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صَارِمٌ ذ Cutting; cutting through; or cutting off, or severing; and Sb says that ↓ صَرِيمٌ is used in the same sense, like as ضَرِيب in the phrase ضَرِيبُ قِدَاحٍ is used in the sense of ضَارِب. (M.) إِِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَارِمِينَ, in the Kur [lxviii. 22], means If ye be deciding, or determining, upon the cutting off of the fruit of the palm-trees. (TA.) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) A man cutting, or severing, his bond of union; or one who cuts, or severs, that bond; and so [but in an intensive sense] ↓ صَرَّامٌ and ↓ صَرُومٌ ; (M;) or this last signifies, (M, K,) as also ↓ صُرَامٌ , (K,) having strength to cut, or sever, (M, K,) the bond of his union. (M.) ― -b3- Also, applied to a sword, (S, M, Msb, K,) and [in an intensive sense] ↓ صَرُومٌ , (M, K,) Sharp, (S, M, Msb, K,) and not bending: (M:) pl. of the former صَوَارِمُ. (TA.) ― -b4- And the former, (S, M, K, TA,) applied to a man, (S, M, TA,) as being likened to a sword, (TA,) (tropical:) Hardy, strong, or sturdy, (S, TA,) or sharp, penetrating, or vigorous and effective, (M, K, TA,) and courageous. (S, M, K, TA.) ― -b5- And الصَّارِمُ (tropical:) The lion. (K, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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