رَمِيم

ramiymN * A bone old and decayed: (S, M, Msb, K:) and ↓ rumaAmN signifies the same (K, TA) in an intensive sense: (TA:) or the former is like rim~apN ; (A 'Obeyd, T, and Ksh in xxxvi. 78;) i. e. it is a subst., signifying the old and decayed, of bones; (Ksh and Bd ibid.;) not of the measure faEiylN in the sense of the measure faAEilN or mafoEuwlN : (Ksh ibid.:) or it is used in the sense of the measure mafoEuwlN , [meaning eroded, ] from ramamotuhu [“ I ate it ”]: (Bd ibid.:) its pl. is in most instances A^arim~aA='u [when it is used as a subst. or as an epithet], like A^adil~aA='u pl. of daliylN [or A^aqoribaA=' pl. of qariybN ]; and rimaAmN also occurs [when it is used as a subst., for rim~apN , of which rimaAmN is a pl., or when it is used as an epithet], like kiraAmN pl. of kariymN : (Msb:) or you say A^aEoZumN ramaAy^imu , and ramiymN also; or ramiymN may have the meaning of a gen. n., and therefore be used in the place of a pl. (M.) It is said in the Kur ubi suprà, mano yuHoyiY A@loEiZaAma wahiYa ramiymN [ Who will quicken the bones when they are old and decayed &c.?]; the last word being without p because it is a subst., as expl. above, (Ksh, Bd, Jel,) not an epithet; (Ksh, Jel;) or because it is used in the sense of the measure mafoEuwlN , as stated above; (Bd;) or because words of the measures faEiylN and faEuwlN are sometimes used alike as masc. and fem. [and sing.] and pl., like SadiyqN and rasuwlN and Eaduw~N . (S.) And Hátim, or some other, says, A^amaA waAl~a*iY laA yaEolamu Als~ir~a gayoruhu wayuHoyiY AlEiZaAma AlbiyDa wahoYa ramiymu [ Verily, or now surely, by Him beside whom none knoweth the secret, and who quickeneth the white bones when they are old and decayed &c.]; in which rmym may have the meaning of a gen. n., as observed above. (M.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (assumed tropical:) Anything old and decayed or worn out. (M.) One says, A^aHoyaY ramiyma AlmakaArimi (tropical:) [ He revived what had become decayed of generous qualities or actions or practices ]. (TA.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) The remains of the herbage of the next preceding year: (Lh, M:) from the same word in the sense first expl. above. (M.) -A2- ramiymu is one of the names of The east, or easterly, wind; AlS~abaA : and is also a proper name for a woman. (M.)