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غرم
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaغَرْمَى ذ A woman heavy, or sluggish; syn. ثَقِيلَةٌ: (K:) or, accord. to IAar, i. q. مُغَاضِيَةٌ [ that makes, and is made, angry: or that breaks off from, or quits, one, in anger, or enmity ]. (TA.) -A2- It is also syn. with أَمَا, as a word denoting an oath [or used in swearing]: one says غَرْمَى وَجَدِّكَ [ Verily, or now surely, by thy grandfather, or by thy fortune or good fortune ]; like as one says أَمَا وَجَدِّكَ: (AA, K, TA:) and عَرْمَى and حَرْمَى are dial. vars. thereof. (TA.)
Derived headwords
غَرْمَى
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غَرْمَى وَجَدِّكَ