1 كَرُمَ ذ , inf. n. كَرَمٌ , It (a thing) was, or became, highly esteemed or prized or valued; excellent, precious, valuable, or rare: (Msb:) followed by عَلَيْهِ : see 1 in art. فجع . -b2- كَرُمَتْ أَرْضُهُ His land yielded increase of its seed-produce, (ISh, K,) and its soil became good, (ISh,) being manured; (ISh, K;) [or it was, or became, generous, or good; i. e., productive, or fertile ]. -b3- كَرُمْتُ عَلَيْهِ , (S, K, art. عز ,) I exceeded him in generosity, or nobleness. (TK, voce عَزٌّ .)

2 كَرَّمَهُ عَلَىَّ ذ [ He honoured him above me ]. (Kur, xvii. 64). -b2- كَرَّمَهُ عَنْ كَذَا [ He preserved him from such a thing ]: see an ex. in a verse cited in art. عل (conj. 3): and see, here, 4 and 5. -b3- كَرَّمَ He highly regarded a horse or the like. -b4- See تَكْرِمَةٌ .

4 أَكْرَمَهُ ذ He treated him with honour, or courtesy. -b2- أَكْرَمَ , and , He found a generous horse ( فَرَسًا كَرِيمًا ). (TA in art. ربط .) See رَبَطَ . -b3- أَكْرَمْتُ عَنْهُ عِرْضِى I preserved myself from it. (S in art. عرض . See also 2.)

5 تَكَرَّمَ عَنْهُ ذ , and , He shunned it; avoided it; kept, or removed, himself far from it; or preserved himself from it; (K;) for in stance, from foul speech. (TA in art. دقع .) -b2- تَكَرَّمَ He affected, or constrained himself, to be generous. (S.)