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قَرْمَطَ

Root: قرمط

Form: Q. 1

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قَرْمَطَ
Q. 1 [or, as is implied in the S, قَرْمَطَ فِى الخَطِّ, or فى خَطِّهِ,] Verbal.Noun قَرْمَطَةٌ, He made the lines near together in writing: or he made the characters fine, or slender, or minute, and the letters and lines near together.
2 قرمط فِى خَطْوِهِ, [or, as implied in the S, فى المَشْىِ, or فى مَشْيِهِ,] Verbal.Noun as above, He contracted his steps in walking or going: and in the same sense قرمط is said of a camel.
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