عرمرم

Arabic

Etymology

Formally from the root ع ر م ر م (ʿ-r-m-r-m), from ع ر م (ʿ-r-m) with the last two radicals reduplicated.

Adjective

عَرَمْرَم • (ʿaramram)

(Classical Arabic)
  1. numerous, countless, irresistible
    VI century CE, ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād al-ʿAbsī, from Mu'allaqat:
    طَوْرًا يُجَرَّدُ لِلطَّعَانِ وَتَارَةً // يَأْوِي إِلَى حَصِدِ القِسِيِّ عَرَمْرَمِ
    ṭawran yujarradu li-ṭ-ṭaʿāni watāratan // yaʾwī ʾilā ḥaṣidi l-qisiyyi ʿaramrami
    Sometimes he departs against a spearman, and at turns
    He finds his abode among countless archers with tight bows

Declension

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