عِمَادٌ

: see عُمْدَةٌ, in four places:

and عَمُودٌ also, former half, in four places.

Also Lofty buildings: (S, O, L, Msb, K:) masculine and feminine: (S, O, L, K:) [being a coll. gen. n.:] one thereof is called عِمَادَةٌ. (S, O, L, Msb, K.)

إِرَمُ ذَاتُ العِمَادِ [mentioned in the Qur'an, 89:6 means Irem possessing lofty buildings supported by columns: or possessing tallness: (L:) or possessing tallness and lofty buildings: (O:) or, according to Fr, the possessors of tents; i. e. who dwelt in tents, and were accustomed to remove to places of pasture and then to return to their usual places of abode. (O, L.)

طَوِيلُ العِمَادِ: see عُمُدَّانٌ.

Also (i. e. طويل العماد) (assumed tropical:) A man whose abode is a place known for its visiters. (S, O, L, K.)

And فُلَانٌ رَفِيعُ العِمَادِ means (assumed tropical:) [Such a one is a person of exalted nobility; lit.] such a one has a high pole of the tent of nobility. (A.)