رمد

أَرْمَدُ ذ Of the colour of رَمَاد [or ashes ]; (S, M, K;) [ ash-coloured; ashy; ] of a dusty colour in which is a duskiness, or dinginess: (S:) [fem. رَمْدَاآءُ: and pl. رُمْدٌ.] Hence رَمْدَاآءُ applied to A female ostrich: (S, K:) [and رُمْدٌ applied to ostriches: (see 9, last sentence:)] and hence also رُمْدٌ applied to gnats (T, S, A, L, K) of a certain species: (T:) and you say نَعَامَةٌ رَمْدَاآءُ (M, A) i. e. [ an ostrich or a female ostrich, ] of an obscure black hue, like the colour of ashes: (M:) and ظَلِيمٌ أَرْمَدُ [ a male ostrich of such a colour ]: (M:) and نَعَامٌ رُمْدٌ [ ostriches of such a colour ]: (A:) and ثِيَابٌ رُمْدٌ garments, or pieces of cloth, of a dusty colour in which is a duskiness, or dinginess; from رَمَادٌ. (T.) Lh asserts that the م in this word is a substitute for ب. (M, L. [See أَرْبَدُ.]) ― -b2- See also رَمِدٌ, in six places. ― -b3- And see رِمْدِدٌ.