ر م ل

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

The root ر م ل primarily relates to sand and sandy ground. It extends to concepts of fine particles, delicate or thin structures, and by extension, scarcity or depletion. It also encompasses movement, specifically a brisk walk or trot, and the state of being widowed or needy.

Derived headwords

الرَّمْلnoun

1.
sandboth
A well-known substance composed of fine particles of earth or rock.
2.
fine sandboth
A small quantity or piece of sand.
3.
poetry meterclassical
A specific meter in Arabic prosody, characterized by a particular rhythmic pattern.
4.
light rainclassical
A gentle or sparse rainfall.
5.
increaseclassical
An addition or surplus to something.

رَمْلَةnoun

1.
a grain of sandboth
A single piece or particle of sand.
2.
black markclassical
A dark line or marking on the legs of a wild cow, differing from its usual color.

رِمَالnoun

1.
sandsboth
The plural form of sand, referring to large expanses of sandy terrain.
2.
light rainclassical
Sparse or weak rainfall.
3.
markingsclassical
The dark lines found on the legs of certain animals.

أَرْمَلَverb

1.
to run fastclassical
To move at a brisk pace, faster than walking but slower than running, often with a slight sway of the shoulders.
2.
to run (in Tawaf)classical
To perform the ritual running between the Safa and Marwah during pilgrimage, as a demonstration of strength.
3.
to run out of provisionsclassical
To exhaust one's food supplies.
4.
to lengthenclassical
To make a rope or tether longer.
5.
to become widowedclassical
For a woman to become a widow.
6.
to become needyclassical
To become poor or destitute.
7.
to make thinclassical
To make something delicate or thin, like fabric.
8.
to adornclassical
To decorate something, such as a mat or bed, with jewels or intricate patterns.
9.
to weaveclassical
To weave something, like a mat or bed, with strips or patterns.
10.
to deplete provisionsclassical
To cause provisions to run out.

رَمَلَverb

1.
to run fastclassical
To move at a brisk pace, faster than walking but slower than running, often with a slight sway of the shoulders.
2.
to run (in Tawaf)classical
To perform the ritual running between the Safa and Marwah during pilgrimage, as a demonstration of strength.
3.
to put sand in foodclassical
To add sand to food.
4.
to stain with bloodclassical
To smear or stain something, like fabric, with blood.
5.
to make thinclassical
To make something delicate or thin, like fabric.
6.
to adornclassical
To decorate something, such as a mat or bed, with jewels or intricate patterns.
7.
to weaveclassical
To weave something, like a mat or bed, with strips or patterns.
8.
to be thinclassical
To be slender or delicate in structure.

رَمَلَانnoun

1.
brisk walkclassical
A fast, trotting gait, faster than walking and slower than running.

مَرْمولadjective

1.
wovenclassical
Something that has been woven, especially a mat or bed.
2.
decoratedclassical
Adorned with patterns or jewels.

مُرَمَّلadjective

1.
wovenclassical
Something that has been woven, especially a mat or bed.
2.
decoratedclassical
Adorned with patterns or jewels.
3.
thinclassical
Delicate or finely made.
4.
lionclassical
A name for a lion.

أَرْمَلَةnoun

1.
widowboth
A woman whose husband has died.
2.
needy personclassical
A poor or destitute person, male or female.

أَرَامِلnoun

1.
widowsboth
Plural of widow, referring to women whose husbands have died.
2.
needy peopleclassical
Poor or destitute individuals, both men and women.

رَمَّلَverb

1.
to stain with bloodclassical
To smear or stain something, like fabric, with blood.
2.
to make thinclassical
To make something delicate or thin, like fabric.

أَرْمَلُadjective

1.
widowedclassical
A man whose wife has died.
2.
unmarriedclassical
A man who has no wife.
3.
needyclassical
Poor or destitute.

رَمْلَاءadjective

1.
lightly rainingclassical
Describing a period of sparse or weak rainfall.
2.
black-legged (sheep)classical
Describing a sheep with entirely black legs.

أَرْمَلَةnoun

1.
root (of a plant)classical
The base or root of a plant, specifically the 'urfuj' plant.

رَمَلَانnoun

1.
brisk walkclassical
A fast, trotting gait, faster than walking and slower than running.

رَمْلَةnoun

1.
a place nameboth
A proper noun referring to several locations, including villages in Hijr, Sarakhs, and Egypt, and a significant town in Palestine.

رَمْلِيّadjective

1.
sandyboth
Relating to or resembling sand; sandy.
2.
from Ramlaboth
A nisba indicating origin from the city of Ramla.

رَمَّلَverb

1.
to be thinclassical
To be slender or delicate in structure.

رَمَلَverb

1.
to be thinclassical
To be slender or delicate in structure.

رَمْلَةnoun

1.
a grain of sandboth
A single piece or particle of sand.

رَمْلَةnoun

1.
a place nameboth
A proper noun referring to several locations, including villages in Hijr, Sarakhs, and Egypt, and a significant town in Palestine.

رَمْلَةnoun

1.
black markclassical
A dark line or marking on the legs of a wild cow, differing from its usual color.

رَمْلَةnoun

1.
black-legged (sheep)classical
Describing a sheep with entirely black legs.

Parallel reading

الرمل: م معروف، من التراب، واحده رملة كما في المحكم

Sand: a well-known substance, from earth, its singular is ramlah, as in Al-Muhkam.

وبها سميت رملة ابنة أبي سفيان أم المؤمنين أم حبيبة، زوج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، ورضي عنها

And by it was named Ramlah, daughter of Abu Sufyan, the Mother of the Believers, Umm Habibah, wife of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and may God be pleased with her.

حبذا تلك الرمال العفر، والبلاد القفر

How excellent are those reddish-brown sands and the barren lands!

يقطعن عرض الأرض بالتمحل جوز الفلا من أرمل فأرمل

They traverse the width of the land with hardship, through the middle of the desert, from one desolate place to another.

ورمل الطعام، يرمله، رملا: جعل فيه الرمل، عن ابن عباد

And to put sand in food, he verbs it, ramlan: to put sand in it, according to Ibn 'Abbad.

ورمل الثوب، ونحوه: لطخه بالدم، ذكرهما من حد نصر، والفصيح فيهما التشديد، كما سيأتي

And to stain a garment, and the like: to smear it with blood, mentioned from the category of nasara, and the correct pronunciation in both is with emphasis, as will come.

ورمل النسج يرمله، رققه، كأرمله، ورمله

And to weave, he verbs it, to make it thin, like 'armalahu' and 'ramalahu'.

ورمل السرير، أو الحصير، يرمله رملا: زينه بالجوهر، ونحوه

And to adorn a bed, or a mat, he verbs it ramlan: to decorate it with jewels, and the like.

إذا تجاهد سير القوم في شرك ... كأنه شطب بالسرو مرمول

As if the people's journey struggles in a snare... as if it were striped with a woven cypress.

ورمل السرير، رملا: إذا رمل شريطا، أو غيره، فجعله ظهرا له، كأرمله

And to make a bed, ramlan: if he makes a strip, or something else, and makes it a back for it, like 'armalahu'.

إذ لا أزال على طريق لاحب ... وكأن صفحته حصير مرمل

For I am always on a well-trodden path... and its surface is like a woven mat.

ورمل فلان، رملا، ورملانا محركتين، ومرملا، بالفتح: هرول

And so-and-so ran, ramlan, and ramalan (both vocalized), and marmalan (with fath): he trotted.

والطائف بالبيت يرمل رملانا اقتداء بالنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، وبأصحابه

And the one circumambulating the Kaaba performs ramalan, following the example of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and his companions.

ناقته ترمل في النقال متلف مال ومفيد مال

His she-camel trots in the moving sand, destroying wealth and gaining wealth.

فيم الرملان والكشف عن المناكب وقد أطأ الله الإسلام

What is the meaning of the trotting and uncovering of the shoulders, when God has established Islam?

والرمل في العروض منه، هكذا في النسخ، والظاهر أن في العبارة سقطا، صوابه ضرب منه، أو جنس منه

And 'ar-ramal' in prosody is from it, thus in the manuscripts, and it appears there is an omission in the phrase; the correct reading is 'a type of it', or 'a genus of it'.

الرمل من الشعر: كل شعر مهزول، غير مؤتلف البناء

Al-ramal of poetry: every weak poem, not of coherent structure.

والرمل القليل من المطر، كما في الصحاح، وفي التهذيب: المطر الضعيف

And 'ar-raml': a little rain, as in Al-Sihah, and in Al-Tahdhib: weak rain.

وأصابهم رمل من مطر: أي قليل

And a raml of rain befell them: meaning, a little.

والرمل: الزيادة في الشيء

And 'ar-raml': an increase in something.

والرمل: خطوط في قوائم البقرة الوحشية، مخالفة لسائر لونها، واحدته رملة

And 'ar-raml': lines on the legs of a wild cow, differing from its other color, its singular is ramlah.

أرملوا: إذا نفد زادهم، عن أبي عبيد

They became armalu: if their provisions ran out, according to Abu Ubayd.

كنا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في غزاة، فأرملنا، وأنفضنا

We were with the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, on an expedition, and our provisions ran out, and we became exhausted.

وأرملوه، أي الزاد: أنفدوه

And they armalahu, meaning the provisions: they depleted them.

إذا أرملوا زادا عقرت مطية ... تجر برجليها السريح المخدما

When they depleted their provisions, I slaughtered a mount... dragging its forelegs, the well-trodden path.

وأرمل الحبل: طوله، وكذلك القيد، إذا طوله ووسعه

And to lengthen a rope: to make it long, and likewise a tether, if he lengthens and widens it.

وأرمل السهم: تلطخ بالدم، فبقي أثره فيه، عن ابن عباد

And to stain an arrow: to be smeared with blood, so its trace remains on it, according to Ibn 'Abbad.

أرملت المرأة: صارت أرملة من زوجها، ولا يكون إ مع حاجة، كما في الأساس

A woman became armalat: she became a widow from her husband, and this is only with need, as in Al-Asas.

ورجل أرمل، وامرأة أرملة، خالف اصطلاحه هنا، لما قيل إن الأرملة أصل في النساء

And a man armal, and a woman armalah, he deviated from his convention here, because it is said that 'armalah' is primarily for women.

والأرامل: المساكين

And 'al-aramil': the needy.

إذا قال الرجل: هذا المال لأرامل بني فلان، فهو للرجال والنساء، لأن الأرامل يقع على الذكور والنساء

If a man says: 'This money is for the armil of the Banu so-and-so', it is for men and women, because 'al-aramil' applies to males and females.

ثمال اليتامى عصمة للأرامل

A refuge for orphans, a protection for the widows.

والأرمل: العزب، وهو الذي ماتت زوجته، أو الذي لا امرأة له

And 'al-armal': the bachelor, who is one whose wife has died, or who has no wife.

كل الأرامل قد قضيت حاجتها ... فمن لحاجة هذا الأرمل الذكر

All the widows have had their needs met... so who will attend to the need of this widowed man?

الأرملة: التي مات عنها زوجها، سميت أرملة لذهاب زادها، وفقدها كاسبها

Al-armalah: she whose husband has died, she is named armalah because her provisions are gone, and she has lost her provider.

ومن الأعوام: القليل المطر، يقال: عام أرمل، وسنة رملاء، جدبة قليلة المطر، والخير، والنفع

And among the years: little rain, it is said: a year armal, and a year ramla', barren, with little rain, and little good and benefit.

وأرمولة العرفج، بالضم: جذموره، ج: أرامل، وأراميل

And 'armulat al-'urfuj', with dammah: its root, plural: aramila, aramil.

فجئت كالعود النزيع الهادج ... قيد في أرامل العرافج

And I came like a distant, weary branch... tethered to the roots of the 'urfuj'.

والرملة، بالضم: الخط الأسود، يكون على ظهر الغزال وأفخاذه، حكاه ابن بري، عن ابن خالويه

And 'ar-ramlah', with dammah: the black line, which is on the back and thighs of a gazelle, narrated by Ibn Birri, from Ibn Khilawayh.

بذهاب الكور أمسى أهلهكل موشي شواه ذي رمل

With the departure of the caravan, its people became like every decorated one with markings.

ونعجة رملا: سوداء القوائم كلها، وسائرها أبيض

And a sheep ramla: its legs are all black, and the rest of it is white.

والأرمل من الشاء: الذي اسودت قوائمه كلها، والأنثى رملاء

And 'al-armal' of sheep: that whose legs have all turned black, and the female is ramla'.

والمرمل، كمحدث، ومحسن: الأسد، كما في العباب

And 'al-marmal', like muhaddath and muhsin: the lion, as in Al-'Abab.