رَمِيمٌ

Root: رم

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رَمِيمٌ A bone old and decayed: and رُمَامٌ signifies the same in an intensive sense: or the former is like رِمَّةٌ; i. e. it is a subst., signifying the old and decayed, of bones; not of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ or مَفْعُولٌ: or it is used in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, [meaning eroded,] from رَمَمْتُهُ [“ I ate it ”]: its pl. is in most instances أَرِمَّآءُ [when it is used as a subst. or as an epithet], like أَدِلَّآءُ pl. of دَلِيلٌ [or أَقْرِبَآء pl. of قَرِيبٌ]; and رِمَامٌ also occurs [when it is used as a subst., for رِمَّةٌ, of which رِمَامٌ is a pl., or when it is used as an epithet], like كِرَامٌ pl. of كَرِيمٌ: or you say أَعْظُمٌ رَمَائِمُ, and رَمِيمٌ also; or رَمِيمٌ may have the meaning of a gen. n., and therefore be used in the place of a pl. It is said in the Kur ubi suprà, مَنْ يُحْيِى ٱلْعِظَامَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ [Who will quicken the bones when they are old and decayed &c.?]; the last word being without ة because it is a subst., as expl. above, not an epithet; or because it is used in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, as stated above; or because words of the measures فَعِيلٌ and فَعُولٌ are sometimes used alike as masc. and fem. [and sing.] and pl., like صَدِيقٌ and رَسُولٌ and عَدُوٌّ. And Hátim, or some other, says, أَمَا وَالَّذِى لَا يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ غَيْرُهُ وَيُحْيِى العِظَامَ البِيضَ وَهْىَ رَمِيمُ [Verily, or now surely, by Him beside whom none knoweth the secret, and who quickeneth the white bones when they are old and decayed &c.]; in which رميم may have the meaning of a gen. n., as observed above.
2 [Hence,] Anything old and decayed or worn out. One says, أَحْيَى رَمِيمَ المَكَارِمِ [He revived what had become decayed of generous qualities or actions or practices].
3 And The remains of the herbage of the next preceding year: from the same word in the sense first expl. above.

def.2 رَمِيمُ is one of the names of The east, or easterly, wind; الصَّبَا: and is also a proper name for a woman.

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