رَاْمَقَ

Form: 3

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رَاْمَقَIII [رامق seems to signify He strove, or contended, to retain what remained in him of life. And hence, as implying this meaning, He was at the last gasp: see مُرَامِق, below. Whence, app.,] the Verbal.Noun مُرَامَقَةٌ signifies The having little friendship [remaining in the heart]. (KL. [See, again, مُرَامِقٌ.]) One says, هٰذِهِ النَّخْلَةُ تُرَامِقُ بِعِرْقٍ لَا تَحْيَا وَلَا تَمُوتُ; or لَا يَحْيَا وَلَا يَمُوتُ; [as though meaning, accord. to the former reading, This palm-tree strives to retain life with a root, being neither alive nor dead; or, accord. to the latter reading, with a root that is neither alive nor dead;] or هٰذِهِ النَّخْلَةُ تُرَامِقُ بِعِرْقٍ means this palm-tree is neither alive nor dead. And فُلَانٌ يُرَامِقُ عَيْشَهُ i. e. يُدَارِيهِ [app. meaning Such a one strives by artful means to preserve his life].
2 [The Verbal.Noun] رِمَاقٌ also signifies The being hypocritical, or acting hypocritically; [like رِفَاقٌ; see 3 in art. رفق;] which is nearly the same in meaning as مُدَارَاةٌ; because the hypocrite strives to deceive by lying: mentioned by Hr in the “ Ghareebeyn. ”
3 رامق الأَمْرَ, Verbal.Noun مُرَامَقَةٌ, He did, or performed, the thing, or affair, unfirmly, or unsoundly.

def.2 See also 1, in three places.

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