ترنّم
Root: رنم
Form: 5
Full Definition
ترنّمV
; and
رَنِمَ , Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun [رَنَمٌ and] رَنِيمٌ; i. q.
رَجَّعَ صَوْتَهُ i. e. [He trilled, or quavered; or] he reiterated his voice in his throat, or fauces, (S and K and TA in art. رجع,) like [as is done in] chanting, or in reading or reciting, or singing, or piping, or other performances, of such as are accompanied with quavering, or trilling: both said of a singer: and the former said of a bird, in its هَدِير [or cooing]; and of a bow, when it is twanged: and تَرْنِيمٌ [Verbal.Noun of
رنّم ] signifies the like: or التَّرْنِيمُ signifies تَطْرِيبُ الصَّوْتِ [i. e. the trilling, or quavering, and prolonging the voice; or prolonging the voice, and modulating it sweetly, or warbling]; and so رَنِيمٌ [mentioned above as Verbal.Noun of
رَنِمَ ]; whence التَّرَنُّمُ [which signifies the same, as is shown by what follows]:
رنّم is said of the pigeon, and of the [bird called] مُكَّاء, and of the [locust, or species of locust, called] جُنْدَب [meaning it chirped], and of the bow [meaning it emitted a musical ringing sound, or a plaintive sound (see تَرْنَمُوتٌ, below,) when twanged], and [in like manner] of the lute, and of a thing of any kind of which the sound is esteemed pleasant, or delightful; and تَرَنَّمَ likewise: or you say, الحَمَامَةُ تَتَرَنَّمُ [The pigeon trills, or quavers, or cooes]: and of the مُكَّآء you say, فِى صَوْتِهِ [In its voice, or cry, is a trilling, or quavering]: and of the bow, and the lute, and a thing [of any kind] of which the sound is esteemed pleasant, or delightful, لَهُ [It has a musical ringing sound, or a plaintive sound]. It is said in a trad., مَا أَذِنَ ٱللّٰهُ لِشَىْءٍ أَذَنَهُ لِنَبِىٍّ حَسَنِ التَّرَنُّمِ بِالقُرْآنِ [God has not listened to anything as He listens to a prophet having a good manner of trilling, or quavering, or prolonging and modulating sweetly his voice, in reciting the Kur-án]: or, as some relate it, حَسَنِ الصَّوْتِ يَتَرَنَّمُ بِالقُرْآنِ [good in respect of the voice, trilling, &c., in reciting the Kur-án].
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