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عرم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عَارِمٌ ذ and ↓ عَرِمٌ, (S, Msb, K,) applied to a boy, or child, (S,) or to a man, (K,) Evil in disposition, or illnatured, and very perverse or cross or repugnant; (S, Msb, K; *) and sharp: (Msb:) or vehement, or strong: (K:) and, applied to a boy, or child, insolent and unthankful, or ungrateful: or bad, corrupt, or wicked: the former epithet, applied to a man, signifies also abominable, or evil: (TA:) and so its fem. pl. عَارِمَات, (S, TA,) applied by a rájiz as an epithet to creeping [ticks, or similar insects, such as are termed] أَنْبَار [pl. of نِبْرٌ]: (S:) and ↓ عَرِمٌ is said (Msb, TA) by IAar (TA) to signify ignorant: (Msb, TA:) عَرَمَةٌ is pl. of عَارِمٌ, and is applied as an epithet to boys, like عَقَقَةٌ [pl. of عَاقٌّ]. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] لِسَانٌ عَارِمٌ A vehement tongue. (TA. [See an ex. voce شَكِىٌّ.]) ― -b3- And يَوْمٌ عَارِمٌ A day vehemently cold: (TA:) or a day cold in the utmost degree: (K, TA:) and in like manner لَيْلٌ عَارِمٌ [ a night vehemently cold: &c.]: and [the pl. in this sense is عُرَّمٌ:] اللَّيَالِى العُرَّمُ signifies the vehemently-cold nights. (TA.) -A2- Also [ Sucking the breast; or] a sucker of the breast: so in a verse cited above: see 8. (TA.) -A3- مَا هُوَ بِعَارِمِ عَقْلٍ see expl. voce حَارِمٌ

Derived headwords

عَارِمٌ
  1. 1.
لِسَانٌ عَارِمٌ
يَوْمٌ عَارِمٌ
لَيْلٌ عَارِمٌ
اللَّيَالِى العُرَّمُ
هُوَ بِعَارِمِ عَقْلٍ