رثم

1 رَثَمَ ذ , (T, S, M, K,) aor. رَثِمَ , (M, K,) inf. n. رَثْمٌ, (T, M,) He broke one's nose, (S, M, K,) or his mouth, (T, M, K,) so as to make it bleed, (S,) or so that the blood dropped from it: (M, K:) and رَتَمَ is a dial. var. thereof: (TA:) رُتْمٌ and رَثَمٌ signify also any breaking. (T, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] رَثَمْتْ أَنْفَهَا بِالطِّيبِ (assumed tropical:) She (a woman) smeared her nose with perfume. (S, M, K. [See مَرْثُومٌ, below.]) ― -b3- And رُثِمَ, said of the مَنْسِم [or foot, or sole of the foot, or extremity of the fore foot,] of a camel, (T, M,) It was wounded so that the blood flowed from it: (T:) or it bled. (M.) -A2- رَثِمَ, (M, K,) aor. رَثَمَ , (K,) inf. n. رَثَمٌ; (M;) and ↓ ارثمّ, inf. n. اِرْثِمَامٌ; (S, K;) said of a horse, He had what is termed ↓ رَثَمٌ [in a copy of the M written رَثْم, but expressly said in the K to be مُحَرَّكَة,] and ↓ رُثْمَةٌ [in a copy of the T written رَثْمة, and in a copy of the M رثَمة, but said in the K to be with damm]; (S, K;) i. e. a whiteness in the upper lip: (AO, T, S:) if in the lower lip, it is termed لُمْظَةٌ: (AO, TA:) or a whiteness in the extremity of the nose: (M, K:) or any whiteness, (M, K,) little or much, (M,) upon the upper lip, reaching to the place of the halter: or a whiteness in the nose. (M, K.) The epithet applied to the horse in this case is ↓ أَرْثَمُ (T, S, M, K) [explained in the Mgh as signifying, thus applied, Of which the upper lip is white, ] and ↓ رَثِمٌ; fem. of the former رَثْمَاآءُ. (M, K.) ― -b2- [رَثِمَ is also app. said of one's nose, as meaning It was much scratched, and slit, in its extremity, so that the blood issued from it and fell in drops: see رَثَمٌ, which seems to be its inf. n. in this sense, below.]