See also: رامک

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Adjective edit

رَامِك (rāmik) (feminine رَامِكَة (rāmika), masculine plural رَامِكُونَ (rāmikūna), feminine plural رَامِكَات (rāmikāt))

  1. active participle of رَمَكَ (ramaka)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Persian رامک (râmak), from رام (râm) + ـک (ak).

Noun edit

رَامِك or رَامَك (rāmik or rāmakm (obsolete)

  1. a kind of compound astringent used against dysentery, black like pitch, mixed from musk, pomegranate bark, gum arabic, benjamin, mastic, unripe dates, gallnut and other ingredients
    • 1025, ابن سينا [Avicenna], القانون في الطب [Canon Medicinae]:
      إن السك الأصلي هو الصيني المتخذ من الأملج والآن لما عز ذلك فقد يتخذونه من العفص والبلح على نحو عمل الرامك‏.‏ الطبع‏:‏ الساذج منه حار في الأولى يابس في الثانية وللطيب حار يابس في الثالثة‏.‏
      The original sukk is Chinese and is made from emblic and when that is hard to get then they take oak gall and dates prepared like rāmik. Its nature: The simple form of it is hot in the first grade, dry in the second grade and as for the scent hot and dry in the third grade.
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