أرمل

العربية

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أرمل¹

  • /ʔar.mal/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *alman- (“widower”). Compare Aramaic אַרְמַלְתָּא (ʾarmaltā) and Hebrew אַלְמָנָה (almaná).

noun أَرْمَل · ʔarmal · أَرَامِلُ · أَرَامِلَة · أَرْمَلَة

  1. widower

أرمل²

  • /ʔar.ma.la/

Where it comes from

Denominal verb from رَمْل (raml, “sand”).

verb أَرْمَلَ · ʔarmala · يُرْمِلُ · إِرْمَال · مُرْمِل

  1. to become sandy, to have sand upon oneself or cleave to the sand
  2. to have dispersed one’s provisions, to have consumed one’s cates, to have exhausted one’s vivers وَأَنْتَ كَذِئْبِ السُّوء إذْ قَالَ مَرَّةً ... لِعَمْرُوسَةٍ وَٱلذِّئْبُ غَرْثَانُ مُرْمِلُ أَأَنْتِ ٱلَّتِي مِنْ غَيْرِ جُرْمٍ سَبَبْتِنِي ... [……………………………]

In English

  • widower a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {أرمل},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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