رُمَيْصَآءُ
Root: رمص
Full Definition
رُمَيْصَآءُ
[dim. of رَمْصَآءُ, fem. of أَرْمَصُ].
2 الشِّعْرَى الرُّمَيْصَآءُ [i. q. الشِّعْرَى الغُمَيْصَآءُ, i. e., Procyon; (see الشَّعْرَى;)] one of the two stars of the ذِرَاع: so called because of its smallness and its littleness of light [in comparison with the other شِعْرَى, which is Syrius].
2 الشِّعْرَى الرُّمَيْصَآءُ [i. q. الشِّعْرَى الغُمَيْصَآءُ, i. e., Procyon; (see الشَّعْرَى;)] one of the two stars of the ذِرَاع: so called because of its smallness and its littleness of light [in comparison with the other شِعْرَى, which is Syrius].
Lane's Lexicon
+
Hans Wehr
+
Mufradat
Three dictionaries. One search.
"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."
47,000+ classical entries
Root-based navigation
Full text search
Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now
Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more