ع ق مʿ-q-m
(س) عَقِمَ يَعْقَمُ عَقَمًاʿaqima yaʿqamu ʿaqaman: for something to be so dry that nothing can be absorbed into it; with this basic sense it comes in several meanings: to be devoid of blessing, to be barren, to be harsh, to be dry. (this verb is not used in the Quran).
عَقِيْمٌʿaqīm (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): devoid of blessing, barren, harsh. ﴿فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوْزٌ عَقِيْمٌ﴾ (Adh-Dhāriyāt 51:29); ﴿اِذْ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيْحَ الْعَقِيْمَ﴾ (Adh-Dhāriyāt 51:41); ﴿اَوْ يَاْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَقِيْمٍ﴾ (Al-Ḥajj 22:55)