Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

رَمَى الشَّىْءَ, (T,* Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) aor. يَرْمِى, (T,) inf. n. رَمْىٌ; (T, M;) and رَمَى بِهِ; (M, Ḳ;) He threw, cast, or flung, the thing, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) مِنْ يَدِهِ from his hand; (Ṣ, TA;) as alsoارمى↓; (M, Ḳ;) i. e. ارمى الشَّىْءَ مِنْ يَدِهِ: (M: [in the Ḳ it is implied that one says also ارمى↓ بِهِ; agreeably with a phrase mentioned in what follows:]) you say,أَرْمَيْتُ↓ الحَجَرَ مِنْ يَدِى I threw the stone from my hand: (Ṣ:) andارمى↓ الفَرَسُ بِرَاكِبِهِ The horse threw, or threw down, [i. e. threw off,] his rider: (T:) رَمَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ is said إِذَا رَمَيْتَهُ بِيَدِكَ; [i. e., as meaning رَمَيْتُهُ بِيَدِى; which may be rendered I threw him (the man) with my hand; and also I threw, or shot, at him (the man) with my hand;] but when you remove him from his place, you say,أَرْمَيْتُهُ↓ عَنِ الفَرَسِ وَغَيْرِهِ [I threw him, or threw him down or off, from the horse, &c.]: (Mṣb:) andطَعَنَهُ فَأَرْمَاهُ↓ عَنْ فَرَسِهِ, meaning [He thrust him, or pierced him, with his spear,] and threw him, or threw him down [or off], from his horse: (El-Fárábee, Ṣ, Mṣb:) andأَرْمَيْتُ↓ الحِمْلَ عَنْ ظَهْرِ البَعِيرِ I threw down the load from the back of the camel. (T.) وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلٰكِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ رَمَى, in the Ḳur [viii. 17], is said by Aboo-Is-ḥáḳ to be tropical, and to mean ‡ And thou didst not cast [in effect, or] so as to attain the point that was attained, [when thou didst cast,] but God [cast in effect, i. e.,] overruled the casting: or, accord. to Abu-l-ʼAbbás, the meaning is, † thou didst not cast fear, or terror, into their hearts, when thou didst cast the pebbles, [but God cast the fear, or terror:] or, accord. to Mbr, † thou didst not cast with thy strength, when thou didst cast, but with the strength of God thou didst cast [so that in effect God cast]. (T. [See also another explanation in what follows.])

[رَمَى بِسَلْحِهِ He cast forth his excrement, or ordure, or properly, in a thin state, is a phrase of frequent occurrence.]

You say also, رَمَيْتُ بِالسَّهْمِ [I shot the arrow], inf. n. رَمْىٌ and رِمَايَةٌ. (Ṣ.) And رَمَى عَنِ القَوْسِ, (Ṣ, M, Mṣb,) or رَمَى السَّهْمَ عَن القَوْسِ, (Mgh,* Ḳ,) and عَلَيْهَا, (Ṣ, M, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. رَمْىٌ (Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ) and رِمَايَةٌ, (Mgh, Ḳ,) [He shot, or shot the arrow, from, and upon, meaning with, the bow;] and accord. to El-Ghooree, بِهَا also; (Mgh;) but one should not say رَمَى بِهَا, (Ṣ, M, Mṣb, Ḳ,) unless meaning “he threw it from his hand;” though some make it to mean [رَمَى عَنْهَا or] رَمَى عَلَيْهَا, making the ب to be instead of عن or على. (Mṣb.)

And رَمَى القَنَصَ, (Ṣ, M,) or الصَّيْدَ, [He shot, or shot at, the animal, or animals, of the chase,] inf. n. رَمْىٌ and رِمَايَةٌ, (Mṣb,) or رَمْىٌ, and none other. (M.) [And رَمَاهُ بِكَذَا He threw at him, cast at him, or shot at him, with such a thing; i. e. he threw it, cast it, or shot it, at him: and, more commonly, he threw at him, or cast at him, and hit him, or he shot him, with such a thing: namely, with a stone, an arrow, &c. And رَمَاهُ بِحِجَارَةً He threw at him with stones, threw stones at him: and he pelted him with stones, i. e. threw at him and hit him with stones.] And رَمَى فِى الأَغْرَاضِ [He shot, or cast, at the butts]. (ISk, T, Ṣ, M.)

[Hence,] one says, in cursing a person, رَمَى ٱللّٰهُ فِى يَدِهِ, and أَنْفِهِ, † [May God aim at, and smite, with some bane, or malady, his hand, or arm, and his nose,] and in like manner in relation to other members. (M, Ḳ.*) [And رَمَاهُ ٱللّٰهُ بِكَذَا, sometimes meaning † God smote him, or afflicted him, with such a thing: but generally, may God smite him, or afflict him, with such a thing; as in the saying,] رَمَاهُ ٱللّٰهُ بِدَآءِ الذِّئْبِ † [May God smite him, or afflict him, with the disease of the wolf]; a prov., meaning may God destroy him, or cause him to perish; because [it is said that] the wolf has no disease but death: or, as some say, the meaning is, رَمَاهُ ٱللّٰهُ بِالجُوعِ [may God afflict him with hunger]; because the wolf is always hungry. (Meyd.) And رَمَاهُ بِدَاهِيَةٍ † [He (God) sent upon him, or against him,. or smote him with, a calamity: and also] † he (a man) made a very sagacious and crafty and politic man to be his assailant. (L in art. حجر. [See also, in that art., رُمِىَ فُلَانٌ بِحَجِرِ الأَرْضِ, and بِحَجَرِهِ.]) [And رَمَاهُ بِكَذَا † He assailed him with such a thing; as, for instance, reproach, and an argument, &c. Hence,] رَمَاهُ بِقَبِيحٍ, (TA,) or بِأَمْرٍ قَبِيحٍ, (IAạr, T,) or بِالقَبِيحِ, (Mṣb,) † He reproached him, or upbraided him, with a thing, or with that, which was bad, evil, abominable, or foul: (IAạr, T, Mṣb, TA:) whence the usage of the verb alone [in this sense, adultery being understood,] in the Ḳur xxiv. 4 and 6. (T, TA.) [And رَمَاهُ بِسُوْءٍ † He cast an evil imputation upon him; accused him, or suspected him, of evil: see مَرْمِىٌّ. And رَمَاهُ alone † He accused him, or suspected him.] And رَمَاهُ بِالحَقِّ † [He accused him with truth]. (L in art. قرح, in explanation of قَرَحَهُ بِالحَقِّ.) [And رَمَاهُ بِلِسَانِهِ † He spoke against him.]

رَمَى ٱللّٰهُ لَكَ means ‡ May God aid thee, or aid thee against thine enemy, and work [good] for thee: (AO, Ṣ, TA:*) and رَمَى ٱللّٰهُ لَهُ ‡ God aided him, or aided him against his enemy, (AAF, M, Ḳ, TA,) and wrought [good] for him: (AAF, M, TA:) and [it is said that] the verb has this meaning in the words of the Ḳur, وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلٰكِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ رَمَى [of which other explanations have been given above]; because, when God aids a person against his enemy, He aims at, and smites, (يَرْمِى,) that enemy. (M, TA.) [In like manner, also, فُلَانٌ يَرْمِى مِنْ وَرَآءِ فُلَانٍ means † Such a one defends such a one.]

رُمِيتُ بِكَذَا ‡ I had such a thing offered, or presented, to me, the meeting with it being appointed, or prepared; [I had it as it were thrown to me, or thrown in my way; as though I were thrown at therewith;] like نُبِذْتُ بِهِ. (A in art. نبذ.)

رَمَانِى القَوْمُ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ † The people, or party, [cast their eyes, on me: or] looked at me sideways, or did so with anger, or aversion: or looked at me hardly, or intently. (Mgh.) [And رَمَى بِبَصَرِهِ الأَرْضَ † He cast his eyes on the ground.]

رَمَى بِالقَوْمِ † He, or it, caused, or made, the people, or party, to go forth; expelled them; [or cast them forth;] from one country, or the like, to another. (M, TA. [See also 6.]) [And رَمَى بِنَاقَتِهِ الفَلَاةَ † He urged forth his she-camel, or went forth with her, or journeyed with her, or directed his course with her, into the desert; agreeably with what precedes or with what follows.] رَمْىٌ signifies also † The going forth from one country, or the like, to another. (Th, M, TA.) And رَمَى الرَّجُلُ † The man journeyed. (IAạr, T, TA.) And Az says, (TA,) I heard an Arab of the desert say to another, أَيْنَ تَرْمِى, meaning † Whither dost thou direct thy course. (T, TA.) One says, رَأَيْتُ نَاسًا يَرْمُونَ الطَّائِفَ † I saw men directing their course to, or towards, Et-Táïf. (Ḥar p. 54.) [See also an ex. in a verse of Dhu-r-Rummeh cited in p. 78.]

رَمَوْهَا بِأَثْوَابٍ خِفَافٍ, in a verse cited voce ثَوْبٌ, [They cast upon them light, or agile, bodies,] means they mounted them with their [light, or agile,] bodies; referring to camels. (T and TA in art. ثوب.)

رُمِىَ فِى جِنَازَتِهِ He has been carried, or lifted, and put, into, or upon, his bier, means † he died, or has died: (TA:) it is said in giving information of a man's death. (TA in art. جنز.)

[رَمَى also app. means † He (a governor) imposed an impost upon his subjects: see رَمِيَّةٌ.]

And رَمَى, aor. يَرْمِى, means also † He misconjectured; thought wrongly; or formed a wrong opinion: (IAạr, T:) [and app. he threw out a conjecture: or he spoke conjecturally; for Az adds,] it is like the phrase رَجْمًا بِالغَيْبِ [or رَجَمَ بِالغَيْبِ or قَالَ رَجْمًا بِالغَيْبِ]. (T.)

رَمَى السَّحَابُ: see 6.

رَمَى عَلَى الخَمْسِينَ: see 4.

رَمُوَ is a verb of the same kind as قَضُوَ and هَيُؤَ, [invariable as to person, time, and mood,] and means Excel-lent [or how excellent] is he in his throwing, or shooting! (IJ, TA voce هَيُؤَ, q. v. [See also بَطُؤَ, voce بُطْآنَ.])

رَامَيْتُهُ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and رَامَيْتُهُ بِالسِّهَامِ, (TA,) inf. n. مُرَامَاةٌ and رِمَآءٌ (T, Ṣ, Ḳ) andتَرْمَآءٌ↓, (Ḳ,) or this last is like the two preceding ns. [in meaning, but is a quasi-inf. n.], (T,) [I threw, or shot, (generally the latter,) and I shot arrows, with him, or at him; (see 6;) mostly meaning in competition, or contention; i. e. I competed, or contended, with him, in throwing, or shooting, and in shooting arrows: and رَامَيْتُهُ alone often means رَامَيْتُهُ بِالحِجَارَةِ, or بِالسِّهَامِ; whence it is said that] مُرَامَاةٌ signifies the shooting arrows, and throwing stones, with any one. (KL.) It is said in a prove., respecting an affair in which one is forward before doing it,

* قَبْلَ الرِّمَآءِ تُمْلَأُ الكَنَائِنُ *

[Before shooting arrows with another, or doing so in competition or contention, the quivers are to be filled]. (AʼObeyd, T.)

see 1, first sentence, in seven places:

and see also 6.

ارمى, (M, Mgh,) inf. n. إِرْمَآءٌ, (Mgh,) also signifies It (a thing, Mgh) exceeded. (M, Mgh.) You say, ارمى عَلَيْهِ It (anything) exceeded it, namely, another thing. (M.) Ḥátim-Teiyi says,

* وَأَسْمَرَ خَطِّيًّا كَأَنَّ كُعُوبَهُ *

* نَوَى القَسْبِ قَدْ أَرْمَى ذِرَاعًا عَلَى العَشْرِ *

[And a tawny spear of El-Khatt, as though its knots, or joints, were hard date-stones; one that exceeded a cubit over the ten]: (T, Ṣ:) i. e., قَدْ زَادَ عَلَيْهَا. (T.) And hence, (T,) you say, ارمى عَلَى الخَمْسِينَ, i. e. He exceeded [the age of fifty]; (AZ, AʼObeyd, T, Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) [like اربى;] as alsoرَمَى↓; (AZ, T, Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) [for] رَمْىٌ signifies the exceeding in age: and one says also أَرْمَأَ and رَمَأَ in the same sense. (IAạr, T.) And ارمى فُلَانٌ signifies the same as أَرْبَى [meaning Such a one took usury or the like]. (Ṣ.) See also رَمَآءٌ, below. You say also, سَابَّهُ فَأَرْمَى عَلَيْهِ, i. e. [He reciprocated reviling, or vilifying, with him, and] he exceeded him. (Ṣ.)

ترمّى He shot, or cast, at the butts, and at the trunks of trees. (ISk, T, Ṣ, M.)

تَرَامَيْنَا andاِرْتَمَيْنَا↓ [We cast, or shot, (generally the latter,) one with another, or one at another; mostly meaning in competition, or contention; i. e. we competed, or contended, together in throwing, or shooting]: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) and ترامى القَوْمُ بِالسِّهَامِ andارتموا↓ The people, or party, shot arrows, [one with another, or] one at another. (T.)

[Hence,] ترامت بِهِ البِلَادُ ‡ The countries cast him forth, or expelled him; (M, Ḳ, TA;) [as though they bandied him, one to another;] as alsoارتمت↓, (so in a copy of the M, [which I think correct,]) orارمت↓. (Ḳ.)

And ترامى السَّحَابُ † The clouds became drawn, or joined, together, (M, Ḳ, TA,) [as though thrown, one at another,] and heaped, or piled, up; (TA;) as alsoرَمَى↓. (M, TA.)

And ترامى أَمْرُهُ إِلَى الظَّفَرِ; or إِلَى الخِذْلَانِ; i. e. † [His affair, or case,] came eventually [to the attainment of what was desired, or sought; or to abandonment by God]. (T, Ḳ, TA.) Hence, (TA,) it is said in a trad., of Zeyd Ibn-Háritheh, سُبِىَ فِى الجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَتَرَامَى الأَمْرُ أَنْ صَارَلِخَدِيجَةَ, (T, TA,) i. e. † [He was made a captive in the Time of Ignorance, and the case] came eventually, and led, [to his becoming the property of Khadeejeh, (إِلَى being understood before أَنْ صَارَ,)] as though the decrees [of God] cast him thereto. (IAth, TA.) One says also, ترامى الأَمْرُ, meaning تَرَاخَى [i. e. † The affair was sluggish, or backward]: (Ḳ:) [or] one says of a [purulent swelling such as is termed] حِيْن, (T,) or of a wound, (Ṣ,) ترامى إِلَى فَسَادٍ, (T,) or الى الفَسَادِ, (Ṣ,) i. e. † It was in a sluggish, or backward, state, (تَرَاخَى,) and became putrid and corrupt. (T.) And ترامى إِلَيْهِ الخَبَرُ † The news, or information, came to him; or came to him by degrees. (MA.)

ترامت سَفْرَتُهُ † His journey was, or became, distant, or far-extending. (Ḥar p. 34.)

تراماهُ الشَّبَابُ Youthfulness, or youthful vigour, attained its full term [in him]. (Skr, M.)

ارتمى It was, or became, thrown, cast, or flung. (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA.) It fell to the ground: so in the saying, ارتمى الحِمْلُ عَنْ ظَهْرِ البَعِيرِ [The load fell to the ground, or it may mean was thrown down, from the back of the camel]. (T.)

Also He shot, or shot at, an animal, or animals, of the chase. (T, Ṣ, M.)

See also 6, in three places.

رِمًى The sound of a stone (T, Ḳ) thrown at a boy (so accord. to a copy of the T) or thrown by a boy; (Ḳ;) on the authority of IAạr. (T.)

رِمًا [thus written in the M]: see رَمَآءٌ.

رَمْيَةٌ A single throw, or cast, or fling: and a single shot: (Mgh, Mṣb, TA:) pl. رَمَيَاتٌ. (Mṣb, TA.) رُبَّ رَمْيَةٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَامٍ [Many a hitting shot, or scarce any hitting shot, is there without a skilled shooter] is a prov. [applied to the case of an unexpected success obtained by an inexperienced person;] meaning many a [hitting] shot, or scarce any [hitting] shot, originates from a shooter that [usually] misses. (Meyd)

رَمَآءٌ, (Ṣ, IAth, Ḳ, in a copy of the T and in a copy of the Ṣ without any vowel-sign,) with fet-ḥ and medd, (IAth, and so in a copy of the Ṣ, in which it is added that it is said by Ks to be with medd,) like سَمَآءٌ; (Ḳ;) orرِمَآءٌ↓; (Mgh, and so in a copy of the T;) orرِمًا↓, said by Lḥ to be formed by substitution [of م for ب, as is shown by what follows]; (M;) An excess, or an addition; i. e., (AʼObeyd, T, Mgh,) i. q. رِبًا, (AʼObeyd, T, Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) or رِبًوا, (Mgh, and thus written in some copies of the Ṣ and Ḳ, or in most of the copies of the Ḳ, [meaning usury, and the like,]) or an excess, or addition, over what is lawful. (T, IAth.) Hence the trad. of ʼOmar, لَا تَبِيعُوا, (AʼObeyd, T,) or he said لَا تَشْتَرُوا, (Ṣ,) الذَّهَبَ بِالفِضَّةِ إِلَّا يَدًا بِيَدٍ هَا وَهَا, [or هَأْ وَهَأْ, (see art. هوأ,)] or هَآء وَهَآء, [i. e. هَآءَ وَهَآءَ,] (accord. to different copies of the T and Ṣ,) adding, (T, Ṣ,) إِنِّى أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمُ الرمآءَ; (T, Ṣ, Mgh;) [i. e. Exchange not ye gold for silver, except it be done hand with hand, meaning, except there be no delay between the giving and receiving, take and take: verily I fear for you the practice of usury;] or he said, إِلَّا هَآءَ وَهَآءِ, meaning, except [by saying] take and give: (Az, TA in باب الالف الليّنة:) and, as some relate it, he said,انّى اخاف عليكم الإرْمَآءَ↓; [which means the same;] using the inf. n. (T, Mgh.)

رِمَآءٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.

رَمِىٌّ, applied to the male of the goat-kind, or mountain-goat, or of the gazelle, [and any male animal of the chase,] and likewise, without ة, to the female, i. q.مَرْمِىٌّ↓ [i. e. Thrown at, or cast at, or shot at, or shot]: but when they do not distinguish a male from a female, the word applied to the male and to the female is [رَمِيَّةٌ↓,] with ة [added لِلنَّقْلِ, i. e. to transfer it from the category of epithets to that of substantives]: or, accord. to Lḥ, رَمِىٌّ andرَمِيَّةٌ↓ are both applied, as epithets, to the female; but the former is the more approved: the pl. of the former [and of the latter also] is رَمَايَا. (M, TA.)

Also, (M,) accord. to Aṣ, i. q. سَقِىٌّ, i. e., (T, Ṣ,) A cloud of which the rain-drops are large, and vehement in their fall, (T, Ṣ, M, Ḳ,*) of the clouds of the hot season and of the autumn: (Ṣ:) or, (M, Ḳ,) accord. to Lth, (T,) small portions of clouds, (T, M, Ḳ,) of the [apparent] size of the hand, or somewhat larger; but the approved explanation is that given by Aṣ: (T:) andرَمْىٌ↓ is a dial. var. thereof: (TA:) the pl. is أَرْمِيَةٌ, (T, Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) like as that of سَقِىٌّ is أَسْقِيَةٌ, (Ṣ,) and أَرْمآءٌ, (Lth, T, M, Ḳ,) [each, properly, a pl. of pauc.,] and رَمَايَا. (M, Ḳ.)

رَمِيَّةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places. [As a subst.,] it signifies A thing, (Ṣ, M,) meaning (Ṣ) an animal (Aṣ, T, Ṣ, M,* Mgh, Mṣb) of the chase, (Aṣ, T, Ṣ,) that is thrown at, or cast at, or shot at, or shot, (Aṣ, T, Ṣ, M, Mgh, Mṣb,) by its pursuer; and any beast thrown at, cast at, shot at, or shot; (Aṣ, T;) applied to the male and the female: (Aṣ, T, Mgh, Mṣb:) it is originally a word of the measure فَعِلَيةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَةٌ: (Mṣb:) [or rather] it is made fem., (Aṣ, T,) [i. e.] it has ة, (Ṣ,) because it is made a subst., (Aṣ, T, Ṣ,) not an epithet: (Aṣ, T:) it is not مَرْمِيَّةٌ converted into رَمِيَّةٌ: (Ṣ:) or, accord. to Sb, the ة, in general, is affixed to show that the act has not yet been executed upon the object thereof; [so that the meaning is, an animal to be thrown at, cast at, shot at, or shot;] and thus ذَبِيحَةٌ is applied to “a sheep, or goat, [to be slaughtered or sacrificed,] not yet slaughtered [or sacrificed];” but when the act has been executed upon it, it is [said to be] ذَبِيحٌ: (M:) the pl. is رَمِيَّاتٌ and رَمَايَا. (Mṣb.) One says, بِئْسَ الرَّمِيَّةُ الأَرْنَبُ, meaning Very bad is the thing of those that are [or are to be] thrown at, or cast at, or shot at, or shot, the hare. (Ṣ, M.)

Also, † An impost which the governor imposes [so I render مَا يَرْمِيهِ العَامِلُ] upon his subjects. (TA.)

رِمِّيَّا, (Ṣ, TA,) thus correctly written, like عِمِّيَّا; in the copies of the Ḳ like عِمِيَّا, (TA,) [and in two copies of the T written رِمِيَّا; in a copy of the M, رِمِّيَا;] i. q. تَرَامٍ: (T, Ṣ:*) or مُرَامَاةٌ: (Ḳ:) or رَمْىٌ: (M:) or it is an intensive inf. n. from الرَّمْىُ, of the measure فِعِّيلَى, like هِجِّيَرى and خِصِّيصَى: (Nh, TA:) one says, كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ رِمِّيَّا (T,* Ṣ, M,* TA) ثُمَّ حَجَزَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ حِجِّيزَى, (T,) or ثُمَّ صَارُوا إِلَى حِجِّيزَى, (Ṣ, TA,) i. e. There was between them a reciprocal throwing of stones, (T, TA,) [or shooting of arrows or the like, or a great, or vehement, throwing,, &c.,] then there intervened between them [an intervention, or a vehement intervention, or] a person, or persons, who withheld them, one from another, (T,) or then they withheld themselves, [or withheld themselves much,] one from another. (TA.)

رَامٍ act. part. n. of 1; (Lth, T, TA;) Throwing,, &c.: (TA:) [pl. رُمَاةٌ.]

[Hence, الرَّامِى a name of The constellation Sagittarius; the ninth of the signs of the zodiac: thus called in the present day; but more commonly, القَوْسُ.]

[Hence likewise,] رَامٍ also signifies † [One who assails with reproach, &c.:] † one who reproaches, or upbraids; or who gives an ill name: (KL:) [† one who accuses, or suspects, another: see مَرْمِىٌّ.]

أَرْمَى [More, and most, skilled in throwing, or casting, or shooting]: see an ex. voce تِقْنٌ.

مَرْمًى A place [of throwing, or casting, or] of shooting arrows; (KL;) the place of the butt at which arrows are shot: (TA:) [pl. مَرَامٍ.]

[Hence,] † i. q. مَقْصِدٌ [meaning A place, and an object, to, or towards, which one directs his aim or course]: (TA, and Ḥar p. 54:) pl. مَرَامٍ: (Ḥar ibid.:) whence the trad., لَيْسَ وَرَآءَ ٱللّٰهِ مَرْمًى, i. e. † [There is not, beyond God,] any object (مَقْصِد) towards which to direct hopes. (TA.)

مِرْمًى An instrument for throwing, or casting, or shooting: pl. مَرَامٍ. (Ḥar p. 54.) [Hence,] مَرَامِى نِيرَانٍ [Engines for throwing fire upon the enemy]. (Ṣ and Ḳ voce حَرَّاقَةٌ.) [See also مِرْمَاةٌ.]

مَرْمَاةٌ i. q. غَلْوَةٌ [as meaning The limit of a shot or throw]. (Ḳ in art. غلو.)

See also the next paragraph.

مِرْمَاةٌ An arrow with which one shoots (Aṣ, IAạr, T) at a butt: (Aṣ, T, Mgh:) an arrow with which one learns to shoot; (M, Ḳ, TA;) which is the worst kind of arrows: (TA:) or a small, weak arrow: (AḤn, M, Ḳ:) or an arrow with its [head of] iron: (Th, TA in art. حسب:) or, like سِرْوَةٌ, a round arrow-head: (AA, [so in the Ṣ, but in the TA it is IAạr,] S, TA:) [and app. a missile of any kind: (see مِرْدًى:)] pl. مَرَامٍ. (M.) When they see many مَرَامٍ in the quiver of a man, they say,

* وَنَبْلُ العَبْدِ أَكْثَرُهَا المَرَامِى *

[And the arrows of the slave, most of them are those that are small and weak]: a prov., said to mean that the free man purchases arrows at a high price, buying the broad and long iron head, because he is a man of war and of the chase; but the slave is only a pastor, and therefore is content with what are termed مَرَامٍ, because they are cheaper if he buy them; and if he ask for them as a gift, no one gives him aught but a مِرْمَاة. (M.) [See also the last sentence of this paragraph.]

It is also used, tropically, as meaning ‡ A مَنْجَنِيق [or kind of engine for casting stones at the enemy; app. such as was called by the Romans “onager,” or the like thereof]: because, like the مِرْمَاْة before mentioned, it is an instrument for casting, or shooting. (Mgh.) [See also مِرْمًى.] And [the pl.] مَرَامٍ also signifies † Thunderbolts; syn. صَوَاعِقُ. (Bḍ in xviii. 38.)

Also A cloven hoof (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ) of a sheep or goat; because it is of the things that are thrown away: (Mgh:) [or,] accord. to AʼObeyd, (T, Ṣ,) a thing that is between the two hoofs of a sheep or goat; (T, Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) as alsoمَرْمَاةٌ↓: (AʼObeyd, T, M, Ḳ:) thus, he says, it is explained; but I know not what is its meaning: (T, Ṣ:) its dual occurs in the following trad.: لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ دُعِىَ إِلَى مِرْمَاتَيْنِ لَأَجَابَ وَهُوَ لَا يُجِيبُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ; (T, Ṣ; related also, with some variations, in the M and Mgh;) in which it is said to be the dual of مِرْمَاةٌ in the former of these two senses; [i. e. If any one of you were invited to partake of two hoofs of a sheep or goat, he would obey the invitation, but he will not obey the invitation to prayer;] (Ṣ, Mgh;) or, accord. to AʼObeyd, it is here the dual of this word in the latter of the same two senses: (T, Ṣ:) accord. to IAạr, (T, TA,) or Aboo-Saʼeed, it here means the kind of arrow called مِرْمَاةٌ: (T, Mgh, TA:) but in another, and similar, trad., مرماتين is followed by أَوْعَرْقٍ [i. e. “or a bone with some meat remaining upon it”]. (T, Z, TA.)

مَرْمِىٌّ pass. part. n. of 1; Thrown,, &c.: (TA:) [thrown at, or cast at, or shot at, or shot:] see رَمِىٌّ.

[Hence, † Smitten, or afflicted, with some bane, or malady, &c.: † assailed with reproach, &c.: † reproached, or upbraided, or stigmatized with an ill name: † accused, or suspected.] You say اِمْرَأَةٌ مَرْمِيَّةٌ بِسُوْءٍ † A woman accused, or suspected, of evil. (TA in art. رطم.)

مُرْتَمٍ A scout (T, Ḳ) لِقَوْمٍ [to a people or party]: (T, Ḳ:*) and so مُرْتَبِئٌ. (T.)