أَرْمَدُ
Root: رمد
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أَرْمَدُ
Of the colour of
رَمَاد [or ashes]; [ash-coloured; ashy;] of a dusty colour in which is a duskiness, or dinginess: [fem. رَمْدَآءُ: and pl. رُمْدٌ.] Hence رَمْدَآءُ applied to A female ostrich: [and رُمْدٌ applied to ostriches: ] and hence also رُمْدٌ applied to gnats of a certain species: and you say نَعَامَةٌ رَمْدَآءُ i. e. [an ostrich or a female ostrich,] of an obscure black hue, like the colour of ashes: and ظَلِيمٌ أَرْمَدُ [a male ostrich of such a colour]: and نَعَامٌ رُمْدٌ [ostriches of such a colour]: and ثِيَابٌ رُمْدٌ
garments, or pieces of cloth, of a dusty colour in which is a duskiness, or dinginess; from رَمَادٌ. Lh asserts that the م in this word is a substitute for ب. (M, L. [See أَرْبَدُ.])
2 See also رَمِدٌ, in six places.
3 And see رِمْدِدٌ.
2 See also رَمِدٌ, in six places.
3 And see رِمْدِدٌ.
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