ن • م • ى

, aor. نَمِىَ , inf. n. نَمَاءٌ, It increased; (M, K, Mgh, TA;) multiplied; became plentiful, or abundant; (Msb, TA;) said of a thing, (Msb,) of cattle, or wealth, (S, Mgh, TA,) &c. (TA.) نَمَتِ الأَرْضُ The land throve, or yielded increase.

The quarry died out of sight of the sportsman: see أَصْمَى.

He asserted his [own] relationship [of son] to him; (S, Msb, K;) like اِعْتَزَى. (S and Msb in art. عزو.)

, of a grape-vine, The shoot upon which are the bunches of grapes: (M, K:) or the eye, or bud, that breaks open so as to disclose its leaves and its berries: (M:) or its branches: pl. نَوَامٍ. (T.)