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غَرْمَى ذ A woman heavy, or sluggish; syn. ثَقِيلَةٌ: (K:) or, accord. to IAar, i. q. مُغَاضِيَةٌ [that makes, and is made, angry: or that breaks off from, or quits, one, in anger, or enmity]. (TA.) -A2- It is also syn. with أَمَا, as a word denoting an oath [or used in swearing]: one says غَرْمَى وَجَدِّكَ [Verily, or now surely, by thy grandfather, or by thy fortune or good fortune]; like as one says أَمَا وَجَدِّكَ: (AA, K, TA:) and عَرْمَى and حَرْمَى are dial. vars. thereof. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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