رمس

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root رمس primarily relates to covering, burying, and concealing. It extends to the act of flattening or leveling something, particularly a grave, and also encompasses the idea of obscuring or hiding information. The root can also refer to the dust or earth used for covering and, by extension, to the grave itself.

Derived headwords

رَمَسَverb

1.
to buryboth
To cover something with earth or dust, especially a dead body in a grave, and to level the ground over it.
2.
to concealboth
To hide or keep something secret, such as news or information.
3.
to effaceclassical
To cover or obscure tracks or traces, often by wind blowing dust.

ورمسته وأرمسته: دفنته — And we buried him and covered him: we interred him

رمس عليه الخبر رمسا: لواه وكتمه — He concealed the news from him, distorting and hiding it.

رَمْسnoun

1.
burialboth
The act of burying or covering with earth, often referring to the process of leveling a grave.
2.
graveboth
A grave, or the mound of earth covering a grave.
3.
dustboth
Earth or dust that is heaped upon a grave or blown by the wind.
4.
hidden soundclassical
A faint or hidden sound.

والرمس: الترب ترمس به الريح الأثر — And the rames is the dust with which the wind effaces the trace.

والقبر نفسه: رمس — And the grave itself is a rames.

مَرْمُوسadjective

1.
buriedboth
Covered with earth or dust, especially something that has been buried or leveled.
2.
concealedclassical
Hidden or kept secret.

إذا أتاها الخبر المرموس — When the concealed news reaches her

رَمِيسadjective

1.
buriedclassical
Buried and covered with earth, leveled with the ground.

ارْتَمَسَverb

1.
to immerse oneselfboth
To plunge or immerse oneself in water, often to the point of covering the head and body.
2.
to dip brieflyclassical
To dip into water briefly without prolonged immersion.

إذا ارتمس الجنب في الماء أجزأه ذلك من غسل الجنابة — If one who is in a state of ritual impurity immerses himself in water, that suffices him for the ritual bath.

رَامِسadjective

1.
burierclassical
Something that buries or covers, such as wind that effaces tracks.
2.
nocturnal creatureclassical
A creature that moves or flies at night.

الروامس الطير الذي يطير بالليل — The rawamis are birds that fly at night.

أَرْمَسَverb

1.
to buryclassical
To bury or inter someone.

ورمست الميت وأرمسته: دفنته — And we ramesed the dead and armed him: we buried him.

مَرْمَسnoun

1.
grave siteclassical
The place of a grave.

بخفض مرمسي، أو في يفاع — In a low grave-site, or on a height

أَرْمَاسnoun

1.
gravesclassical
Plural of rames, referring to graves.

وغادروه مقيما بين أرماس — And they left him residing among graves.

رُمُوسnoun

1.
gravesclassical
Plural of rames, referring to graves.

والرموس مصارع الفتيان — And the rumus are the resting places of young men.

رَامِسَةadjective

1.
effacing windclassical
A wind that carries dust and effaces traces.

والروامس والرامسات الرياح الزافيات — And the rawamis and the ramisat are the swift winds.

مَرْمُوسَةnoun

1.
confusionclassical
A state of confusion or entanglement in affairs.

ووقعوا في مرموسة من أمرهم — And they fell into a confusion of their affair.

رَمَسَverb

1.
to flattenboth
To level something, especially a grave, with the ground.

ارمسا قبري رمسا أي سووه بالأرض — Level my grave, level it, meaning make it even with the ground.

رَمَسَverb

1.
to coverboth
To cover something with earth or dust.

ورمسناه بالترب — And we covered it with dust.

رَمَسَverb

1.
to effaceclassical
For wind to efface or cover traces with dust.

وترمس به الريح الأثر — And the wind effaces the trace with it.

رَمَسَverb

1.
to concealboth
To conceal or hide something, like a story or news.

ورمست الحديث: أخفيته وكتمته — And I concealed the hadith: I hid it and kept it secret.

Parallel reading

الرمس: الصوت الخفي.

Ar-rams: the hidden sound.

ورمس الشيء يرمسه رمسا: طمس أثره.

And rames a thing, he rameses it ramesan: he effaces its trace.

ورمسه يرمسه ويرمسه رمسا، فهو مرموس ورميس: دفنه وسوى عليه الأرض.

And he rameses it, he rameses it, and he rameses it ramesan, so it is marmus and ramis: he buried it and leveled the earth over it.

وكل ما هيل عليه التراب، فقد رمس؛ وكل شيء نثر عليه التراب، فهو مرموس؛

And whatever earth is heaped upon it, it has been ramesed; and whatever thing earth is scattered upon, it is marmus;

إذا أتاها الخبر المرموس، أتحلق القرون أم تميس؟

When the concealed news reaches her, does she braid her hair or adorn herself?

الروامس الطير الذي يطير بالليل، قال: وكل دابة تخرج بالليل، فهي رامس

The rawamis are the birds that fly at night, he said: and every creature that comes out at night, it is a ramis

إذا كان القبر مدرما مع الأرض، فهو رمس، أي مستويا مع وجه الأرض

If the grave is level with the earth, it is a rames, meaning even with the surface of the earth

ارمسا قبري رمسا أي سووه بالأرض ولا تجعلوه مسنما مرتفعا.

Level my grave, level it, meaning make it even with the ground and do not make it a raised mound.

وأصل الرمس: الستر والتغطية.

And the origin of rames is: veiling and covering.

ويقال لما يحثى من التراب على القبر: رمس.

And what is heaped of earth upon the grave is called rames.

والقبر نفسه: رمس؛

And the grave itself: is a rames;

إذا هو الرمس تعفوه الأعاصير

When he is the grave that the storms efface

إذا ارتمس الجنب في الماء أجزأه ذلك من غسل الجنابة

If one who is in a state of ritual impurity immerses himself in water, that suffices him for the ritual bath

أنه رامس عمر بالجحفة وهما محرمان أي أدخلا رؤوسهما في الماء حتى يغطيهما

That he dipped Umar's head in the water at al-Juhfah while they were in the state of ihram, meaning they put their heads in the water until it covered them

الصائم يرتمس ولا يغتمس.

The fasting person dips himself briefly and does not immerse himself.

الرمس القبر، والجمع أرماس ورموس؛

Ar-rams is the grave, and the plural is armas and rumus;

وغادروه مقيما بين أرماس

And they left him residing among graves.

والرموس مصارع الفتيان

And the rumus are the resting places of young men.

الراموس القبر، والمرمس: موضع القبر؛

Ar-ramus is the grave, and al-marmas: the place of the grave;

بخفض مرمسي، أو في يفاع،

In a low grave-site, or on a height,

ورمسناه بالترب: كبسناه.

And we ramesed it with dust: we pressed it down.

والرمس: الترب ترمس به الريح الأثر.

And the rames is the dust with which the wind effaces the trace.

ورمس القبر: ما حثي عليه.

And the rames of the grave: is what is heaped upon it.

وقد رمسناه بالتراب.

And we have ramesed it with earth.

والرمس تحمله الريح فترمس به الآثار أي تعفيها.

And the rames is carried by the wind, and it rameses the traces with it, meaning it effaces them.

ورمست الميت وأرمسته: دفنته.

And I ramesed the dead and armed him: I buried him.

ورمسوا قبر فلان إذا كتموه وسووه مع الأرض.

And they ramesed so-and-so's grave if they concealed it and leveled it with the ground.

والرمس: تراب القبر، وهو في الأصل مصدر.

And the rames: is the dust of the grave, and it is originally a masdar.

والروامس والرامسات الرياح الزافيات التي تنقل التراب من بلد إلى آخر

And the rawamis and the ramisat are the swift winds that carry dust from one land to another

والروامس الرياح التي تثير التراب وتدفن الآثار.

And the rawamis are the winds that stir up dust and bury traces.

ورمس عليه الخبر رمسا: لواه وكتمه.

And he ramesed the news to him ramesan: he distorted it and concealed it.

إذا كتم الرجل الخبر القوم قال: دمست عليهم الأمر ورمسته.

If a man conceals news from people, he says: I damasted the matter to them and I ramesed it.

ورمست الحديث: أخفيته وكتمته.

And I ramesed the hadith: I hid it and kept it secret.

ووقعوا في مرموسة من أمرهم أي اختلاط؛

And they fell into a marmusah of their affair, meaning confusion;

ذكر رامس، بكسر الميم، موضع في ديار محارب

The mention of Ramis, with a kasrah on the mim, a place in the lands of Muharib