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رنم

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of sound, particularly a resonant or melodious sound. It extends to the act of making such sounds, often with a sense of repetition or modulation, and can be applied to vocalizations, animal sounds, and even the sound of inanimate objects.

Derived headwords

الرنمnoun
  1. 1.
    the sound, voiceboth

    the sound, voice

رنمverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    To produce a sound, especially a resonant or melodious one. It is used in the past tense with a kasra vowel.

ترنمverb
  1. 1.
    when his voice returned (echoed)both

    when his voice returned (echoed)

  2. 2.
    the bird in its cooingboth

    the bird in its cooing

  3. 3.
    the bow when twangingboth

    the bow when twanging

الترنيمnoun
  1. 1.
    the same (as ترنم)both

    the same (as ترنم)

الترنموتnoun
  1. 1.
    singingclassical

    An intensified or augmented form of 'tarannum', with the addition of 'waw' and 'ta' for emphasis, similar to the formation of 'malakut'.

Parallel reading

الرنم بالتحريك: الصوت.
Ar-ranam (with harakat): sound.
وقد رنم بالكسر وترنم، إذا رجع صوته.
And he said 'ranama' (with kasra) and 'tarannama' when his voice returned.
والترنيم مثله.
And at-tarneem is like it.
وترنم الطائر في هديره،
And the bird sang ('tarannama') in its cooing,
وترنم القوس عند الانباض.
And the bow sang ('tarannama') when it was drawn.
والترنموت: الترنم، زادوا فيه الواو والتاء كما زادوا في ملكوت.
And at-tarannumoot: at-tarannum; they added to it the waw and ta, just as they added to malakut.
أنشدني الغنوى في القوس: تجاوب الصوت بترنموتها
Al-Ghanawi recited to me concerning the bow: the sound responded with its tarannumoot,
تستخرج الحبة من تابوتها
extracting the kernel from its chest,
يعنى حبة القلب من الجوف.
meaning the kernel of the heart from the core.