رَمَادٌ
Root: رمد
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رَمَادٌ
Ashes; i. e. charcoal reduced to particles T, M) by being burnt; burnt coals that have become mixed with dust, and extinguished, and reduced to particles: and
رِمْدِدَآءُ signifies the same; as also
, like أَرْبِعَآءُ, or
أَرْمَدَآءُ , like أَرْبَعَآءُ, or
; (so in two copies of the S, there said to be like إِرْبِعَآءُ, and so in the M;) as some say; or
is a pl. of رَمَادٌ, as is also أَرْمدَةٌ; and
, which is mentioned on the authority of Kr, and which is [said to be] the only word of its measure, [though إِرْبِعَآءُ also is mentioned by IHsh,] is a quasi-pl. n.: [رَمَادٌ is a coll. gen. n.;] and
رَمَادَةٌ [is its n. un., and as such] signifies a portion thereof. [Hence] one says, فُلَانٌ كَثِيرُ رَمَادُ القِدْرِ [lit. Such a one has many ashes of the cooking-pot]; meaning
2 [مَآءُ الرَّمَادِ is a term applied in the present day to Lixivium, or lye; i. e. water infused with wood-ashes.]
2 [مَآءُ الرَّمَادِ is a term applied in the present day to Lixivium, or lye; i. e. water infused with wood-ashes.]
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