غَرِمَ
Root: غرم
Form: 1
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غَرِمَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun غُرْمٌ and غَرَامَةٌ and مَغْرَمٌ, He paid, or discharged a thing that was obligatory upon him, or a bloodwit, and a responsibility, and the like thereof, after it had become obligatory upon him: (or, accord. to an explanation of الغَرَامَةُ in Har p. 36, he gave property against his will: or the meaning intended in the S and K may be, he took upon himself to pay, or discharge, a blood wit, &c.: for, sometimes,] غُرْمٌ and مَغْرَمٌ and غَرَامَةٌ signify the taking upon oneself that which is not obligatory upon him: (Mgh; and the Ksh gives this explanation of مَغْرَمٌ in lii. 40:) [or the taking upon oneself a fine or the like: for, sometimes,] مَغْرَمٌ signifies اِلْتِزَامُ غُرْمٍ. And you say, غَرِمْتُ عَنْهُ مَا لَزِمَهُ مِنَ
الدِّيَةِ [I paid for him, i. e., in his stead, what was obligatory upon him, of the bloodwit]. (Msb in art. عقل.)
2 And غَرِمَ فِى تِجَارَتِهِ He lost, or suffered loss, in his traffic; i. q. خَسِرَ; contr. of رَبِحَ.
def.2 غُرِمَ أَنْفًا: see رُغِمَ [from which it is app. formed by transposition].
2 And غَرِمَ فِى تِجَارَتِهِ He lost, or suffered loss, in his traffic; i. q. خَسِرَ; contr. of رَبِحَ.
def.2 غُرِمَ أَنْفًا: see رُغِمَ [from which it is app. formed by transposition].
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