رمش

Arabic

Etymology

Unknown. Maybe a Middle Iranian borrowing related to Old Armenian երէզ (erēz, “band”), together with Mishnaic Hebrew רִיס (rīs, “eyelid (with eyelashes); eyelash”). Anything within this root but رِمْش (rimš, “eyelash”) is an inner-Arabic derivation from this one noun likely.

Pronunciation

  • Verb: IPA(key): /ra.ma.ʃa/
  • Noun: IPA(key): /rimʃ/

Noun

رِمْش • (rimš) m (plural رُمُوش (rumūš))

  1. eyelash

Declension

Verb

رَمَشَ • (ramaša) I, non-past يَرْمُشُ or يَرْمِشُ‎ (yarmušu or yarmišu)

  1. to grab with the tips of the fingers
  2. to graze a little
  3. to blink

Conjugation

Noun

رَمَش • (ramaš) m

  1. luxuriant vegetation
  2. running or inflammation of the eyes

Declension

References

  • Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “رمش”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “رمش”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “رمش”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 192b–193a
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “رمش”, 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 (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 924
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رمش”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 434
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “رمش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر م ش
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic رَمَشَ (ramaša).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.maʃ/, [ˈra.maʃ]
  • (file)

Verb

رمش • (ramaš) I (present برمش (birmiš))

  1. to blink
Conjugation
    Conjugation of رمش (ramaš)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m رمشت (ramašt) رمشت (ramašt) رمش (ramaš) رمشنا (ramašna) رمشتو (ramaštu) رمشو (ramašu)
f رمشتي (ramašti) رمشت (ramšat)
present m برمش (barmiš) بترمش (btirmiš) برمش (birmiš) منرمش (mnirmiš) بترمشو (btirmišu) برمشو (birmišu)
f بترمشي (btirmiši) بترمش (btirmiš)
subjunctive m أرمش (ʔarmiš) ترمش (tirmiš) يرمش (yirmiš) نرمش (nirmiš) ترمشو (tirmišu) يرمشو (yirmišu)
f ترمشي (tirmiši) ترمش (tirmiš)
imperative m ارمش (irmiš) ارمشو (irmišu)
f ارمشي (irmiši)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ram.maʃ/, [ˈram.maʃ]
  • (file)

Verb

رمّش • (rammaš) II (present برمّش (birammeš))

  1. to blink repeatedly
Conjugation
    Conjugation of رمّش (rammaš)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m رمّشت (rammašt) رمّشت (rammašt) رمّش (rammaš) رمّشنا (rammašna) رمّشتو (rammaštu) رمّشو (rammašu)
f رمّشتي (rammašti) رمّشت (rammašat)
present m برمّش (barammeš) بترمّش (bitrammeš) برمّش (birammeš) منرمّش (minrammeš) بترمّشو (bitrammšu) برمّشو (birammšu)
f بترمّشي (bitrammši) بترمّش (bitrammeš)
subjunctive m ارمّش (arammeš) ترمّش (trammeš) يرمّش (yrammeš) نرمّش (nrammeš) ترمّشو (trammšu) يرمّشو (yrammšu)
f ترمّشي (trammši) ترمّش (trammeš)
imperative m رمّش (rammeš) رمّشو (rammšu)
f رمّشي (rammši)

Etymology 3

From Arabic رِمْش (rimš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rumʃ/, [rʊmʃ]
  • (file)

Noun

رمش • (romš) m (plural رموش (rmūš))

  1. eyelash
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