غَرِمَ
1.
, (JK, S, Msb, K,) aorist
غَرَمَ
, (JK, K,) verbal noun غُرْمٌ (JK, Msb, TA) and غَرَامَةٌ (Msb, TA) and مَغْرَمٌ, (TA,) He paid, or discharged (A K, S, * Msb, K, *) a thing that was obligatory upon him, (JK,) or a bloodwit, (S, Msb, K,) and a responsibility, and the like thereof, after it had become obligatory upon him: (Msb:) (or, according to an explanation of الغَرَامَةُ in Har p. 36, he gave property against his will: or the meaning intended in the S and K (in both of which it is very vaguely indicated) may be, he took upon himself to pay, or discharge, a blood wit, &c.: for, sometimes,] غُرْمٌ and مَغْرَمٌ and غَرَامَةٌ signify the taking upon oneself that which is not obligatory upon him: (Mgh; and the Ksh gives this explanation of مَغْرَمٌ in lii. 40:) [or the taking upon oneself a fine or the like: for, sometimes,] مَغْرَمٌ signifies اِلْتِزَامُ غُرْمٍ. (Bd in lii. 40. [See also 5, and 8.]) And you say, غَرِمْتُ عَنْهُ مَا لَزِمَهُ مِنَ
الدِّيَةِ [I paid for him, i. e., in his stead, what was obligatory upon him, of the bloodwit]. (Msb in article عقل.)
2.
And غَرِمَ فِى تِجَارَتِهِ
He lost, or suffered loss, in his traffic; i. q.
خَسِرَ; opposite of
رَبِحَ. (Msb.)
3.
غُرِمَ أَنْفًا: see رُغِمَ [from which it is apparently formed by transposition].