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رمّلهُ

Root: رمل

Form: 2

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رمّلهُII , Verbal.Noun تَرْمِيلٌ, He put رَمْل [i. e. sand] into it; namely, food; and so , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun رَمْلٌ; but the former verb is the more chaste. Hence, in a trad. respecting [the eating of the flesh of] domestic asses, أَمَرَ أَنْ تُكْفَأَ القُدُورُ وَأَنْ يُرَمَّلَ اللَّحْمُ بِالتُّرَابِ, meaning [He ordered that the cooking-pots should be turned upside-down, and] that the flesh should be stirred about and mixed with dust, in order that no use might be made of it.
2 And He defiled, or smeared, him, or it, with blood; namely, a man, or a garment, and the like; and so ; but in this sense also the former verb is the more chaste. And رُمِّلَ فُلَانٌ بِالدَّمِ Such a one was defiled, or smeared, with blood.
3 In relation to speech, or language, التَّرْمِيلُ signifies i. q. التَّزْيِيفُ; (K, TA; [in the CK, erroneously, التَّرْنِيفُ;]) i. e., [as Verbal.Noun of رَمَّلَ, The adulterating it, corrupting it, or rendering it unsound, or untrue; and as Verbal.Noun of رُمِّلَ,] its being [adulterated, corrupted, or] unsound, or untrue.
4 See also 1.

def.2 And see 4.


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