Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

عَظَآءَةٌ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, TA,) which is of the dial. of the people of El-ʼÁliyeh, (Mṣb, TA,) and عَظَايَةٌ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ, TA,) which is of the dial. of Temeem, (Mṣb, TA,) [in the CK عِظايَة,] A certain reptile, or small creeping thing, (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA,) larger than the وَزَغَة, (Ṣ,) like the [lizard called] سَامّ أَبْرَص (Mṣb, Ḳ, TA) in form, or make, (Mṣb,) but somewhat larger: (TA:) or a غنده [or غُنْدَهْ, a Pers. word said to signify a species of spider]: (MA:) [or] a species of lizard; (MA, PṢ;) a certain reptile, or creeping thing, (دَابَّة,) larger than the وزغة; a species of large lizard: (MA:) [see also عَضْرَفُوطٌ:] pl.عَظَآءٌ↓, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ, TA, [in the CK عِظاءٌ,]) i. e. pl. of عَظَآءَةٌ, (Ṣ, Mṣb,) [or rather عَظَآءٌ is a coll. gen. n. of which عَظَآءَةٌ is the n. un.,] and عَظَايَا, (TA,) and also عَظَايَاتٌ, which last is pl. of عَظَايَةٌ. (Mṣb.) A woman of the desert, whom her lord (مَوْلَاهَا) had beaten, said, رَمَاكَ ٱللّٰهُ بِدَآءٍ لَا دَوَآءَ لَهُ إِلَّا أَبْوَالُ العَظَآءِ [May God smite thee with a disease for which there is no remedy but the urine (lit. urines) of the عظاء], which is a thing hard to be found. (TA.)