عرمس

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Augmented from the root ع ر م (ʕ-r-m).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

عِرْمِس (ʕirmism (plural عَرَامِس (ʕarāmis))

  1. (obsolete) rock, bulk of stones
    • a. 1057, Maʿarrīy, ar: بِتْنا فَريقٌ في سُرُوجِ ضَوامِرٍ (first line)[1]:
      بِتْنا فَريقٌ في سُرُوجِ ضَوامِرٍ … مِنّا وآخَرُ في رِحالِ عَرامِسِ
      Our squad on the saddles spent the night emaciated … and another of us had bags like rocks

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Verb[edit]

عَرْمَسَ (ʕarmasa) Iq, non-past يُعَرْمِسُ‎ (yuʕarmisu)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) to become firm like a rock, to become hardened

Conjugation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

عَرَمَّس (ʕarammas)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) prudent, who knows how to get through things

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