ارمل

Form: 4

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ارملIV It became sandy; had رَمْل in it or upon it.
2 [And He clave to the sand.]
3 And [hence,] He became poor: or his provisions, or travelling-provisions, became difficult to obtain, and he became poor: or his travelling-provisions went: and أَرْمَلُوا their provisions, or travel-ling-provisions, became exhausted, or consumed: from الرَّمْلُ; as though [he or] they clave to the sand; like أَدْقَعَ, or أَدْقَعُوا, from الدَّقْعَآءُ: or from رَمَلٌ meaning “ little rain: ” or from أَرْمَلَ الحَصِيرَ and رَمَلَهُ meaning “ he made the weaving of the mat thin: ” and ارملوا زَادَهُمْ They exhausted, or consumed, their provisions, or travelling-provisions. (K, * TA. [In the TT, as from the M, اتخذوه is erroneously put for أَنْفَدُوهُ, the explanation in the TA.])
4 And [hence,] ارملت, or, accord. to Sh, ارملت مِنْ زَوْجِهَا, or من زوجها; and [alone], Verbal.Noun تَرْمِيلٌ; She became such as is termed أَرْمَلَةٌ, i. e. without a husband; because of her being in need of one to expend upon her; [for] Az says that she is not thus called unless she be also poor: or [she became a widow;] she lost her husband by his death.
5 And ارمل said of an arrow, It became defiled, or smeared, with blood, and had the mark thereof remaining upon it; and so .

def.2 Said of a poet, it is from الرَّمَلُ, like أَرْجَزَ from الرَّجَزُ; i. e. He versified, or composed verses, in the metre termed الرَّمَلُ. (Ibn-Buzurj, L in art. قصد.)

def.3 As a trans. v.: see 1, in five places.
2 Also He lengthened, or made long, a rope, or cord: and in like manner, he lengthened, and widened; or made long, and wide; a shackle, or shackles: you say, ارمل لَهُ فِى قَيْدِهِ He lengthened, and widened, or made long, and made wide, for him his shackle, or shackles.

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