نَعَامَةٌ
1.
The blackness of night. (S in article سقط.) see an example voce سقْطٌ.
2.
نَعَامَةٌ
The ostrich: it sometimes denotes the female. See مَخْزُومٌ and جَراَدٌ.
3.
شاَلَتْ نَعَامَتُهُمْ: see طَايءِرٌ, زَأْلٌ, شَالَ, and a verse voce إِمَّا.
4.
اِبْنُ النَّعَامَةِ
The shank-bone: and a certain vein in the leg: and the middle, or beaten track, of the road: and the brisk, lively, or sprightly, horse: and the drawer of water (السَّانِى) who is at the head of the well. (T in article بنى.)
5.
نَعَامَةٌ and نَعَامَتَانِ of a well see زُرْنُوقٌ.
6.
النَّعَايءِمُ
Nine stars [of Sagittarius], behind الشَّوْلَةُ, four in the Milky Way, [β, γ, δ, and
ε,] called النعايءمُ الوَارِدَةُ, as though drinking; and four without the Milky Way
β, γ, δ, ε,, [c, s, t, and f,] called
النعايءمُ الصَّادِرَةُ, as though returning from drinking; and the ninth, [
λ,] [not mentioned by some,] high between them: each of the two fours forming the corners of a quadrilateral figure. The twentieth Mansion of the Moon. (El- Kazweenee.)