(ن) رَمَمَ يَرْمُمُramama yarmumu (original form) ⟵ رَمَّ يَرُمُّ رَمًّا وَرِمَّةًramma yarummu ramman wa-rimmatan: to be decayed, to rot and crumble to pieces; from this the opposite sense «to repair» has also been derived.
رَمِيْمٌramīm (on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): decayed, crumbled bone. Twice in the Quran: ﴿مَنْ يُّحْيِ الْعِظَامَ وَهِيَ رَمِيْمٌ﴾ (Yā Sīn 36:78); ﴿مَا تَذَرُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ اَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ اِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيْمِ﴾ (Adh-Dhāriyāt 51:42)
Form II (tafʿīl) رَمَّمَ يُرَمِّمُ تَرْمِيْمًاrammama yurammimu tarmīman: to repair something worn out; to restore (this verb is not used in the Quran).