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رنم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

5 ترنّم ذ ; and ↓ رَنِمَ, (S, Msb,) aor. رَنَمَ , (Msb,) inf. n. [رَنَمٌ and] رَنِيمٌ; (TK;) i. q. رَجَّعَ صَوْتَهُ (S, Msb) i. e. [ He trilled, or quavered; or] he reiterated his voice in his throat, or fauces, (S and K and TA in art. رجع,) like [ as is done in ] chanting, (S in that art.,) or in reading or reciting, or singing, or piping, or other performances, of such as are accompanied with quavering, or trilling: (TA in that art.:) both said of a singer: (Msb:) and the former said of a bird, in its هَدِير [or cooing]; (S, Msb;) and of a bow, when it is twanged: (S:) and تَرْنِيمٌ [inf. n. of ↓ رنّم] signifies the like: (S:) or التَّرْنِيمُ signifies تَطْرِيبُ الصَّوْتِ [i. e. the trilling, or quavering, and prolonging the voice; or prolonging the voice, and modulating it sweetly, or warbling ]; (T, * M, K;) and so رَنِيمٌ [mentioned above as inf. n. of ↓ رَنِمَ]; (Lth, T, M, K;) whence التَّرَنُّمُ [which signifies the same, as is shown by what follows]: (Lth, T:) ↓ رنّم is said of the pigeon, (M, K,) and of the [bird called] مُكَّاء, (M,) and of the [locust, or species of locust, called] جُنْدَب [meaning it chirped ], and of the bow [meaning it emitted a musical ringing sound, or a plaintive sound (see تَرْنَمُوتٌ, below,) when twanged], (M, K,) and [in like manner] of the lute, (M,) and of a thing (M, K:) of any kind (M) of which the sound is esteemed pleasant, or delightful; and تَرَنَّمَ likewise: (M, K:) or you say, الحَمَامَةُ تَتَرَنَّمُ [ The pigeon trills, or quavers, or cooes ]: and of the مُكَّاآء you say, ↓ فِى صَوْتِهِ تَرْنِيمٌ [ In its voice, or cry, is a trilling, or quavering ]: and of the bow, and the lute, and a thing [of any kind] of which the sound is esteemed pleasant, or delightful, ↓ لَهُ تَرْنِيمٌ [ It has a musical ringing sound, or a plaintive sound ]. (Lth, T.) It is said in a trad., مَا أَذِنَ ا@للّٰهُ لِشَىْءٍ أَذَنَهُ لِنَبِىٍّ حَسَنِ التَّرَنُّمِ بِالقُرْاآنِ [ God has not listened to anything as He listens to a prophet having a good manner of trilling, or quavering, or prolonging and modulating sweetly his voice, in reciting the Kur-án ]: or, as some relate it, حَسَنِ الصَّوْتِ يَتَرَنَّمُ بِالقُرْاآنِ [ good in respect of the voice, trilling, &c., in reciting the Kur-án ]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

ترنّمverb
  1. 1.
رَجَّعَ صَوْتَهُ
تَطْرِيبُ الصَّوْتِ
الحَمَامَةُ تَتَرَنَّمُ
مَا أَذِنَ ا@للّٰهُ لِشَىْءٍ أَذَنَهُ لِنَبِىٍّ حَسَنِ التَّرَنُّمِ بِالقُرْاآنِ
حَسَنِ الصَّوْتِ يَتَرَنَّمُ بِالقُرْاآنِ