رَمَاد

ramaAdN * Ashes; i. e. charcoal reduced to particles T, M) by being burnt; (T;) burnt coals that have become mixed with dust, and extinguished, and reduced to particles: (M:) and ↓ rimodidaA='u signifies the same; (S, M, K;) as also ↓ A^aromidaA='u , like A^arobiEaA='u , (so in some copies of the K, and in a copy of the S,) or ↓ A^aromadaA='u , like A^arobaEaA='u , (so in other copies of the K,) or ↓ A_iromidA='u ; (so in two copies of the S, there said to be like A_irobiEaA='u , and so in the M;) as some say; or ↓ A^aromidaA='u is a pl. of ramaAdN , as is also A^aromdapN ; and ↓ A_iromidaA='u , which is mentioned on the authority of Kr, and which is [said to be] the only word of its measure, [though A_irobiEaA='u also is mentioned by IHsh,] is a quasi-pl. n.: (M:) [ ramaAdN is a coll. gen. n.;] and ↓ ramaAdapN [is its n. un., and as such] signifies a portion thereof. (M.) [Hence] one says, fulaAnN kaviyru ramaAdu Alqidori [lit. Such a one has many ashes of the cooking-pot ]; meaning (assumed tropical:) such a one is very hospitable; has many guests: (Mgh in art. ErD :) [and so huwa kaviyru Alr~amaAdi :] and huwa EaZiymu Alr~amaAdi (assumed tropical:) he has many guests: because the ashes become much in quantity in consequence of cooking. (L, from a trad.) And sufiYa Alr~amaAdu fiY wajohihi [lit. Ashes were blown and scattered in his face ]; meaning (tropical:) his face became altered. (A, TA.) ― -b2- [ maA='u Alr~amaAdi is a term applied in the present day to Lixivium, or lye; i. e. water infused with wood-ashes. ]