رمّقهُ
Root: رمق
Form: 2
Full Definition
رمّقهُII
He, or it, stayed, or arrested, what remained in him of life. [Hence,] هُمْ
يُرَمِّقُونَهُ بِشَىْءٍ
They give him something sufficient to stay, or arrest, what remains in him of life.
2 [The Verbal.Noun] تَرْمِيقٌ also signifies The scanting of fodder and drink.
3 [And The drinking little by little.] One says, رَمَّدَتِ المِعْزَى فَرَمِّقْ رَمِّقْ, meaning [The she-goats have secreted milk in their udders: therefore] drink thou their milk little by little; drink thou &c.: because they secrete milk some days before their bringing forth: or because they will bring forth after a while. (K, TA. [See also arts. رمد and ربق and رنق : and see 5 in the present art.])
4 Also The doing a work not well, yet so as to satisfy oneself, or to attain one's desire, thereby. You say, هُوَيُرَمِّقُ فِى الشَّىْءِ He does not exert himself, or take pains, or exceed the usual bounds, in doing the thing. And رَمِّقْ عَلَى مَزَادَتَيْكَ Repair thou thy pair of leathern water-bags sufficiently to satisfy thyself.
5 And The interlarding, or embellishing, of speech, or discourse, with falsehood; تَرْمِيقُ الكَلَامِ signifying تَلْقِيقُهُ; as also تَرْبِيقُهُ. (Ibn-'Abbád and K in art. ربق.) You say, رمّق الكَلَامَ He interlarded, or embellished, the speech, or discourse, with falsehood, (لَفَّقَهُ, Z, or لَفَّقَ بَيْنَهُ, JK,) [adding] thing after thing, or thing by thing.
def.2 See also 1, in two places.
2 [The Verbal.Noun] تَرْمِيقٌ also signifies The scanting of fodder and drink.
3 [And The drinking little by little.] One says, رَمَّدَتِ المِعْزَى فَرَمِّقْ رَمِّقْ, meaning [The she-goats have secreted milk in their udders: therefore] drink thou their milk little by little; drink thou &c.: because they secrete milk some days before their bringing forth: or because they will bring forth after a while. (K, TA. [See also arts. رمد and ربق and رنق : and see 5 in the present art.])
4 Also The doing a work not well, yet so as to satisfy oneself, or to attain one's desire, thereby. You say, هُوَيُرَمِّقُ فِى الشَّىْءِ He does not exert himself, or take pains, or exceed the usual bounds, in doing the thing. And رَمِّقْ عَلَى مَزَادَتَيْكَ Repair thou thy pair of leathern water-bags sufficiently to satisfy thyself.
5 And The interlarding, or embellishing, of speech, or discourse, with falsehood; تَرْمِيقُ الكَلَامِ signifying تَلْقِيقُهُ; as also تَرْبِيقُهُ. (Ibn-'Abbád and K in art. ربق.) You say, رمّق الكَلَامَ He interlarded, or embellished, the speech, or discourse, with falsehood, (لَفَّقَهُ, Z, or لَفَّقَ بَيْنَهُ, JK,) [adding] thing after thing, or thing by thing.
def.2 See also 1, in two places.
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