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رَتْمٌ

Root: رتم

Full Definition

رَتْمٌ and رَتِيمٌ and مَرْتُومٌ signify the same; i. e. Broken: and bruised, or crushed, much: the first being an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet. Ows Ibn-Hajar says, لَأَصَبَحَ رَتْمًا دُقَاقَ الحَصَى مَكَانَ النَّبِىِّ مِنَ الكَاثِبِ i. e. It (referring to a mountain called الصَاقِب) would become [broken, having the pebbles crushed,] like the sands around the mountain El-Káthib. (S in art. نبو. [But there are other explanations of النبىّ and الكاثب as here used. In the T, in art. رثم, a different reading is given: لاصبح رَثْمًا.])

def.2 See also رَتِيمَةٌ.
2 [Freytag, misled by the CK, has assigned to رَتْمٌ a signification that belongs to رَتَمٌ.]
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