رمق

Root entry · 38 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of remaining life, breath, or sustenance, often in a minimal or precarious state. It extends to meanings of looking, observing, and enduring, as well as terms for weak or insufficient things, and even geographical locations and specific types of deception.

Derived headwords

الرَّمَقُnoun

1.
remaining lifeboth
The last vestiges of life or breath, the remainder of one's existence.
2.
flock of sheepclassical
A herd or flock of sheep, considered a Persian loanword.
3.
poor peopleclassical
The poor who subsist on minimal sustenance.
4.
envious peopleclassical
Those who are envious, looking at others with malice.
5.
weak menclassical
Men who are weak or feeble.

سَدَّ رَمَقَهُphrase

1.
to sustain one's lifeboth
To provide just enough to keep someone alive, to satisfy their basic need for sustenance.

أَرْماقnoun

1.
means of subsistenceclassical
The means or causes by which one sustains life.
2.
weak ropesclassical
Ropes that are weak or poorly made.

عيشٌ رَمَقٌphrase

1.
meager sustenanceclassical
A way of life that provides just enough to survive, a precarious existence.

رَمَقَهُ يَرْمُقُهُ رَمْقًاverb

1.
to glance atboth
To look at someone or something with a quick, light glance.
2.
to observe closelyboth
To watch or observe something attentively, often with a specific purpose.

يَرْمُوقadjective

1.
weak-sightedclassical
Having poor eyesight or limited vision.

الرَّامِقُnoun

1.
decoy birdclassical
A bird used by hunters as a decoy to attract other birds, especially a hawk.
2.
envious personclassical
One who looks at people with envy and malice.

رَمْقَةnoun

1.
minimal sustenanceclassical
A very small amount of food or sustenance that barely keeps one alive.

رِمَاقnoun

1.
barely enough sustenanceclassical
A small amount of sustenance that is just enough to survive.
2.
hypocrisyclassical
Deception or hypocrisy, particularly in matters of faith or loyalty.

أَرْماقadjective

1.
weakly madeclassical
Describing something, like a rope, that is weakly constructed.

الرُّومَقَانname

1.
place nameclassical
A district or sub-district (tasuj) in the region of Al-Sawad, near Kufa.

الرَّمَقُ (بضمتين)noun

1.
poor peopleclassical
The poor who subsist on minimal sustenance.
2.
envious peopleclassical
Those who are envious, looking at others with malice.

الرَّمَقُ (كركع)adjective

1.
weak manclassical
A man who is weak or feeble.

التَّرْمِيقnoun

1.
poorly done workclassical
Work that is done without skill or thoroughness, but is sufficient for basic needs.
2.
patching upclassical
The act of piecing together or fabricating speech or work.

يَرْمُقُ في الشيءverb

1.
to not be thoroughclassical
To not put full effort or care into an action or task.

رَمِّهِمَا مَرَمَّةًphrase

1.
to repair them minimallyclassical
To make a basic, sufficient repair to something.

مِرْمَقُ العَيْشnoun

1.
difficult livelihoodclassical
A narrow, difficult, or meager way of life.
2.
poor livelihoodclassical
A base or inferior means of sustenance.

ارْمَقَّ الإِهَابَverb

1.
to become thinclassical
To become thin or weak, referring to a hide or skin.

ارْمِقَاقُ العَيْشnoun

1.
scarcity of lifeclassical
A state of scarcity or difficulty in life.

ارْمَقَّ الشَّيءَverb

1.
to weakenclassical
To become weak or feeble, referring to an object or rope.

ارْمَقَّتِ الغَنَمُverb

1.
to die of leannessclassical
For sheep to die due to extreme thinness or emaciation.

تَرَمَّقَ اللَّبَنَverb

1.
to sip milkclassical
To drink milk slowly, sip by sip.

تَرَمَّقَ الماءَverb

1.
to sip waterclassical
To drink water slowly, taking small sips.

المَرَامِقُnoun

1.
those with little affectionclassical
People who have only a small amount of affection remaining in their hearts.

تَرَامَقَ الأمرَverb

1.
to not finalizeclassical
To not bring a matter to a conclusion or firm decision.

الرِّمَاقُ (كمثال)noun

1.
hypocrisyclassical
Deception or hypocrisy, similar to dissimulation.
2.
envious glanceclassical
A hostile or envious look.
3.
hardshipclassical
A difficult or narrow state of living.

ارْماقَ هُزَالاًverb

1.
to perish from leannessclassical
To die due to extreme thinness or emaciation.

ارْماقَ الحَبْلَverb

1.
to weakenclassical
For a rope to become weak.

رَامِقadjective

1.
possessing remaining lifeclassical
Having a trace of life or breath left.

يُرْمِقُونَهُverb

1.
to sustainclassical
To provide enough to sustain someone's life.

المَرَامِقُadjective

1.
at death's doorclassical
Being in the last moments of life, on the verge of death.

يُرَامِقُ عَيْشَهُverb

1.
to manage one's life carefullyclassical
To carefully manage one's livelihood, often implying difficulty or scarcity.

رَمَقَهُ تَرْمِيقًاverb

1.
to stare intentlyclassical
To look at someone for a long time, often with a hostile or scrutinizing gaze.

رَمَقَهُ، ورَامَقَهُverb

1.
to look atboth
To direct one's gaze towards someone or something.

أَتْبَعَهُ بَصَرَكَphrase

1.
to follow with one's gazeboth
To keep one's eyes on someone or something, observing and tracking them.

رَمَقَ تَرْمِيقًاverb

1.
to gaze continuouslyclassical
To look at something for an extended period, similar to 'ranqa'.

ارْمَقَّ الطَّرِيقُverb

1.
to be long and extendedclassical
For a road or path to be long and stretch out.

المُرْمَقُadjective

1.
spoiled or corruptedclassical
Describing something that is spoiled, corrupted, or in a bad state.

Parallel reading

الرمق: بقية الحياة

Al-ramaq: the remainder of life.

وفي الصحاح: بقية الروح

And in Al-Sihah: the remainder of the spirit.

وقال ابن دريد: باقي النفس

And Ibn Duraid said: the rest of the soul.

يقال: سد رمقه

It is said: he sustained his life.

والرمق: القطيع من الغنم فارسي معرب رمه

And Al-ramaq: a flock of sheep, a Persian loanword from 'ramah'.

عيش رمق، ككتف: يمسك الرمق

A meager sustenance, like 'kutuf': it sustains life.

رمقه يرمقه رمقا: إذا لحظه لحظا خفيفا

He looked at him, he looks at him, a glance: if he glanced at him with a light glance.

ورجل يرموق أي: ضعيف البصر

And a man is yarmuq, meaning: weak-sighted.

الرامق كصاحب: الطائر الذى ينصبه الصياد ليقع عليه البازي فيصيده

Al-ramiq, like 'sahib': the bird that the hunter sets up for the falcon to land on and catch.

ويقال: مالي في عيشه وما عيشه إلا رمقة، بالضم

And it is said: I have nothing in his life, and his life is nothing but a meager sustenance, with dammah.

ورماق ككتاب، رماق. مثل سحاب، ورمق مثل جبل الثالثة عن يعقوب أي: بلغة، أو قليل يمسك الرمق

And rimāq like kitāb, rimāq. Like saḥāb, and ramq like jabal, the third according to Ya'qub, meaning: enough to suffice, or a little that sustains life.

ما وجز معروفك بالرماق ولا مؤاخاتك بالمذاق

Your brief kindness is not with meager sustenance, nor your brotherhood with taste.

ومن كلامهم: موت لا يجر إلى عار خير من عيش في رماق

And among their sayings: A death that does not lead to shame is better than a life of meager sustenance.

وحبل أرماق أي: ضعيف خلق

And a rope of armāq, meaning: weakly made.

والرمق، بضمتين: الفقراء المتبلغون بالرماق: للقليل من العيش

And Al-ramaq, with two dammahs: the poor who subsist on meager sustenance: for a little of life.

والرمق أيضا: الحسدة، واحده رامق، ورموق وهو: الذي يرمق الناس بعينه شزرا وحسدا

And Al-ramaq also: the envious, its singular is rāmiq, and ramūq, which is: he who looks at people with his eye askance and with envy.

والرمق كركع: الضعيف من الرجال

And Al-ramaq, like 'raka': the weak among men.

والترميق: العمل يعمله الرجل ولا يحسنه وقد يتبلغ به وهو يرمق في الشيء: لا يبالغ في عمله

And Al-tarmīq: the work a man does and does not do well, yet it suffices him, and he is yarmuq in the matter: he does not excel in his work.

ويقال: رمق على مزادتيك، أي: رمهما مرمة يتبلغ بها

And it is said: repair your two waterskins, meaning: repair them with a repair that suffices.

وهو مرمق العيش، ومرمقه، كمعظم، ومحمر الأولى عن ابن دريد، وفسرها بقوله: ضيقه والثانية عن أبي عبيد، وفسرها بقوله: أو خسيسه دونه

And he is in a difficult livelihood, and its meager sustenance, like 'mu'azzam', and 'muḥammar', the first from Ibn Duraid, who explained it as: its narrowness, and the second from Abu Ubaid, who explained it as: or its inferior, below it.

أضرعت الضان فربق ربق، ورمدت المعزى فرمق رمق

The ewes became thin, so they were milked intermittently, and the goats became thin, so they were milked sparingly.

ترميق الكلام: تلفيقه

Tarmīq of speech: its fabrication.

رمق الكلام: لفقه شيئا فشيئا

Ramq of speech: to piece it together little by little.

ارمق الإهاب، كاحمر: إذا رق

To make the hide thin, like 'iḥmarra': if it becomes thin.

ومنهم: فيرمق أمر ولم يغملوا

And among them: so a matter was left incomplete and they did not neglect it.

ارمق الشيء: ضعف

To make a thing weak: it becomes weak.

وارمقت الغنم: إذا ماتت

And the sheep became armaqat: if they died.

وترمق اللبن أي: شربه قليلا قليلا

And to drink the milk: meaning to drink it little by little.

وترمق الماء وغيره: إذا حساه حسوة بعد حسوة أخرى

And to drink water and other liquids: if he sips it sip after sip.

والمرامق: من لم يبق في قلبه من مودتك إلا قليل

And Al-marāmiq: those in whose hearts nothing of your affection remains but a little.

وصاحب مرامق داجيته دهنته بالدهن أو طليته على بلال نفسه طويته

And a companion of few affections, whom you befriended, you greased him with oil or smeared him on Bilal himself, you folded him.

هذه النخلة ترامق بعرق، أي: لا تحيا ولا تموت

This palm tree is in a state of limbo, meaning: it neither lives nor dies.

رامق الأمر مرامقة: إذا لم يبرمه

He observed the matter with observation: if he did not finalize it.

والأمر ما رامقته ملهوجا يضويك ما لم تجن منه منضجا

And the matter is what you observed it in a state of exhaustion, it will harm you unless you gain from it a ripe outcome.

ما لم تضمروا الرماق

As long as you do not harbor hypocrisy.

وهو قريب من معنى المداراة لأن المنافق مدار بالكذب

And it is close to the meaning of dissimulation because the hypocrite is guarded by lies.

ومن كلامهم: موت لا يجر إلى عار خير من عيش في رماق

And among their sayings: A death that does not lead to shame is better than a life of meager sustenance.

ارماق هزالا: هلك

To perish from leanness: to perish.

ارماقت غنمه: إذا هلكت هزالا

His sheep perished: if they perished from leanness.

ارماق الحبل أي: ضعف

Armāq of the rope, meaning: weakness.

كأنهم من رامق ومقصد أعجاز نخل الدقل المعصد

As if they are from the weak and the intended, the lower parts of the tall, laden date palms.

وأمسك رمقه

And he sustained his life.

وفم يرمقونه بشيء، أي: قدر ما يمسك رمقه

And a mouth they sustain with something, meaning: enough to sustain his life.

والمرامق: الذي بآخر رمق

And Al-marāmiq: he who is at the last breath.

وفلان يرامق عيشه: إذا كان يداريه

And so-and-so manages his life: if he is careful with it.

رمقه ترميقا: نظر نظرا طويلا شزرا

He stared at him for a long time: he looked a long, askance gaze.

رمقه رمقا، ورامقه: نظر إليه

He looked at him a glance, and he observed him: he looked at him.

رمقته ببصري، ورامقته: إذا أتبعته بصرك تتعهده، وتنظر إليه وترقبه

I followed him with my sight, and I observed him: if you follow him with your sight, taking care of him, looking at him and watching him.

رمق ترميقا: أدام النظر، مثل: رنق

Ramq for a long time: he prolonged the gaze, like 'ranqa'.

ارمق الطريق: إذا طال وامتد

The road became armaq: if it became long and extended.

والمرمق، كمحمر: الفاسد من كل شيء

And Al-murmaq, like 'muḥammar': the spoiled of everything.