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الرمض

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense heat, particularly the scorching heat of the sun on the ground. It extends to concepts of burning, suffering from heat, and even the intense thirst of fasting. Derived meanings also touch upon the preparation of metal and specific times of the year.

Derived headwords

الرَّمَضُnoun
  1. 1.
    intense heatboth

    The intense heat of the sun on sand and other surfaces.

رَمِضَverb
  1. 1.
    to be intensely hotboth

    The day's heat intensified.

رمض يومنا، كفرح: اشتد حره — Our day became intensely hot, like 'faraha'.
قَدِمَverb
  1. 1.
    feet burnedboth

    Feet became burned from the intense heat of the ground.

وقدمه: احترقت من الرمضاء — and his feet burned from the intense heat.
قَرِحَتْverb
  1. 1.
    livers became soreclassical

    Sheep's livers became sore from grazing in extreme heat.

والغنم: رعت في شدة الحر فقرحت أكبادها — and the sheep grazed in extreme heat, causing their livers to become sore.
شَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to splitclassical

    To split a sheep, leaving its skin on, and place it on the kneecap with salt on top to cook.

ورمض الشاة يرمضها: شقها وعليها جلدها، وطرحها على الرضفة، وجعل فوقها الملة لتنضج — and to prepare a sheep by splitting it with its skin on, placing it on the kneecap, and putting salt on top to cook.
رَعَىverb
  1. 1.
    grazed in heatboth

    Sheep grazed in the intense heat.

ورعى الغنم في الرمضاء — and the sheep grazed in the intense heat.
أَرْمَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to graze in heatclassical

    To cause sheep to graze in the intense heat.

كأرمضها ورمضها — like causing them to graze in the heat.
رَمَّضَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to graze in heatclassical

    To cause sheep to graze in the intense heat.

وكرمضها — and causing them to graze in the heat.
دَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to pound thinclassical

    To place a blade between two smooth stones and pound it to make it thin.

والنصل يرمضه ويرمضه: جعله بين حجرين أملسين، ثم دقه ليرق — and the blade is pounded thin by placing it between two smooth stones, then pounding it to make it thin.
وَقِيعnoun
  1. 1.
    iron forgingclassical

    A forging of iron.

وشفرة رميض، بين الرماضة: وقيع حديد — and a blade, between the forgings: an iron forging.
الرَّمْضَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    woman rubbing thighsclassical

    A woman who rubs her thigh against another.

والرمضة، كفرحة: المرأة التي تحك فخذها فخذها الأخرى — and al-ramḍah, like 'farḥah': a woman who rubs her thigh against another.
رُمَيْضname
  1. 1.
    poet's nameclassical

    A diminutive form used for the poet Rashid ibn Rumaydh.

ورشيد بن رميض، مصغرين: شاعر — and Rashid ibn Rumaydh, in the diminutive: a poet.
رَمَضَانname
  1. 1.
    Ramadanboth

    The ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Named possibly because it coincided with the hot season ('al-ramad') or from the intense thirst of fasting, or because it burns away sins.

  2. 2.
    God's nameclassical

    If considered a name of God, it is not derived and relates to the meaning of 'the Forgiver', i.e., erasing and obliterating sins.

وشهر رمضان: م، ج: رمضانات ورمضانون وأرمضة، وأرمض شاذ، سمي به لأنهم لما نقلوا أسماء الشهور عن اللغة القديمة، سموها بالأزمنة التي وقعت فيها، فوافق ناتق زمن الحر والرمض، أو من رمض الصائم: اشتد حر جوفه، أو لأنه يحرق الذنوب — and the month of Ramadan: singular, plural: ramadanat, ramadanun, and armadhah; armadh is irregular. It was named because when they transferred the names of the months from the old language, they named them after the times in which they occurred, and it coincided with the time of heat and intense heat, or from the fasting person's intense thirst, or because it burns sins.
الرَّمْضِيُّadjective
  1. 1.
    late summer/early autumnclassical

    Referring to clouds and rain that occur in late summer and early autumn.

والرمضي، محركة، من السحاب والمطر: ما كان في آخر الصيف وأول الخريف — and al-ramḍī, with vowel movement, of clouds and rain: that which occurs in late summer and early autumn.
أَوْجَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause painboth

    To cause pain, to burn.

وأرمضه: أوجعه، وأحرقه — and it caused him pain: it pained him, it burned him.
اشْتَدَّverb
  1. 1.
    to intensifyboth

    The heat intensified upon the people, causing them distress.

والحر القوم: اشتد عليهم فآذاهم — and the heat upon the people: it intensified for them and distressed them.
تَرَمَّضَverb
  1. 1.
    to wait brieflyclassical

    To wait for something briefly before proceeding.

  2. 2.
    to intend fastingclassical

    To intend to fast.

ورمضته ترميضا: انتظرته شيئا قليلا ثم مضيت — and to wait for him briefly: to wait for him a little, then proceed.
والصوم: نويته — and the fast: to intend it.
التَّرَمُّضُnoun
  1. 1.
    hunting gazelle at noonclassical

    Hunting a gazelle during the hottest part of the day (noon).

  2. 2.
    nauseaclassical

    Nausea of the soul.

والترمض: صيد الظبي في الهاجرة، وغثيان النفس — and al-tarammuḍ: hunting the gazelle at noon, and nausea of the soul.
وَثَبَverb
  1. 1.
    horse leapedboth

    A horse leaped upon it.

وارتمضت الفرس به: وثبت — and the horse leaped upon it: it leaped.
اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to intensify for someoneboth

    To intensify for someone, to trouble them.

وزيد من كذا: اشتد عليه، وأقلقه — and something intensified for Zayd: it became severe for him, it agitated him.
حَدَّبَ لَهُverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to be inclined towardsclassical

    To be inclined towards someone.

ولفلان: حدب له — and towards someone: to be inclined towards him.
فَسَدَتْverb
  1. 1.
    liver spoiledboth

    His liver became spoiled.

وكبده: فسدت — and his liver: it became spoiled.

Parallel reading

شدة وقع الشمس على الرمل وغيره.
The intensity of the sun's impact on sand and other things.
رمض يومنا، كفرح: اشتد حره
Our day became intensely hot, like 'faraha'.
وقدمه: احترقت من الرمضاء
and his feet burned from the intense heat.
والغنم: رعت في شدة الحر فقرحت أكبادها
and the sheep grazed in extreme heat, causing their livers to become sore.
ورمض الشاة يرمضها: شقها وعليها جلدها، وطرحها على الرضفة، وجعل فوقها الملة لتنضج
and to prepare a sheep by splitting it with its skin on, placing it on the kneecap, and putting salt on top to cook.
والنصل يرمضه ويرمضه: جعله بين حجرين أملسين، ثم دقه ليرق
and the blade is pounded thin by placing it between two smooth stones, then pounding it to make it thin.
وشفرة رميض، بين الرماضة: وقيع حديد
and a blade, between the forgings: an iron forging.
والرمضة، كفرحة: المرأة التي تحك فخذها فخذها الأخرى
and al-ramḍah, like 'farḥah': a woman who rubs her thigh against another.
ورشيد بن رميض، مصغرين: شاعر
and Rashid ibn Rumaydh, in the diminutive: a poet.
وشهر رمضان: م، ج: رمضانات ورمضانون وأرمضة، وأرمض شاذ
and the month of Ramadan: singular, plural: ramadanat, ramadanun, and armadhah; armadh is irregular.
سمي به لأنهم لما نقلوا أسماء الشهور عن اللغة القديمة، سموها بالأزمنة التي وقعت فيها، فوافق ناتق زمن الحر والرمض
It was named because when they transferred the names of the months from the old language, they named them after the times in which they occurred, and it coincided with the time of heat and intense heat.
أو من رمض الصائم: اشتد حر جوفه، أو لأنه يحرق الذنوب
or from the fasting person's intense thirst, or because it burns sins.
والرمضي، محركة، من السحاب والمطر: ما كان في آخر الصيف وأول الخريف
and al-ramḍī, with vowel movement, of clouds and rain: that which occurs in late summer and early autumn.
وأرمضه: أوجعه، وأحرقه
and it caused him pain: it pained him, it burned him.
والحر القوم: اشتد عليهم فآذاهم
and the heat upon the people: it intensified for them and distressed them.
ورمضته ترميضا: انتظرته شيئا قليلا ثم مضيت
and to wait for him briefly: to wait for him a little, then proceed.
والصوم: نويته
and the fast: to intend it.
والترمض: صيد الظبي في الهاجرة، وغثيان النفس
and al-tarammuḍ: hunting the gazelle at noon, and nausea of the soul.
وارتمضت الفرس به: وثبت
and the horse leaped upon it: it leaped.
وزيد من كذا: اشتد عليه، وأقلقه
and something intensified for Zayd: it became severe for him, it agitated him.
ولفلان: حدب له
and towards someone: to be inclined towards him.
وكبده: فسدت
and his liver: it became spoiled.