غَرْمَى
Root: غرم
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غَرْمَى
A woman heavy, or sluggish; syn. ثَقِيلَةٌ: or, accord. to IAar, i. q.
مُغَاضِيَةٌ [that makes, and is made, angry: or that breaks off from, or quits, one, in anger, or enmity].
def.2 It is also syn. with أَمَا, as a word denoting an oath [or used in swearing]: one says غَرْمَى وَجَدِّكَ [Verily, or now surely, by thy grandfather, or by thy fortune or good fortune]; like as one says أَمَا وَجَدِّكَ: and عَرْمَى and حَرْمَى are dial. vars. thereof.
def.2 It is also syn. with أَمَا, as a word denoting an oath [or used in swearing]: one says غَرْمَى وَجَدِّكَ [Verily, or now surely, by thy grandfather, or by thy fortune or good fortune]; like as one says أَمَا وَجَدِّكَ: and عَرْمَى and حَرْمَى are dial. vars. thereof.
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