رِهْمَةٌ
Root: رهم
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رِهْمَةٌ
A drizzling and lasting rain; i. e. a lasting, or continuous, rain, consisting of small drops: or weak and lasting rain, said by AZ to be such as falls with more force, and passes away more quickly, than that which is termed
دِيمَةٌ: pl. رِهَمٌ and رِهَامٌ: El-Ámidee seems to have held that رِهَامٌ is pl. of رَهَمَةٌ; for he likens these two words to إِكَامٌ and أَكَمَةٌ; but this is at variance with what is held by the leading lexicologists. [See an ex. of the pl. رِهَامٌ in a verse of Lebeed cited in the first paragraph of art. رزق.]
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