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صِرْمَة

Root: صرم

Full Definition

صِرْمَة A herd, or detached number, of camels, consisting of about thirty: or from twenty to thirty: or from thirty to five and forty: or to fifty, and forty; if amounting to sixty, termed صِدْعَة: or from ten to forty: or from ten to some number between that and twenty: or more than a ذَوْد [which is at least two or three] up to thirty: (T voce إِبِلٌ:) or about forty: or less than a هَجْمَة, which is a hundred or nearly a hundred: pl. صِرَمٌ.
2 A portion of property.
3 And A detached portion of clouds: pl. as above.
4 See also صَرِيمَةٌ.
5 And see صَرْمَةٌ.
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