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Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to horses and donkeys, specifically mares and their offspring, and also encompasses concepts of staying in a place, colors, and physical states like weakness or emaciation. It extends to place names and even metaphorical uses.

Derived headwords

الرَّمَكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Mare (for breeding)both

    A horse or donkey mare kept for breeding.

  2. 2.
    Weak manclassical

    A man who is weak or feeble.

  3. 3.
    Ash colorboth

    The color of ash, a shade between white and black, or a reddish-brown color in camels.

  4. 4.
    Hollow in camel's coatclassical

    A depression in a camel's coat mixed with blackness, indicating intense heat.

رَمَكَverb
  1. 1.
    To stay/remainboth

    To stay or remain in a place, whether tired or not.

  2. 2.
    To frequent waterclassical

    Camels frequenting water and being fed there.

  3. 3.
    To become weakclassical

    To become weak or lose possessions.

رَمْكnoun
  1. 1.
    Maresboth

    Plural of 'ramaka', referring to mares.

  2. 2.
    Place nameclassical

    A location near the pass of 'Uyun al-Qasab.

رِمَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    Maresboth

    Plural of 'ramaka', referring to mares.

رَمَكَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    Maresboth

    Plural of 'ramaka', referring to mares.

أَرْمَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    Maresclassical

    A plural of the plural of 'ramaka', referring to mares.

الرَّامِكnoun
  1. 1.
    Black substance (perfume)classical

    A black substance like pitch mixed with musk, used as a cosmetic.

  2. 2.
    One who staysclassical

    One who stays in a place, whether exhausted or not; specifically one who is exhausted.

رَمَكَverb
  1. 1.
    To stay/remainclassical

    To stay in a place, not leaving.

رُمُوكًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Stayingboth

    The act of staying or remaining in a place.

  2. 2.
    Frequenting waterclassical

    The act of camels frequenting water.

أَرْمَكَverb
  1. 1.
    To cause to stayclassical

    To cause someone or something to stay in a place.

أَرْمَكadjective
  1. 1.
    Dark-coloredboth

    Describing a color mixed with blackness, especially in animals.

ارْمَكَّverb
  1. 1.
    To become darkclassical

    To become dark or mixed with blackness.

ارْمِكَاكًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Becoming darkclassical

    The state of becoming dark or mixed with blackness.

  2. 2.
    Becoming thinclassical

    The state of becoming thin, delicate, or emaciated.

رَمْكَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Dark-colored (female)both

    Feminine form of 'armak', describing a dark color, especially for a she-camel.

  2. 2.
    Large (female)classical

    Describing a large or imposing female, used metaphorically.

رَمَكَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name mentioned by Ibn Durayd.

يَرْمُوكname
  1. 1.
    Yarmouk (river/valley)both

    A valley or river in the Levant, famous for the Battle of Yarmouk.

أَرْمَكname
  1. 1.
    Armak (island)classical

    An island in the Red Sea near Yemen.

اسْتَرْمَكَverb
  1. 1.
    To be deemed ignobleclassical

    A group of people being considered ignoble in their lineage, by analogy with 'ramaka'.

ارْمَكverb
  1. 1.
    To become delicate/thinclassical

    To become delicate, thin, or fine.

  2. 2.
    To become emaciatedclassical

    A camel becoming emaciated and worn out.

رَمَكَverb
  1. 1.
    To eat completelyclassical

    To eat food completely, leaving nothing.

رَمْكَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    High groundclassical

    A name for elevated ground, feminine of 'armak'.

رَامِكname
  1. 1.
    Ramik (person's name)classical

    A name of a person, grandfather of Abu al-Qasim Abd Allah ibn Musa al-Naysaburi.

Parallel reading

الفَرَسُ والبَرْذَوْنَةُ التي تُتَّخَذُ للنَّسْلِ
The horse and the donkey mare that are kept for breeding.
والرَّمَكَةُ: الرَّجُلُ الضَّعِيفُ
And the 'ramaka' is the weak man.
شَيْءٌ أَسْوَدُ كَالقَارِ يُخْلَطُ بِالمِسْكِ
A black substance like pitch mixed with musk.
وَقَدْ رَمَكَ بِالمَكَانِ رُمُوكًا: إِذَا أَقَامَ بِهِ
And he stayed in the place for a long time: meaning he remained there.
وَأَرْمَكْتُهُ أَنَا
And I made him stay.
وَإِذَا اشْتَدَّتْ كُمَتُهُ البَعِيرِ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَهَا سَوَادٌ فَتِلْكَ الرَّمَكَةُ
And if the camel's coat becomes intensely dark until blackness enters it, then that is the 'ramaka'.
وَالخَيْلُ تَجْتَابُ الغُبَارَ الأَرْمَكَا
And the horses traverse the dark dust.
وَهُوَ فِي التَّكْمِلَةِ بِفَتْحٍ فَسُكُونٍ
And it is in Al-Takmilah with a fatha then a sukūn.
وَيَرْمُوكُ: وَادٍ بِنَاحِيَةِ الشَّامِ
And Yarmouk: a valley in the region of Sham.
فَضَضْنَا بِهَا أَبْوَابَهَا ثُمَّ قَابَلَتْ ... بِنَا العِيسُ بِاليَرْمُوكِ جَمْعَ العَشَائِرِ
We broke open its gates, then the camels carried us at Yarmouk, the gathering of the tribes.
اسْتَرْمَكَ القَوْمُ: إِذَا اسْتُهْجِنُوا فِي أَحْسَابِهِمْ عَلَى التَّشْبِيهِ بِالرَّمَكَةِ
The people were deemed ignoble: meaning they were considered ignoble in their lineage, by analogy with the 'ramaka'.
وَارْمَكَّ البَعِيرُ: إِذَا ضَمُرَ وَنُهِكَ
And the camel became emaciated: meaning it became thin and worn out.
وَرَمَكَ فِي الطَّعَامِ يَرْمُكُ رُمُوكًا: إِذَا لَمْ يُعَفِّ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا
And he ate the food completely, leaving nothing of it.
أَوْ رَمْكَاءُ جَسِيمَةٌ، هَؤُلَاءِ أُمَّهَاتُ الرِّجَالِ
Or a large and imposing one; these are the mothers of men.
وَفِي الحَدِيثِ اسْمُ الأَرْضِ العَلْيَاءِ الرَّمْكَاءُ
And in the Hadith is the name of the high ground, Al-Ramka'.
الرَّمْكَاءُ مِنَ النُّوقِ بَهِيًّا، وَالحَمْرَاءُ صَبْرًا
The 'ramka' among she-camels is majestic, and the red one is patient.
وَرَمَكَ الرَّجُلُ: إِذَا هُزِلَ وَذَهَبَ مَا فِي يَدَيْهِ
And the man became weak: meaning he became feeble and lost what was in his hands.