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رمط

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of finding fault or criticizing someone. It also has a secondary meaning related to a dense thicket of trees, though this usage is debated and potentially a scribal error.

Derived headwords

رَمَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to find fault withboth

    To criticize someone, to point out their flaws, or to disparage them.

  2. 2.
    to attackclassical

    To verbally attack or criticize someone harshly.

رَمْطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    finding faultboth

    The act of criticizing or finding fault with someone.

الرَّمَطnoun
  1. 1.
    thicketclassical

    A dense gathering or clump of trees, such as the 'urfut or similar thorny shrubs. It can be likened to a dense grove.

Parallel reading

رمط الرجل يرمطه رمطا: عابه وطعن عليه.
The man found fault with him, criticizing him and attacking him.
والرمط: مجمع العرفط ونحوه من الشجر
And 'al-ramt' is a gathering of 'urfut and similar trees.
وقيل: هو من شجر العضاه كالغيضة
And it was said: it is from the thorny trees, like a dense thicket.
هذا تصحيف
This is a scribal error.
سمعت العرب تقول للحرجة الملتفة من السدر غيض سدر ورهط سدر
I heard the Arabs say of a dense, intertwined thicket of sidr: 'ghaydh sidr' and 'rahṭ sidr'.
ورهط من عشر بالهاء لا غير
And 'rahṭ' with a 'ha' (ه) and nothing else.
ومن رواه بالميم فقد صحف.
And whoever narrates it with a 'mim' (م) has made a scribal error.