ضَرَمَةٌ
Root: ضرم
Full Definition
ضَرَمَةٌ
A palm-branch with its leaves upon it, or a
شِيحَة [i. e. plant of one of the species of wormwood called
شِيح], having fire [kindled] in its extremity: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.]
ضَرَمٌ . [Hence,] one says, مَا بِهَا نَافِخُ ضَرَمَةٍ, [in the CK, ضِرْمَةٍ, and in my MS. copy of the K ضَرْمَةٍ, both of which are wrong, There is not in it (namely, the house, الدَّار,) a blower of a
ضَرَمَة,] meaning,
2
3 Also A live coal.
4 And Fire, itself, as some say; or so ضَرَمٌ , sometimes.
2
3 Also A live coal.
4 And Fire, itself, as some say; or so ضَرَمٌ , sometimes.
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