عرمس

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Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

عِرْمِس (ʕirmism (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), verbal noun عَرْمَسَة (ʕarmasa))

  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