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غَرَامٌ ذ A thing from which one is unable to free himself, [a thing] such as cleaves fast. (BA and Jel in xxv. 66.) Lasting evil. (IAar, S, K.) Perdition: (K:) in the Kur xxv. 66, (S, Ksh,) accord. to AO, (S,) it means perdition, (S, Ksh,) persistent, (Ksh,) and such as cleaves fast. (S, Ksh.) And Punishment, or torment; (S, K) or, accord. to Zj, the most vehement punishment or torment; and accord to Er-Rághib, hardship, or difficulty, and an affliction, or a calamity or misfortune, that befalls a man. (TA.) ― -b2- Also Eager desire [بِشَىْءٍ for a thing]; fondness [for it]; or attachment [to it]; syn. وَلُوعٌ: (S, K:) or love that torments the heart. (Har p. 36.) [See 4, last sentence.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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