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رمء

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of establishing, increasing, and approaching. It also extends to the idea of discerning or verifying information, and in a derived sense, to falsehoods.

Derived headwords

رَمَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to establishboth

    To set up, establish, or make something stand firm.

  2. 2.
    to increaseclassical

    To add to or augment something, to make it grow.

  3. 3.
    to think/verifyclassical

    To form an opinion about news or information, and then to confirm its truth.

رَمْءًاnoun
  1. 1.
    establishmentclassical

    The act of establishing or setting up.

رُمُوءًاnoun
  1. 1.
    establishmentclassical

    The act of establishing or setting up.

أَرْمَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to increaseclassical

    To add to or augment something, to make it grow.

  2. 2.
    to approachclassical

    To draw near to something or someone.

مَرْمَآتnoun
  1. 1.
    falsehoodsclassical

    The baseless or untrue aspects of news or information; falsehoods or fabrications.

Parallel reading

رمأ، كجعل، رمئا ورموءا: أقام
Rama'a, like ja'ala, raman and rumu'an: to establish.
وعلى مئة: زاد
And concerning one hundred: to increase.
كأرمأ، و الخبر: ظنه وحققه
Like armaa'a, and concerning news: to think and verify it.
وأرمأ إليه: دنا
And armaa'a to him: to approach.
ومرمآت الأخبار، بشد الميم وفتحها: أباطيلها
And marmā'āt al-akhbār, with a stressed and a fatha on the mim: its falsehoods.