رمى

See also: زمی and رمي

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر م ي (r-m-y), from Proto-Semitic *ramay- (“to throw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.maː/

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Verb

رَمَى • (ramā) I (non-past يَرْمِي (yarmī), verbal noun رَمْي (ramy) or رِمَايَة (rimāya))

1. to throw, to toss [with accusative ‘at whom’ and بِ (bi) ‘with what’]

   Hyponyms: قَذَفَ (qaḏafa), رَجَمَ (rajama)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 105:3-4:

     وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
     تَرْمِيهِمْ بِحِجَارَةٍ مِنْ سِجِّيلٍ

     wa-ʔarsala ʕalayhim ṭayran ʔabābīla
     tarmīhim biḥijāratin min sijjīlin

     And He sent against them birds in flocks,
     striking them with stones of hard clay

2. to throw away, to throw out, to discard
   • a. 1165, ابن التلميذ [Ibn al-Tilmīḏ], edited by Oliver Kahl, The Dispensatory of Ibn At-Tilmīḏ الأقراباذين الكبير (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 70), Leiden: Brill, published 2007, →ISBN, page 139 Nr. 302:

     ويحرك بدستج الهاون نعما ويصفى في منخل ويرمى بالثفل ثم تعاود عليه التصفية […]

     (now) stir it gently with a pestle, strain it into a sieve, and throw away the sediment (that has gathered upon it); then clear it again […]

3. to shoot [with accusative ‘at whom’ and بِ (bi) ‘with what’]

   رَمَاهُ بِالرَّصَاصِ ― ramāhu bi-r-raṣāṣi ― He shot him by bullets

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 8:17:

     فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلٰكِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ قَتَلَهُمْ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلٰكِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ رَمَى وَلِيُبْلِيَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْهُ بَلَاءً حَسَنًا إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

     fa-lam taqtulūhum wa-lākinna llāha qatalahum wa-mā ramayta ʔiḏ ramayta wa-lākinna llāha ramā wa-li-yubliya l-muʔminīna minhu balāʔan ḥasanan ʔinna llāha samīʕun ʕalīmun

     And you did not kill them, but it was Allah who killed them. And you threw not, [O Muhammad], when you threw, but it was Allah who threw that He might test the believers with a good test. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

   • a. 684, معن بن أوس [Maʿn Ibn Aws], فيا عجباً لمن ربيت طفلاً […]:

     أُعَلِّمُهُ ٱلرِّمَايَةَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ / فَلَمَّا ٱشْتَدَّ سَاعِدُهُ رَمَانِي.

     ʔuʕallimu-hū r-rimāyata kulla yawmin / fa-lammā štadda sāʕidu-hū ramānī.

     I teach him shooting every day; and when his arm was steady he shot me.

4. to baselessly accuse, to defame

   Synonym: قَذَفَ (qaḏafa)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:112:

     وَمَن يَكْسِبْ خَطِيئَةً أَوْ إِثْمًا ثُمَّ يَرْمِ بِهِ بَرِيئًا فَقَدِ ٱحْتَمَلَ بُهْتَانًا وَإِثْمًا مُبِينًا

     wa-man yaksib ḵaṭīʔatan ʔaw ʔiṯman ṯumma yarmi bihi barīʔan fa-qadi ḥtamala buhtānan wa-ʔiṯman mubīnan

     But whoever earns an offense or a sin and then blames it on an innocent has taken upon himself a slander and manifest sin.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:4:

     وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا وَأُولٰئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَاسِقُونَ

     wa-llaḏīna yarmūna l-muḥṣanāti ṯumma lam yaʔtū bi-ʔarbaʕati šuhadāʔa fa-jlidūhum ṯamānīna jaldatan wa-lā taqbalū lahum šahādatan ʔabadan wa-ʔulāʔika humu l-fāsiqūna

     And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses: lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of رَمَى (I, final-weak, a ~ i, full passive, verbal nouns رَمْي, رِمَايَة)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						رَمْي, رِمَايَة ramy, rimāya
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						رَامٍ rāmin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَرْمِيّ marmiyy
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	رَمَيْتُ ramaytu	رَمَيْتَ ramayta	رَمَى ramā		رَمَيْتُمَا ramaytumā	رَمَيَا ramayā		رَمَيْنَا ramaynā	رَمَيْتُمْ ramaytum	رَمَوْا ramaw
	f		رَمَيْتِ ramayti	رَمَتْ ramat			رَمَتَا ramatā			رَمَيْتُنَّ ramaytunna	رَمَيْنَ ramayna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَرْمِي ʔarmī	تَرْمِي tarmī	يَرْمِي yarmī		تَرْمِيَانِ tarmiyāni	يَرْمِيَانِ yarmiyāni		نَرْمِي narmī	تَرْمُونَ tarmūna	يَرْمُونَ yarmūna
	f		تَرْمِينَ tarmīna	تَرْمِي tarmī			تَرْمِيَانِ tarmiyāni			تَرْمِينَ tarmīna	يَرْمِينَ yarmīna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَرْمِيَ ʔarmiya	تَرْمِيَ tarmiya	يَرْمِيَ yarmiya		تَرْمِيَا tarmiyā	يَرْمِيَا yarmiyā		نَرْمِيَ narmiya	تَرْمُوا tarmū	يَرْمُوا yarmū
	f		تَرْمِي tarmī	تَرْمِيَ tarmiya			تَرْمِيَا tarmiyā			تَرْمِينَ tarmīna	يَرْمِينَ yarmīna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَرْمِ ʔarmi	تَرْمِ tarmi	يَرْمِ yarmi		تَرْمِيَا tarmiyā	يَرْمِيَا yarmiyā		نَرْمِ narmi	تَرْمُوا tarmū	يَرْمُوا yarmū
	f		تَرْمِي tarmī	تَرْمِ tarmi			تَرْمِيَا tarmiyā			تَرْمِينَ tarmīna	يَرْمِينَ yarmīna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِرْمِ irmi			اِرْمِيَا irmiyā				اِرْمُوا irmū
	f		اِرْمِي irmī							اِرْمِينَ irmīna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	رُمِيتُ rumītu	رُمِيتَ rumīta	رُمِيَ rumiya		رُمِيتُمَا rumītumā	رُمِيَا rumiyā		رُمِينَا rumīnā	رُمِيتُمْ rumītum	رُمُوا rumū
	f		رُمِيتِ rumīti	رُمِيَتْ rumiyat			رُمِيَتَا rumiyatā			رُمِيتُنَّ rumītunna	رُمِينَ rumīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُرْمَى ʔurmā	تُرْمَى turmā	يُرْمَى yurmā		تُرْمَيَانِ turmayāni	يُرْمَيَانِ yurmayāni		نُرْمَى nurmā	تُرْمَوْنَ turmawna	يُرْمَوْنَ yurmawna
	f		تُرْمَيْنَ turmayna	تُرْمَى turmā			تُرْمَيَانِ turmayāni			تُرْمَيْنَ turmayna	يُرْمَيْنَ yurmayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُرْمَى ʔurmā	تُرْمَى turmā	يُرْمَى yurmā		تُرْمَيَا turmayā	يُرْمَيَا yurmayā		نُرْمَى nurmā	تُرْمَوْا turmaw	يُرْمَوْا yurmaw
	f		تُرْمَيْ turmay	تُرْمَى turmā			تُرْمَيَا turmayā			تُرْمَيْنَ turmayna	يُرْمَيْنَ yurmayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُرْمَ ʔurma	تُرْمَ turma	يُرْمَ yurma		تُرْمَيَا turmayā	يُرْمَيَا yurmayā		نُرْمَ nurma	تُرْمَوْا turmaw	يُرْمَوْا yurmaw
	f		تُرْمَيْ turmay	تُرْمَ turma			تُرْمَيَا turmayā			تُرْمَيْنَ turmayna	يُرْمَيْنَ yurmayna

Descendants

• Maltese: rema

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ر م ي
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَمَى (ramā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rmaː/

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Verb

رمى • (rma) I (non-past يرمي (yarmi), verbal noun رمي (rmī) or رميان (ramyān), active participle رامي (rāmi), passive participle مرمي (marmi))

1. to throw, to toss

   Synonyms: لاح (lāḥ), سيب (sayyab)

Conjugation

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر م ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic رَمَى (ramā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.ma/, [ˈra.ma]

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Verb

رمى • (rama) I (present برمي (birmi))

1. to throw, to toss

   Synonyms: كبّ (kabb), شلف (shalaf)

2. to throw away, to throw out, to discard

   Synonyms: كبّ (kabb), زتّ (zatt)

Conjugation

Conjugation of رمى (rama)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	رميت (ramēt)	رميت (ramēt)	رمى (rama)		رمينا (ramēna)	رميتو (ramētu)	رمو (ramu)
	f		رميتي (ramēti)	رمت (ramat)
present	m	برمي (barmi)	بترمي (btirmi)	بيرمي (birmi)		منرمي (mnirmi)	بترمو (btirmu)	برمو (birmu)
	f		بترمي (btirmi)	بترمي (btirmi)
subjunctive	m	ارمي (armi)	ترمي (tirmi)	يرمي (yirmi)		نرمي (nirmi)	ترمو (tirmu)	يرمو (yirmu)
	f		ترمي (tirmi)	ترمي (tirmi)
imperative	m		ارمي (irmi)				ارمو (irmu)
	f		ارمي (irmi)