عرمس

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕir.mis/

Noun

عِرْمِس • (ʕirmis) m (plural عَرَامِس (ʕarāmis))

  1. (obsolete) rock, bulk of stones
    • a. 1057, Maʿarrīy, ar: بِتْنا فَريقٌ في سُرُوجِ ضَوامِرٍ (first line):
      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

Declension

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Adjective

عَرَمَّس • (ʕarammas)

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

Declension

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