אִלְמֵן, (deriv. of next w.) to reduce to widowhood, bereave, desert. Pes. 49ᵃ ומְאַלְמֵן את אשתו will be forced to desert his wife (to leave his home).—Nithpa. נִתְאַלְמְנָה to become a widow. Y. Keth. II, beg. 26ᵃ (Mishn. ed., a. Talm. Bab. נִתְאַרְמְלָה, v. אִרְמֵל).