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رَمَى

to throw

VerbForm IRoot ر-م-ي

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Highlights

Present tense
يَرْمِي
Verbal nouns
رَمْي، رِمَايَة
Active participle
رَامٍ
Passive participle
مَرْمِيّ

Most common words from the same root

Noun
رَمْيَة
throw
Noun
مَرْمًى
target
Noun
رِمَايَة
throwing
Adjective
رَمِيّ
thrown
Noun
رَمْي
verbal noun of رَمَى
Noun
رَمِيّ
a cloud of heavy rain droplets

رَمَى in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to throw, to toss
    وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ تَرْمِيهِمْ بِحِجَارَةٍ مِنْ سِجِّيلٍAnd He sent against them birds in flocks, striking them with stones of hard clay609–632 CE, Qur'an, 105:3-4
  2. to throw away, to throw out, to discard
    ويحرك بدستج الهاون نعما ويصفى في منخل ويرمى بالثفل ثم تعاود عليه التصفية […](now) stir it gently with a pestle, strain it into a sieve, and throw away the sediment (that has gathered upon it); then clear it again […]a. 1165, ابن التلميذ [Ibn al-Tilmīḏ], edited by Oliver Kahl, The Dispensatory of Ibn At-Tilmīḏ الأقراباذين الكبير (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Tex
  3. to shoot
    رَمَاهُ بِالرَّصَاصِHe shot him by bullets
    فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلٰكِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ قَتَلَهُمْ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلٰكِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ رَمَى وَلِيُبْلِيَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْهُ بَلَاءً حَسَنًا إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌAnd you did not kill them, but it was Allah who killed them. And you threw not, [O Muhammad], when you threw, but it was Allah who threw that He might test the believers with a good test. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 8:17
    أُعَلِّمُهُ ٱلرِّمَايَةَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ / فَلَمَّا ٱشْتَدَّ سَاعِدُهُ رَمَانِي.I teach him shooting every day; and when his arm was steady he shot me.a. 684, معن بن أوس [Maʿn Ibn Aws], فيا عجباً لمن ربيت طفلاً […]
  4. to baselessly accuse, to defame
    وَمَن يَكْسِبْ خَطِيئَةً أَوْ إِثْمًا ثُمَّ يَرْمِ بِهِ بَرِيئًا فَقَدِ ٱحْتَمَلَ بُهْتَانًا وَإِثْمًا مُبِينًاBut whoever earns an offense or a sin and then blames it on an innocent has taken upon himself a slander and manifest sin.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:112
    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا وَأُولٰئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَاسِقُونَAnd those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses: lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:4

Word origin

From Proto-Semitic *ramay- (“to throw”).

Words from the root ر-م-ي

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

رَمَى · present يَرْمِي
Form I · The plain action

to throw, to toss; to throw away, to throw out, to discard; to shoot

رِمَايَة
Verbal noun
throwing
رَمْي
Verbal noun
verbal noun of رَمَى
رَامٍ
Active participle
مَرْمِيّ
Passive participle
رَمْيَة
Derived noun
throw
مَرْمًى
Derived noun
target
تَرَامَى · present يَتَرَامَى
Form VI · Mutual action

to reach; to throw over, to toss over

تَرَامٍ
Verbal noun
مُتَرَامٍ
Active participle
مُتَرَامًى
Passive participle
اِرْتَمَى · present يَرْتَمِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to throw oneself, to plunge

اِرْتِمَاء
Verbal noun
مُرْتَمٍ
Active participle
مُرْتَمًى
Passive participle
رَمِيّ
Adjective
thrown
رَمِيّ
Noun · m.
a cloud of heavy rain droplets
رَمِيَّة
Noun · f.
that which is thrown at

رَمَى conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iرَمَيْتُأَرْمِيأَرْمِيَأَرْمِ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)رَمَيْتَتَرْمِيتَرْمِيَتَرْمِاِرْمِ
أَنْتِ you (f.)رَمَيْتِتَرْمِينَتَرْمِيتَرْمِياِرْمِي
هُوَ heرَمَىيَرْمِييَرْمِيَيَرْمِ—
هِيَ sheرَمَتْتَرْمِيتَرْمِيَتَرْمِ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoرَمَيْتُمَاتَرْمِيَانِتَرْمِيَاتَرْمِيَااِرْمِيَا
هُمَا they two (m.)رَمَيَايَرْمِيَانِيَرْمِيَايَرْمِيَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)رَمَتَاتَرْمِيَانِتَرْمِيَاتَرْمِيَا—
نَحْنُ weرَمَيْنَانَرْمِينَرْمِيَنَرْمِ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)رَمَيْتُمْتَرْمُونَتَرْمُواتَرْمُوااِرْمُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)رَمَيْتُنَّتَرْمِينَتَرْمِينَتَرْمِينَاِرْمِينَ
هُمْ they (m.)رَمَوْايَرْمُونَيَرْمُوايَرْمُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)رَمَيْنَيَرْمِينَيَرْمِينَيَرْمِينَ—
Verbal nounرَمْي، رِمَايَة
Active participleرَامٍ
Passive participleمَرْمِيّ

رَمَى in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to throw

وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ تَرْمِيهِمْ بِحِجَارَةٍ مِنْ سِجِّيلٍAnd He sent against them birds in flocks, striking them with stones of hard clay609–632 CE, Qur'an, 105:3-4

to throw away

ويحرك بدستج الهاون نعما ويصفى في منخل ويرمى بالثفل ثم تعاود عليه التصفية […](now) stir it gently with a pestle, strain it into a sieve, and throw away the sediment (that has gathered upon it); then clear it again […]a. 1165, ابن التلميذ [Ibn al-Tilmīḏ], edited by Oliver Kahl, The Dispensatory of Ibn At-Tilmīḏ الأقراباذين الكبير (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Tex

to shoot

رَمَاهُ بِالرَّصَاصِHe shot him by bullets

to shoot

فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلٰكِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ قَتَلَهُمْ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلٰكِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ رَمَى وَلِيُبْلِيَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْهُ بَلَاءً حَسَنًا إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌAnd you did not kill them, but it was Allah who killed them. And you threw not, [O Muhammad], when you threw, but it was Allah who threw that He might test the believers with a good test. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 8:17

to shoot

أُعَلِّمُهُ ٱلرِّمَايَةَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ / فَلَمَّا ٱشْتَدَّ سَاعِدُهُ رَمَانِي.I teach him shooting every day; and when his arm was steady he shot me.a. 684, معن بن أوس [Maʿn Ibn Aws], فيا عجباً لمن ربيت طفلاً […]

to baselessly accuse

وَمَن يَكْسِبْ خَطِيئَةً أَوْ إِثْمًا ثُمَّ يَرْمِ بِهِ بَرِيئًا فَقَدِ ٱحْتَمَلَ بُهْتَانًا وَإِثْمًا مُبِينًاBut whoever earns an offense or a sin and then blames it on an innocent has taken upon himself a slander and manifest sin.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:112

to baselessly accuse

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا وَأُولٰئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَاسِقُونَAnd those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses: lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:4

From a fully vowelled text

وَلَمَّا اسْتَمَرُّوا يَسْأَلُونَهُ، انْتَصَبَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ بِلاَ خَطِيَّةٍ فَلْيَرْمِهَا أَوَّلاً بِحَجَرٍ!»So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.John 8:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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