, verbal noun كَرْمَحَةٌ, i. q.كَرْتَحَ, (S, article كردح, and CK, and a MS copy of the K,) He (a short man) ran with short steps, and quickly: (S, ubi supra:) or i. q.كَرْبَحَ, the ب being changed into م, (TA,) he ran at a slower pace than that termedكَرْدَمَةٌ. (L, TA.)
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كَرْمَحْنَا فِى اثَارِ القَوْمِWe ran heavily in the footsteps of, or after, the people, (AA, S, ubi supra, L.)