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ذ ر م ل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to actions involving food preparation, specifically bread, and also to the act of dying or perishing. It also has a less common meaning related to a specific type of lizard.

Derived headwords

ذرملverb
  1. 1.
    to dieclassical

    To perish or die. This is a less common verb form.

  2. 2.
    to prepare breadclassical

    To take out one's bread from the oven while it is still warm and crumbly, often to hasten its cooling for guests.

ذرملاverb
  1. 1.
    to dieclassical

    To die or perish. This is a variant form of the verb.

ذرمَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dyingclassical

    The act of dying or perishing.

  2. 2.
    bread preparationclassical

    The act of taking out bread from the oven while warm and crumbly.

مُذَرْمِلadjective
  1. 1.
    dyingclassical

    One who is dying or perishing.

سُلَحnoun
  1. 1.
    lizardclassical

    A type of lizard. This meaning is attributed to the root by some scholars.

Parallel reading

ذرمل، أهمله الجوهري، وقال ابن السكيت: أي سلح
Dharmala, Al-Jawhari neglected it, and Ibn Al-Sikkit said: it means lizard.
وأنشد لجميل بن مرثد: وإن حطأت كتفيه ذرملا
And he recited for Jamil bin Murthad: And if his shoulders were to die...
أو خر يكبو جزعا وهوذلا
Or he falls stumbling in panic and fear.
وقال غيره: ذرمل الرجل: أخرج خبزته مرمدة، ليعجلها على الضيف
And others said: Dharmala the man: he took out his bread, still warm and crumbly, to hasten it for the guest.
كما في العباب.
As mentioned in Al-Abab.