, (T, S, M, &c.,) aorist
ظَمَاَ, (Msb, K,) verbal noun ظَمَأٌ (T, S, M, Msb, K) and ظَمْءٌ (TA) and ظَمَاءٌ (T, M, K) and ظَمَاءَةٌ, (M, K, TA,) in one copy of the K ظَمْأَة, (TA,) He thirsted, or was thirsty: (S, M, Msb, K:) or as some say, he thirsted in the slightest degree. (M, TA.)
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Hence, (M,) ظَمِيءَ إِلَى لِقَايءِهِ (tropical:) He desired, or longed, [or, as we often say, thirsted,] to meet with him. (S, M, K, * TA.)