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صِرْمٌ ذ Tents (أَبْيَاتٌ), (S, M,) of men, (S,) collected together, (S, M,) separate from [those of other] men: (M:) or i. q. صِرْبٌ, (O in art. صرب,) which means a few tents (بُيُوت [in the O, erroneously, بُتُوت]) of the weak sort of the Arabs of the desert: (IAar, O, * K, TA; all in art. صرب:) and hence, (M,) a company (M, Msb, K, TA) of men, (Msb, TA,) not many; or simply a company (TA) alighting and abiding with their camels by the side of the water: (Msb, TA:) pl. أَصْرَامٌ [a pl. of pauc.] (S, M, Msb, K) and أَصَارِمُ, (S,) or أَصَارِيمُ, (M,) or both, (K,) but accord. to IB the latter of these two is the right, [being a pl. pl., i. e. pl. of أَصْرَامٌ,] (TA,) and صُرْمَانٌ, (Sb, M, K,) with damm. (K.) ― -b2- And i. q. ضَرْبٌ. (K. [So, app., in all the copies; accord. to the TK as meaning A sort, or species: but I think it most probable that this is a mistranscription for صِرْبٌ, with which, as has been stated above, صِرْمٌ is syn. accord. to the O.]) -A2- Also i. q. خُفٌّ مُنْعَلٌ (M) or خُفٌّ مُنَعَّلٌ (K) [i. e. A soled boot: that خُفّ here means a boot, not a camel's foot, is indicated by its being immediately added by SM that] ↓ صَرَّامٌ signifies A seller thereof. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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