See also: رمى and زمی

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ر م ي (r-m-y)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ramj/
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Noun

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رَمْي (ramym

  1. verbal noun of رَمَى (ramā) (form I)
    1. throwing, flinging
    2. shooting
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Adjective

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رَمِيّ (ramiyy) (common plural رَمَايَا (ramāyā))

  1. thrown
  2. thrown at
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Noun

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رَمِيّ (ramiyym (plural أَرْمَاء (ʔarmāʔ) or أَرْمِيَة (ʔarmiya) or رَمَايَا (ramāyā))

  1. a cloud of heavy rain droplets
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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رُمِيَ (rumiya) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of رَمَى (ramā)

References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “رمي”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 197
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “رمي”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 931
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “رمي”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1163
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رمي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[4], London: W.H. Allen, page 436
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “رمي”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 501