رمء

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of staying or remaining in a place, often with a connotation of settling in, especially where there is vegetation. It also extends to the idea of assuming or believing something to be true, particularly regarding news or information.

Derived headwords

رَمَأَverb

1.
to stay, remainboth
To stay or remain in a place, to sojourn there.
2.
to settle in (vegetation)classical
Specifically refers to the staying or settling of camels in a place with abundant grass.

رَمَأًnoun

1.
staying, remainingboth
The act of staying or remaining in a place.

رُمُوءًاnoun

1.
staying, remainingboth
The act of staying or remaining in a place.

رَمَأَverb

1.
to stay, remainboth
A man staying or remaining in a place.

رَمَأَverb

1.
to suspect, conjectureclassical
To suspect or conjecture about news or information.

رَمَأَverb

1.
to estimate, judgeclassical
To estimate or judge the nature or content of news.

مَرْمَأَةnoun

1.
place of stayingclassical
A place where one stays or remains.
2.
conjecture, estimationclassical
The act of conjecturing or estimating, especially concerning news.

Parallel reading

رمأت الإبل بالمكان ترمأ رمأ ورموءا: أقامت فيه.

The camels stayed in the place, remaining, staying, and sojourning in it.

وخص بعضهم به إقامتها في العشب.

And some scholars specified this (staying) to be their (camels') remaining in the grass.

ورمأ الرجل بالمكان: أقام.

And the man stayed in the place; he remained.

وهل رمأ إليك خبر، وهو، من الأخبار، ظن في حقيقة.

And did news reach you (in the sense of being conjectured), and it, of the news, is a conjecture about its reality.

ورمأ الخبر: ظنه وقدره.

And he conjectured the news; he suspected and estimated it.

أجلت مرمأة الأخبار، إذ ولدت، ... عن يوم سوء، لعبد القيس، مذكور

I considered the conjecture of the news, when it was born... concerning a day of evil, for Abd al-Qays, mentioned.