عَيْمَةٌ

[mentioned above as a verbal noun] Desire, or eager desire, or longing, for milk: (S, K:) or vehemence of desire, or of longing, for milk, so that one cannot endure with patience the want of it. (TA.) It is said in a tradition, كَانَ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنَ العَيْمَةِ وَالغَيْمَةِ وَالأَيْمَةِ i. e. [He used to pray for protection from] vehemence of desire, or of longing, for milk, so as not to be able to endure with patience the want of it; and vehemence of thirst; and the remaining long without a wife. (TA.)

And Thirst: (K:) or, as some say, vehemence thereof; and so غَيْمَةٌ, as mentioned above. (TA.)