Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَرُومَةٌ

Root: ارم

Full Definition

أَرُومَةٌ and أُرُومَةٌ, the latter of the dial. of Temeem, or this is not allowable, or أَرُومٌ , or this is the pl., [or a coll. gen. n.,] The root, or base, or lowest part, syn. أَصْل, of a tree of any kind; and of a horn: or, of a tree, [or plant, the root-stock, or rhizoma, or] the part from which branch off the عُرُوق [or roots properly so called]. (K in art. عرق. [See an instance of its use voce جَنْبَةٌ; another, voce جِنْثٌ; and another, voce جَزَرٌ.])
2 And [hence,] The origin, or stock, of a man: The origin of حَسَب [or grounds of pretension to respect or honour, &c.].


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