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رمعل

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of flowing, dripping, or running, often with a sense of continuity or abundance. It is applied to liquids like tears and saliva, as well as to the fat of cooked meat. It can also metaphorically describe rapid movement or a sudden outburst.

Derived headwords

ارمعلverb
  1. 1.
    to become wetboth

    To become wet or soaked, particularly referring to clothing.

  2. 2.
    to flowboth

    To flow or run, used for tears, saliva, or other liquids.

  3. 3.
    to dripboth

    To drip or trickle, often implying a continuous flow.

  4. 4.
    to run (fat)classical

    To run or flow, specifically referring to the fat of cooked meat.

  5. 5.
    to sobclassical

    To sob or cry out loudly, indicating a strong emotional outburst.

ارمعل الثوب: ابتل — The garment became wet.
ارمعل الدمع وارمعن: سال — The tears flowed.
ارمعل الشيء: تتابع — The thing flowed continuously.
ارمعل الصبي ارمعلالا سال لعابه — The child's saliva flowed.
ارمعل الشواء أي سال دسمه — The roast's fat flowed.
ارمعل الرجل أي شهق — The man sobbed.
مرمعلadjective
  1. 1.
    flowingboth

    Describing something that is flowing or running, such as tears or saliva.

  2. 2.
    dripping (fat)classical

    Describing meat whose fat is flowing or dripping.

فهو مرمعل ومرمعن — So it is flowing.
والقطر عن متنيه مرمغل كنظم اللؤلؤ مرمعل — And the dew from its shoulders flows like strung pearls, flowing.
مرمعنadjective
  1. 1.
    flowingboth

    Describing something that is flowing or running, similar to مرمعل.

وارمعل الدمع وارمعن: سال — The tears flowed.
فهو مرمعل ومرمعن — So it is flowing.
ارمعلالاnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing (saliva)classical

    The flowing of saliva, used as a masdar for ارمعل.

ارمعل الصبي ارمعلالا سال لعابه — The child's saliva flowed.
مرمغلadjective
  1. 1.
    flowingclassical

    Flowing or dripping, used in a poetic context.

والقطر عن متنيه مرمغل كنظم اللؤلؤ مرمعل — And the dew from its shoulders flows like strung pearls, flowing.
مرمعلاadverb
  1. 1.
    rapidlyclassical

    Used in the expression 'ادْرَنْفِقْ مُرَمْعِلاً' meaning to proceed or go forth swiftly and successfully.

ادْرَنْفِقْ مُرَمْعِلاً — Proceed successfully and swiftly.
خنينnoun
  1. 1.
    sobclassical

    A sob or a crying sound, often associated with grief or fear.

وارمعل خنينها — And her sobbing intensified.

Parallel reading

ارمعل الثوب: ابتل، وقيل: كل ما ابتل فقد ارمعل.
The garment became wet; and it is said: everything that becomes wet has 'arma'ala'.
وارمعل الدمع وارمعن: سال فهو مرمعل ومرمعن.
The tears flowed, and it is flowing, so it is flowing and flowing.
ارمعل الشيء: تتابع، وقيل: سال فتتابع.
The thing flowed continuously; and it is said: it flowed and then continued to flow.
ارمعل الصبي ارمعلالا سال لعابه.
The child's saliva flowed abundantly.
ارمعل الدمع أي تتابع قطرانه، بالعين والغين جميعا
The tears flowed, meaning their dripping was continuous, using both 'ayn and ghayn.
والقطر عن متنيه مرمغل كنظم اللؤلؤ مرمعل
And the dew from its shoulders flows like strung pearls, flowing.
ارمعل الشواء أي سال دسمه
The roast's fat flowed.
وانصب لنا الدهماء طاهي، وعجلن ... لنا بشواة مرمعل ذؤوبها
And prepare for us the dark meat, O cook, and hasten... to us with a roast whose fat is flowing and abundant.
وقولهم ادرنفق مرمعلا أي امض راشدا.
And their saying 'idranfaqa murma'ilan' means proceed successfully and swiftly.
ارمعل الرجل أي شهق
The man sobbed.
ولما رآني صاحبي رابط الحشا، ... موطن نفس قد أراها يقينها، بكى جزعا من أن يموت، وأجهشت ... إليه الجرشى، وارمعل خنينها
And when my companion saw me, holding his breath... his soul settled, as he saw his certainty, he cried out of fear of dying, and the tribe rushed... towards him, and her sobbing intensified.