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رمّدهُ

Root: رمد

Form: 2

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رمّدهُII , Verbal.Noun تَرْمِيدٌ, He put ashes into it, or upon it; namely, roast meat: or he put it into ashes. It is said in a prov., شَوَى أَخُوكَ حَتَّى إِذَا أَنْضَجَ رَمَّدَ [Thy brother roasted, until, when he had thoroughly cooked the meat, he put ashes into it, or put it into the ashes]: meaning Thy brother did a good deed and then marred it: [i. e.] it is applied to him who mars, or corrupts, that which he has put into a good, or right, state: or to him who does a kind act, and then mars it by reproach, or cuts it short.
2 Also He put it into live coals.
3 See also 1.

def.2 رَمَّدَتْ, Verbal.Noun تَرْمِيدٌ; and ; said of a ewe, or she-goat, and of a she-camel, and of a cow, She secreted milk in her udder a little before her bringing forth; syn. أَضْرَعَتْ: or she showed herself to be pregnant, and became large in her udder; as also أَضْرَعَتْ: or she secreted a little milk at the time of bringing forth: or she showed herself to be pregnant, and became large in her belly and swollen in her udder and her vulva: or she secreted somewhat [of milk] at the time of bringing forth, or a little before it: the epithet applied to her in this case is مُرَمِّدٌ [without ة]. [See also رَبَّدَتْ.] One says, رَمَّدَتِ الضَّأْنُ فَرَبِّقْ رَبِّقْ [The ewes have secreted milk in their udders, &c.]: therefore prepare thou the أَرْبَاق: prepare thou the ارباق: [i. e., the loops into which their heads are to be inserted:] for the ewes secrete milk in their udders only عَلَى رَأْسِ الوَلَدِ [i. e. at the time of bringing forth, or when about to produce the young]. And [in like manner,] رَمَّدَتِ المِعْزَى فَرَنِّقْ رَنِّق. (IAar, T. [See also arts. رمق and رنق.])
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