أَعْرَمُ
Root: عرم
Full Definition
أَعْرَمُ
[More, and most, evil in disposition, or illnatured, &c.]: see an ex. voce عُرَامٌ.
def.2 Also [Having the quality termed عَرَمٌ and عُرْمَةٌ: fem عَرْمَآءُ: and pl. عُرْمٌ: i. e.] having in it blackness and whiteness: [&c.:] the eggs of the sand-grouse are عُرْم; they are meant by this word in a verse of Aboo-Wejzeh Es-Saadee: and عَرْمَآءُ is applied to a serpent; and means a serpent speckled with black and white; pl. عُرْمٌ. And i. q. أَبْرَشُ: and, some say, أَبْرَصُ: [the former meaning Speckled: and the latter, and sometimes the former also, leprous:] fem. عَرْمَآءُ. Applied to a sheep or goat, Having a whiteness in the lip: fem. as above: [but] it occurs in a trad., applied to a ram, as meaning white, with black specks. And Coloured with two colours. Hence دَهْرٌ أَعْرَمُ
2 [Hence also,] applied to a collection of small cattle, Consisting of sheep and goats.
3 And Uncircumcized: pl. عُرْمَانٌ, and pl. pl. عَرَامِينُ, which is mentioned by AA as an epithet applied to men, syn. with قُلْفَانٌ [a pl. of أَقْلَفُ].
def.3 Also a sing. of عُرْمَانٌ signifying Tillers, or cultivators, of land, syn. أَكَرَةٌ, [in the CK اُكْرَة ,] and so is عَرِيمٌ , in the copies of the K, erroneously written عرم [in some of them عَرْمٌ and in others عَرَمٌ].
2 And أَعْرَمُ and عَرِيمٌ , the latter more agreeably with analogy, are likewise pls. of عُرْمَانٌ signifying Places of seed-produce.
def.2 Also [Having the quality termed عَرَمٌ and عُرْمَةٌ: fem عَرْمَآءُ: and pl. عُرْمٌ: i. e.] having in it blackness and whiteness: [&c.:] the eggs of the sand-grouse are عُرْم; they are meant by this word in a verse of Aboo-Wejzeh Es-Saadee: and عَرْمَآءُ is applied to a serpent; and means a serpent speckled with black and white; pl. عُرْمٌ. And i. q. أَبْرَشُ: and, some say, أَبْرَصُ: [the former meaning Speckled: and the latter, and sometimes the former also, leprous:] fem. عَرْمَآءُ. Applied to a sheep or goat, Having a whiteness in the lip: fem. as above: [but] it occurs in a trad., applied to a ram, as meaning white, with black specks. And Coloured with two colours. Hence دَهْرٌ أَعْرَمُ
2 [Hence also,] applied to a collection of small cattle, Consisting of sheep and goats.
3 And Uncircumcized: pl. عُرْمَانٌ, and pl. pl. عَرَامِينُ, which is mentioned by AA as an epithet applied to men, syn. with قُلْفَانٌ [a pl. of أَقْلَفُ].
def.3 Also a sing. of عُرْمَانٌ signifying Tillers, or cultivators, of land, syn. أَكَرَةٌ, [in the CK اُكْرَة ,] and so is عَرِيمٌ , in the copies of the K, erroneously written عرم [in some of them عَرْمٌ and in others عَرَمٌ].
2 And أَعْرَمُ and عَرِيمٌ , the latter more agreeably with analogy, are likewise pls. of عُرْمَانٌ signifying Places of seed-produce.
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