ذم

مَذَمَّةٌ ذ , with fet-h only [to the ذ, A cause of blame, dispraise, discommendation, censure, or reprehension; a blamable, or discommendable, quality or action; ] a thing for which one is, or is to be, blamed, dispraised, discommended, found fault with, censured, or reprehended: contr. of مَحْمَدَةٌ: (S:) [pl. مَذَامٌّ.] You say, البُخْلُ مَذَمَّةٌ, (S, K,) i. e. [ Niggardliness is ] one of the things for which one is, or is to be, blamed, &c. (S.) And اـِيَّاكَ وَ المَذَامَّ [ Beware thou of, or avoid thou, or remove thyself far from, causes of blame, &c.]. (TA.) ― -b2- See also ذِمَّةٌ, in six places. ― -b3- And see ذَمَامَةٌ.