قَرْمَطَ, (TA,) [or, as is implied in the Ṣ, قَرْمَطَ فِى الخَطِّ, or فى خَطِّهِ,] inf. n. قَرْمَطَةٌ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) He made the lines near together in writing: (Ṣ:) or he made the characters fine, or slender, or minute, (Ḳ, TA,) and the letters and lines near together. (TA.)

قرمط فِى خَطْوِهِ, (TA,) [or, as implied in the Ṣ, فى المَشْىِ, or فى مَشْيِهِ,] inf. n. as above, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) He (a man, TA) contracted his steps in walking or going: (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA:) and in the same sense قرمط is said of a camel. (TA.)

إِقْرَنْمَطَ, (Ṣ,) or إِقْرَمَّطَ, (Ḳ,) [the former being the original form,] It (skin, Ṣ, TA) became contracted, or shrivelled: (Ḳ, TA:) or became drawn together, one part to another. (Ṣ, TA.)

He (a man, AA) became angry. (AA, Ḳ.)

قَرْمَطِّىٌّ One of the قَرَامِطَة↓ [or Karmathians]; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) i. e. of the people [or sect] thus called. (Ḳ.) [See De Sacy's Chrest. Arabe, 2nd ed., ii. 97.]

قَرْمَطِيطٌ One who contracts his steps in walking or going. (Ḳ,* TA.)