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ذم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 ذَمَّهُ ذ , (T, S, M, &c.,) aor. ذَمُ3َ , (T, M, Msb,) inf. n. ذَمٌّ (T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and مَذَمَّةٌ, (M, K,) He blamed, dispraised, discommended, found fault with, censured, or reprehended, him, in respect of evil conduct; الذَّمُّ signifying اللَّوْمُ (T, Mgh) فِى الاـِسَاآءَةِ; (T;) contr. of المَدْحُ, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) or of الحَمْدُ: (Mgh:) and ↓ ذمّمهُ, (MA,) inf. n. تَذْمِيمٌ, (KL,) signifies the same: (MA, KL:) [or this has an intensive meaning: see its pass. part. n., below.] Hence the saying, اِفْعَلْ كَذَا وخَلَاكَ ذَمٌّ, (T, S, K,) i. e. خَلَا مِنْكَ ذَمٌّ, meaning [ Do thou such a thing, and ] thou wilt not be blamed; (ISk, S, K;) or thou wilt have an excuse; [lit.] blame will full from thee: (S in art. خلو:) one should not say خَلَاكَ ذَنْبٌ. (ISk, S in the present art.) ذُمَّ, also, signifies He was satirized, particularly in verse. (IAar, T.) And He was made to suffer loss or diminution [app. in respect of his reputation ]. (IAar, T.) ― -b2- ذَمَّ المَكَانُ (tropical:) The place was, or became, affected with drought, or barrenness, and its good things [or produce ] became scanty. (TA.) [But perhaps ذَمَّ is here a mistranscription for ذُمَّ; for] you say of a land, ذَمَّ مَرْعَاهَا [ He dispraised, or discommended, its pasture, when its pasture is scanty]. (S and M and K in art. بذأ.) -A2- ذَمَّ, [aor. ذَمِ3َ ,] said of the nose, (S, K,) It flowed [ with ذَمِيم, i. e. mucus ]; (K;) like ذَنَّ. (S, K.) And [the aor.] يَذِمُّ is said of ذَمِيم; (S, K;) like يَذِنُّ; (S, TA;) meaning It flows. (TA.)

Derived headwords

ذَمَّهُverb
  1. 1.
فِى الاـِسَاآءَةِ
اِفْعَلْ كَذَا وخَلَاكَ ذَمٌّ
خَلَا مِنْكَ ذَمٌّ
خَلَاكَ ذَنْبٌ
ذَمَّ المَكَانُ
ذَمَّ مَرْعَاهَا