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رمك

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَرْمَكُ ذ Of the colour termed رُمْكَةٌ: (S, Msb, K:) applied to a camel: fem. رَمْكَاآءُ. (S, Msb.) The رمكاآء is said by Honeyf-el-Hanátim, who was one of the most skilled of the Arabs respecting camels, to be the most beautiful of she-camels. (TA.) The fem. is also applied, tropically, to a woman. (Th, TA.) ― -b2- A poet says, [applying it to dust,] وَالخَيْلُ تَجْتَابُ الغُبَارَ الأَرْمَكَا [ And the horses, or horsemen, cleave the dark brown, or ash-coloured, &c., dust ]. (TA.) ― -b3- And it is said in a trad., [but to what it relates I know not,] The name of the higher, or highest, land is الرَّمْكَاآءُ; said by IAth to be fem. of الأَرْمَكُ. (TA.)

Derived headwords

أَرْمَكُ
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وَالخَيْلُ تَجْتَابُ الغُبَارَ الأَرْمَكَا