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رَمَى
to throw /raˈmaː/
verbA2#1147 most common
Also: to cast or hurl, to shoot (an arrow), to accuse (with bi-)
Example sentences
رَمَى الْوَلَدُ الْكُرَةَ.
The boy threw the ball.
رَمَى الصَّيَّادُ الشَّبَكَةَ فِي الْبَحْرِ.
The fisherman cast the net into the sea.
رَمَى اللَّاعِبُ الْكُرَةَ إِلَى زَمِيلِهِ بِسُرْعَةٍ.
The player threw the ball quickly to his teammate.
رَمَى الْجُنُودُ أَسْلِحَتَهُمْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَاسْتَسْلَمُوا.
The soldiers threw their weapons on the ground and surrendered.
رَمَاهُ خَصْمُهُ بِتُهْمَةٍ بَاطِلَةٍ لِيُشَوِّهَ سُمْعَتَهُ.
His rival hit him with a false accusation to tarnish his reputation.
مَنْ رَمَى النَّاسَ بِمَا لَيْسَ فِيهِمْ رَمَوْهُ بِمَا فِيهِ.
Whoever accuses people of what is not in them, they will accuse him of what is in him.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَرْمِي | رَمَيْتُ | سَأَرْمِي |
| 2sg | تَرْمِي | رَمَيْتَ | سَتَرْمِي |
| 3sg | يَرْمِي | رَمَى | سَيَرْمِي |
| 1pl | نَرْمِي | رَمَيْنَا | سَنَرْمِي |
| 2pl | تَرْمُونَ | رَمَيْتُمْ | سَتَرْمُونَ |
| 3pl | يَرْمُونَ | رَمَوْا | سَيَرْمُونَ |
Word family
رَمْيthrowing, casting (act)
مَرْمَىgoal, target, firing range
رَامٍthrower, archer, marksman; Sagittarius
رَمِيَّةtarget, quarry
تَرَامَىto be thrown about; to reach (of news)
Etymology
رَمَى comes from the common Semitic root r-m-y, meaning to throw or cast. The same root gives Hebrew רָמָה, used in the Song of the Sea for hurling horse and rider into the water, and Aramaic rəmā, to throw or place. The sense runs from physical throwing to the figurative act of casting an accusation. It has no Indo-European source.
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