ارم

اـِرَمٌ أرم اـرم ارم رام رم رمى ورم (T, S, M, K) and ↓ أَرِمٌ, (M, K,) like كَتِفٌ, (K,) or ↓ اـِرْمٌ, (so in a copy of the M,) and ↓ اـِرَمِىٌّ and ↓ أَرَمِىٌّ, (M, K,) from Lh, (TA,) or ↓ أَرْمِىٌّ, from Lh, (so in a copy of the M,) and ↓ اـِرْمِىٌّ, from Lh, (TA,) and يَرَمِىٌّ, (M, K,) from Lh, (TA,) and أَيْرَمِىٌّ, (T, K,) A sign, or mark, set up to show the way; (M, K;) stones set up as a sign, or mark, to show the way in the desert: (S:) or particularly one belonging to [ the tribe of ]' Ád: (M, K:) accord. to ISh, the اـِرَم is [ a thing ] like a man in a standing posture upon the head of a hill, whereby one is directed to the right way, and whereby the land is marked, composed of stones set one upon another, and is only the work of the Muslims, and such is made by people in the present day, upon the road: (T:) or such as was made by the people in the time of ignorance, who were accustomed, when they found a thing in their way and could not take it with them, to leave upon it some stones, whereby to know it, until, when they returned, they took it: (TA:) the pl. [of pauc.] is اآرَامٌ and [of mult.] أُرُومٌ (ISh, T, S, M, K:) or أُرُومٌ signifies the graves, or sepulchres, of [ the tribe of ]' Ád. (M, K.) -A2- [اـِرَمٌ in the phrase اـِرَمُ ذَاتُ العِمَادِ (see art. عمد) is a proper name; but whether of a place, or a tribe, or an individual, is disputed: it is commonly believed to be the name of The terrestrial paradise of Sheddád the son of 'Ád: see Bd lxxxix. 6.]