عَيْشٌ مُرْمَقٌّ

1.
and مُرَمَّقٌ Mean, paltry, or scanty, means of subsistence. (S, O.) And هُوَ مُرْمَقُّ العَيْشِ, (A 'Obeyd, K,) and مُرَمَّقُهُ, (IDrd, K,) He is one who has mean, paltry, or scanty, means of subsistence: (A 'Obeyd, K:) or he is straitened in the means of subsistence. (IDrd, K.)
2.
مُرْمَقٌّ also signifies Anything bad, or corrupt. (TA.)

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