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رمق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عَيْشٌ مُرْمَقٌّ ذ and ↓ مُرَمَّقٌ Mean, paltry, or scanty, means of subsistence. (S, O.) And هُوَ مُرْمَقُّ العَيْشِ, (A 'Obeyd, K,) and ↓ مُرَمَّقُهُ, (IDrd, K,) He is one who has mean, paltry, or scanty, means of subsistence: (A 'Obeyd, K:) or he is straitened in the means of subsistence. (IDrd, K.) ― -b2- مُرْمَقٌّ also signifies Anything bad, or corrupt. (TA.)

Derived headwords

عَيْشٌ مُرْمَقٌّ
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هُوَ مُرْمَقُّ العَيْشِ