Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُرِمٌّ

Root: رم

Full Definition

مُرِمٌّ Containing رِمّ, i. e. marrow; applied to a bone. And, [in like manner without ة,] applied to a she-camel, in the first stage of fatness when becoming in good condition of body, and in the last stage thereof when becoming lean, meaning Having in her somewhat of marrow.

def.2 Also Silent; in a general sense; or, as some say, from fear, or fright; applied to a man, and to a bird, as in the saying of a rájiz, namely, Homeyd El-Arkat, . مُرْخًى رِوَاقَاهُ هُجُودٌ سَامِرُهْ يَرِدْنَ وَاللَّيْلُ مُرمٌّ طَائِرُهُ [They come to the water when the bird of night is silent, when its curtains of darkness are let down, when the holders of discourse therein are sleeping].

def.3 [The pl.] مُرِمَّاتٌ signifies Calamities, or misfortunes: so accord. to AZ in the saying, رَمَاهُ بِالمُرِمَّاتِ [He smote him, or afflicted him, with calamiites, or misfortunes]: or, accord. to Aboo-Málik, it signifies المُسْكِتَات [i. e. silencing words or acts].


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