قرمد
Q. 1 قَرْمَدَ He plastered a pool, (
S,
L,) or a tank, or cistern, (
L,) with the burnt stones called قَرْمَدٌ: (
S,
L:) or he plastered thickly. (
TA, art. كلس.)
b2: He constructed a building with such stones. (
L.)
b3: [He smeared a garment with saffron, or perfume. See مُقَرْمَدٌ.]
قَرْمَدٌ A kind of stones, (
S,
L,
K,) which have holes, (
L,
K,) and upon which a fire is lighted and kept up until they are thoroughly burnt, (
S,
L,
K, *) when they are used for plastering pools, (
S,
L,) and tanks, or cisterns, (
L,) and for building; (
L,
K;) as also ↓ قِرْمِيدٌ: (
L:) or a thing [or substance] like gypsum, with which one plasters: (
TA:) and قَرْمَدٌ (
L,
K) or ↓ قِرْمِيدٌ (
Msb) signifies anything (
L) with which one plasters, or smears, (
L,
Msb,
K,) for the purpose of ornament, (
Az,
L,
Msb,) as gypsum, and saffron, (
L,
Msb,
K,) and perfume, &c. (
Msb.)
b2: Rocks, or masses of stone. (
L.)
b3: Baked pottery. (
L,
K.)
b4: Also قَرْمَدٌ (
L,
K) and ↓ قِرْمِيدٌ (
IAar,
As,
S,
L,
Msb,
K) [coll. gen. ns.: the
n. un. of the latter, قِرْمِيدَةٌ, occurs in the
M and
TA,
voce إِرْدَبَّةٌ:] Baked bricks: (
S,
L,
Msb,
K:) or the baked bricks of baths; in the
dial. of Syria: (
As,
L:) or large baked bricks: (
S,
voce إِرْدَبَّةٌ:) or the large baked bricks of houses: (
IAar,
L:) or a thing resembling baked brick: (
TA:) originally Greek, [kerami/s,] (
L,
Msb,) used by the Arabs in ancient times: (
L:)
pl. of the latter, قِرامِيدُ: (
IAar,
As,
S,
L:) which is the word in common use. (
TA.)
b5: Also ↓ قِرْمِيدٌ
i. q. إِرْدَبَّةٌ, (
K,) i. e., A [cover for a] wide sink-hole (
بَالُوعَة) made of baked clay: (
TA:) [but see إِرْدَبَّةٌ].
قُرْمُودٌ The male mountain-goat: (
L,
K:) or a mountain-kid:
pl. قَرَامِيدُ, (
AO,
Az,
S,
L,) with which قَرَاهِيدُ is
syn. (
Az,
L)
b2: The fruit of the غَضَاة: (
L,
K:) or a species thereof; as also قُرْمُوطٌ. (
T,
L.) قِرْمِيدٌ: see قِرْمَدٌ, in four places.
A2: The female mountain-goat, أُرْوِيَّةٌ: or this word is corruptly written [for إِرْدَبَّةٌ]. (
K.) مُقَرْمَدٌ: see the verb, of which it is the
pass. part. n. b2: A building constructed with baked bricks (آجُرّ [or قِرْمِيد]) or (in the
K, and) with stones: (
S,
L,
Msb,
K:) or lofty, or high. (
K.)
b3: A building thickly plastered. (
TA, art. كلس.)
b4: Narrow: (
TA:) or made narrow. (
L.)
b5: A garment smeared with saffron and perfume: (
L,
Msb:) or smeared with the like of saffron. (
K. [in the
CK, for بِشِبْهِ الزعفرانِ is put يُشْبِهُ الزعفرانَ.])
