raghām

dust and sand

رَغام

Word

Noun · pattern فَعال

Root

ر غ م

From the same root

All words from ر غ م →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • رَغِمَ الأَنْفُ Form I His nose clave to the رَغَام
    , [and, as will be seen from what follows, رَغَمَ, and رَغُمَ, inf. n. رَغْمٌ and رُغْمٌ and رِغْمٌ,] His nose clave to the رَغَام [i. e. earth, or dust]. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] رَغَمَ أَنْفُهُ, aor. , inf. n. رَغْمٌ [&c. as above]; and رَغِمَ, aor. ; [and رَغُمَ, aor. ;] (tropical:) He was, or became, abased, or humble, or submissive; as though his nose clave to the رَغَام by reason of abasement &c. (Msb.) And رَغِمَ أَنْفِى لِلّٰهِ, and رَغَمَ, (S, K,) and رَغُمَ, (El-Hejeree, K,) inf. n. رَغْمٌ and رُغْمٌ and رِغْمٌ, (S,) [and app. مَرْغَمَةٌ also, as seems to be indicated in the S and TA,] (tropical:) My nose [meaning my pride] was, or became, abased, or humbled, to God, against my will; (K, TA;) i. e. لِأَمْرِهِ [to his command]. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ رُغِمَ أَنْفًا and غُرِمَ أَنْفًا (assumed tropical:) [Such a one is, or has been, abased, or humbled]. (TA.) ― -b3- And رَغَمَ فُلَانٌ, (S, TA,) or رَغِمَ, aor. , inf. n. رَغْمٌ [&c. as above], (JK,) (tropical:) Such a one was unable to obtain his right, or due; (JK, S, TA;) as also رَغَمَ أَنْفُهُ: the part. n. is ↓ رَاغِمٌ. (Har p. 369.) -A2- رَغَمَ as a trans v.: see 4, [with which it is app. syn. properly as well as tropically,] in three places. ― -b2- [Hence,] رَغَمْتُهُ, (K,) inf. n. رَغْمٌ; (JK, TA;) and ↓ تَرَغَّمْتُهُ; (so in the JK; [perhaps a mistranscription for رَغَمْتُهُ;]) (assumed tropical:) I did a thing against his will: (JK, K, TA:) or, so as to anger him; and vexed him. (TA.) ― -b3- [And (assumed tropical:) I made him to do a thing against his will; forced him to do a thing: for] الرَّغْمُ is also syn. with القَسْرُ; (IAar, K, TA;) in some copies of the K erroneously written القَشْرُ. (TA.) ― -b4- And رَغِمَهُ and رَغَمَهُ, aor. , (K,) inf. n. رَغْمٌ (TA) [and app. رُغْمٌ and رِغْمٌ and مَرْغَمَةٌ, as seems to be indicated in the K] (tropical:) He disliked it, disapproved it, or hated it. (K, TA.) You say, مَا أَرْغَمُ مِنْهُ شَيْيأًا (tropical:) I dislike not, &c., of it, anything. (JK, TA.) And رَغَمَتِ السَّايأِمَةُ المَرْعَى (tropical:) The pasturing beasts disliked, &c., the pasture. (TA.) ― -b5- See also 2. ― -b6- [And see رَغْمٌ, below.]
  • رَغَّمَ Form II He said to him
    see 4, in three places. ― -b2- رغّمهُ, (JK, M, K,) inf. n. تَرْغِيمٌ, (K,) also signifies He said to him رَغْمًا; (JK; [see رَغْمٌ, below;]) or رَغْمًا رَغْمًا; so in the K; but in the M, رَغْمًا وَدَغْمًا: (TA:) and ↓ رَغَمَهُ inf. n. رَغْمٌ, [in like manner,] he said to him رَغْمًا: or he did with him that which made his nose to cleave to the earth, or dust, (مَا يُرْغِمُ أَنْفَهُ,) and that which abased him. (Ham p. 97.)
  • مُرَاغَمَةٌ Form III breaking off from, or quitting
    signifies (tropical:) The breaking off from, or quitting, another in anger: (S, K, TA:) and the cutting off another from friendly, or loving, communion; cutting one, or ceasing to speak to him; or forsaking, abandoning, deserting, or shunning or avoiding, one: and the becoming alienated, or estranged; or the going, removing, retiring, or withdrawing, to a distance, far away, or far off, one from another: (K, TA:) [or] راغمهُ signifies (assumed tropical:) He left, forsook, abandoned, or relinquished, him, or separated himself from him, against his [the latter's] wish: (Mgh:) or he broke off from him, or quitted him, in anger: (Msb:) and أَهْلَهُ ↓ ارغم (tropical:) He cut off his family from loving communion, or forsook them, or deserted them, against their wish. (TA.) It is said in a trad., لِيُرَاغِمُ رَبَّهُ إِنْ أَدْخَلَ أَبَوَيْهِ النَّارَ, i. e. (tropical:) He will assuredly break off in anger from his Lord [if he cause his two parents to enter the fire of Hell]. (TA.) And you say, رَاغَمَ فُلَانٌ قَوْمَهُ (tropical:) Such a one retired apart from his people, or party; or disagreed with them; or opposed them; (S, K, * TA;) and went forth from them; (S, TA;) and cut them off from friendly, or loving, communion; or forsook them; and treated them, or regarded them, with enmity, or hostility. (K, TA.) ― -b2- And فُلَانٌ لَا يُرَاغِمُ شَيْيأًا (assumed tropical:) Such a one does not want, need, or require, and is not unable to attain, anything. (JK, TA.)
  • ارغمهُ Form IV He cast it upon the رَغَام
    [He cast it upon the رَغَام, i. e. earth, or dust: and he made it to cleave to the earth, or dust]. You say, ارغم اللُّقْمَةَ مِنْ فِيهِ He cast the morsel from his mouth upon the earth, or dust. (TA.) And it is said in a trad. of 'Áïsheh, respecting the material for dyeing the hair, and the hands of women, اُسْلُتِيهِ وَأَرْغِمِيهِ [Wipe thou it off from thy hand, or hands, and cast it upon the earth, or dust]. (S. [There said to be from the phrase here next following.]) You say also, ارغم أَنْفَهُ He, (i. e. God, JK, S,) or it, (i. e. abasement, or humility, or submissiveness, K, * TA, *) made his nose to cleave to the رَغَام, i. e. earth, or dust; (JK, * S, TA;) [or may He (i. e. God) make his nose to cleave to the earth, or dust;] and ↓ رَغَمَ أَنْفَهُ signifies the same [app. in this (the proper) sense, as well as in that next following]. (Mgh, TA.) ― -b2- And [hence] the former of these two phrases means (tropical:) He (i. e. God, Msb) abased him, humbled him, or rendered him submissive, (Msb, TA,) against his will; (TA;) [or may He abase him, &c.;] and so ↓ the latter of the same two phrases: and the former, (assumed tropical:) He angered him; likewise said of God; (Ham p. 551;) and so ارغمهُ alone; (K, TA;) like ادغمهُ; (TA;) or both signify (tropical:) he did evil to him, and angered him: (TA in art. دغم:) and أُرْغِمَ (assumed tropical:) He was abased, or humbled, or rendered submissive: (Ham p. 617:) and ٱللّٰهُ بِهِ الأُنُوفَ ↓ رَغَمَ, inf. n. رَغْمٌ, (assumed tropical:) God abased, or may God abase, the noses by means of him, or it. (Har p. 369.) [↓ رغّمهُ, also, signifies (assumed tropical:) He abased him, humbled him, or rendered him submissive: you say,] لَهُ ↓ هٰذَا تَرْغِيمٌ (assumed tropical:) This is an abasing, or a humbling, to him: (Msb:) and لِلشَّيْطَانِ ↓ تَرْغِيمًا (occurring in a trad., TA) means (assumed tropical:) For the abasing, or humbling, of the devil. (Mgh.) ― -b3- And ارغمهُ (assumed tropical:) He urged him, or made him, to do that from which he was not able to hold back, or that which he could not refuse to do, or that which he could not resist doing. (JK, TA, and Ham p. 97, from Kh.) ― -b4- See also 3.
  • ترغّم Form V He became angered, or angry
    (assumed tropical:) He became angered, or angry, (S, K, TA,) with speech, and otherwise: (TA:) and sometimes it occurs with ز [i. e. تزغّم]. (S, TA.) Hence the saying of El-Hotei-ah, [app. describing a she-camel,] " تَرَى بَيْنَ لَحْيَيْهَا إِذَا مَا تَرَغَّمَتْ لُغَامًا كَبَيْتِ العَنْكَبُوتِ الُمَدَّدِ " [Thou seest between her two jaws, when she is angered, foam like the web of the spider stretched out]. (TA.) -A2- See also 1.
  • رَغْمٌ May thy nose cleave fast to the earth, or dust
    and ↓ رُغْمٌ and ↓ رِغْمٌ are inf. ns. of رَغِمَ and رَغَمَ said of the nose; and ↓ مَرْغَمَةٌ is syn. therewith; (S;) as is also ↓ مَرْغَمٌ. (TA.) One says to another, [by way of imprecation,] رَغْمًا [for رَغِمَ أَنْفُكَ رَغَمًا May thy nose cleave fast to the earth, or dust; meant to be understood in the proper sense, or in a tropical sense explained by what follows]; (JK, M, K;) and [sometimes] دَغْمًا is added, (M,) which is an imitative sequent to رَغْمًا. (K in art. دغم.) And لِأَنْفِهِ الرَّغْمُ and ↓ المَرْغَمَةُ [May cleaving to the earth, or dust, befall his nose; which may likewise be meant to be understood properly, or tropically]. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] the first also signifies, (IAar, K, TA,) and so ↓ مَرْغَمَةٌ also, (TA,) (tropical:) Abasement. (IAar, Mgh, K, TA.) The Prophet said, ↓ بُعِثْتُ مَرْغَمَةً, (S,) i. e. (tropical:) I was sent for abasement to the believers in a plurality of gods, [or] by reason of dislike or disapproval [of their state; agreeably with the explanation next following]. (TA.) ― -b3- رَغْمٌ and ↓ رُغْمٌ (Msb, K, TA) and ↓ رِغْمٌ and ↓ مَرْغَمَةٌ (K, TA) also signify (tropical:) Dislike, disapproval, or hatred. (Msb, K, TA.) You say, فَعَلَهُ رَغْمًا or ↓ رُغْمًا or ↓ رِغْمًا, (TA,) and عَلَى رَغْمٍ, (ISh, TA,) and على رَغْمِهِ, and على الرَّغْمِ مِنْهُ, (TA,) and على رَغْمِ أَنْفِهِ and أَنْفِهِ ↓ رُغْمِ, (Msb,) and على الرَّغْمِ مِنْ أَنْفِهِ, (S,) i. e. (tropical:) [He did it against his wish; in spite of him; or] notwithstanding his dislike, or disapproval, or hatred. (Msb, TA.) ― -b4- حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ ↓ مَنْهُ الرُّغْمُ, [or الرَّغْمُ, in the TA without the vowel-sign,] occurring in a trad., means (assumed tropical:) In order that he may become humble and abased, and the pride of the Devil may go forth from him. (Mgh, TA.) -A2- See also رَغَامٌ.
  • رُغْمٌ Open entry
    : see the next paragraph above, in six places.
  • رِغْمٌ Open entry
    : see رَغْمٌ, in three places.
  • شَاةٌ رَغْمَآءُ A sheep, or goat, having upon the extremity of its nose a whiteness
    A sheep, or goat, having upon the extremity of its nose a whiteness, (JK, K,) or a colour different from that of the rest of its body. (K.)
  • رَغْمَانُ Open entry
    : see the next following paragraph.
  • رَغَامٌ Earth, or dust
    Earth, or dust; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ رَغْمٌ: (IAar, K:) [or] soft earth or dust, (K, TA,) but not fine: (TA:) or fine earth or dust: (AA, TA:) or sand mixed with earth or dust: (K:) or sand such as does not flow from the hand: (As, TA:) or, as IB says on the authority of AA, sand that dazzles the sight; as also ↓ رَغْمَانُ; which latter, accord. to the K, is the name of a certain tract of sands. (TA.)
  • رُغَامَةٌ A thing that one desires, or seeks
    A thing that one desires, or seeks; (JK, K;) as also ↓ مَرْغَمَةٌ: (TA:) so in the saying, لِى عِنْدَهُ رُغَامَةٌ (JK, TA) and مَرْغَمَةٌ (TA) [I have a thing that I desire, or seek, to obtain from such a one].

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