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رَمْسٌ

Root: رمس

Full Definition

رَمْسٌ Dust, or earth: or dust with which the wind effaces traces or remains: or dust, or earth, that is scattered upon a corpse: or dust, or earth, of a grave: an Verbal.Noun used as a subst.
2 Hence, A grave; as also رَامُوسٌ and مَرْمَسٌ : or a grave that is made even with the surface of the ground; not elevated: and مَرْمَسٌ signifies the place of a grave; or of a رَمْس: the pl. [of pauc.] of رَمْسٌ is أَرْمَاسٌ and [of mult.] رُمُوسٌ.

def.2 A low, gentle, or soft, sound or voice.
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