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رمعل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of flowing, dripping, or running, often associated with liquids like saliva, tears, or the fat of cooked meat. It can also extend to the idea of continuous movement or a strong outpouring, such as a sob or a rapid flow.

Derived headwords

ارْمَعَلَّverb
  1. 1.
    to droolboth

    The child's saliva flowed copiously.

  2. 2.
    to streamboth

    Tears flowed continuously from the eyes.

  3. 3.
    to dripboth

    The fat dripped from the roasted meat.

  4. 4.
    to sobclassical

    The man gasped or sobbed intensely.

ارْمِعْلَالاًnoun
  1. 1.
    copious flowclassical

    The copious flow of saliva, referring to a child drooling.

مُرْمَعِلadjective
  1. 1.
    drippingclassical

    Describing something that is dripping, particularly with fat.

مُرْمَعِلadjective
  1. 1.
    flowingclassical

    Describing tears that are flowing continuously.

مُرْمَعِلadjective
  1. 1.
    gaspingclassical

    Describing a continuous outpouring or sob.

Parallel reading

ارْمَعَلَ الصبي ارمعلالا: سال لعابه.
The child drooled copiously: his saliva flowed.
وارْمَعَلَ الدمع، أي تتابع قطرانه، بالعين والغين جميعا.
And the tears flowed, meaning their dripping was continuous, with both 'ayn and ghayn.
يقول نور صبح لو يفعل والقطر عن متنيه مرمعل كنظم اللؤلؤ مرمعل تلفه نكباء أو شمأل
Nur Subh says, 'If only he would do it, and the dripping from his flanks is like pearls strung together, flowing, scattered by a north wind or a north-easterly wind.'
وارْمَعَلَ الشواء، أي سال دسمه.
And the roasted meat dripped, meaning its fat flowed.
وانصب لنا الدهماء طاهي وعجلن لنا بشواة مرمعل ذءوبها
And prepare for us the dark-skinned camel, O cook, and hasten to us with a roasted sheep whose fat is dripping and abundant.
ارْمَعَلَ الرجل، أي شهق.
The man gasped, meaning he sobbed.
بكى جزعا من أن يموت وأجهشت إليه الجرشى وارْمَعَلَ خنينها
He cried out of fear of dying, and the Jarsha tribe wailed towards him, and their sobbing intensified.
ادرئفق مرمعلا
Proceed well and prosper.