عَمًى

[sometimes written عَمًا] verbal noun of عَمِىَ [q. v.]. (S, * Msb, K.) [Hence the saying, لَا شَلَلًا وَلَا عَمًى: see 1 in article شل. Hence also one says, رَكِبَ أَمْرًا عَلَى العَمَى, meaning He ventured upon, or embarked in, an affair blindly; like عَلَى غَيْرِ بَصِيرَةِ.]

-A2- See also أَعْمَاءٌ.

-A3- And see عَمَاءٌ, in two places.

-A4- Also Stature: and height. (K.) One says, مَا أَحْسَنَ عَمَى هٰذَا الرَّجُلِ i. e. [How goodly is] the height, or the stature, of this man! (TA.)

-A5- And Dust; synonym غُبَارٌ. (K.)

-A6- In the saying of a rájiz, describing a skin of milk, because of its whiteness,

يَحْسَبُهُ الجَاهِلُ مَا كَانَ عَمَا

شَيْخًا عَلَى كُرْسِيِّةِ مُعَمَّمَا

[The ignorant would think it, while there was remoteness, to be an old man upon his chair, turbaned,] the meaning is looking at it from afar; for العَمَا in this case signifies remoteness. (TA.)