beneficence, &c.]: and هِىَ عَدِيمَةُ المَعْرُوفِ [She is destitute of goodness, &c.]. (TA.)
2.
And Poor, needy, or destitute; (S, Msb, K;) as also
عَدِمٌ, (K,) and
مُعْدِمٌ, (S,) and
مَعْدُومٌ, (Msb, TA,) which last occurs in a tradition as meaning the poor who has become, by reason of the pressure of his want, as though himself were not existing, or lost:
عَدِيمٌ signifies having no property; as also
مُعْدِمٌ: and having nothing: it is of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ: and its plural is عُدَمَاءُ; erroneously said in the K to be plural of عَدِمٌ. (TA.)