الرَّامِسَاتُ
Root: رمس
Full Definition
الرَّامِسَاتُ
and الرَّوَامِسُ, [each pl. of الرَّامِسَةُ,] The winds that bury traces or remains; the winds that raise the dust, and [spread it so as to] bury traces or remains: or the winds that transport the dust from one district to another which is some days distant from the former, and sometimes cover the whole face of a land with the dust of another land.
2 رَوَامِسُ also signifies Flying things (طَيْرٌ) that fly by night: or any creeping thing (دَابَّة) that comes forth by night
3 It also occurs as a possessive epithet, or as an act. part. n. in the place of a pass. part. n.
2 رَوَامِسُ also signifies Flying things (طَيْرٌ) that fly by night: or any creeping thing (دَابَّة) that comes forth by night
3 It also occurs as a possessive epithet, or as an act. part. n. in the place of a pass. part. n.
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