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ذيم
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaذَيْمٌ ذ and ↓ ذَامٌ are inf. ns., (S, M, Msb, K,) and are syn. with عَيْبٌ [as such, and also as meaning A vice, fault, defect, or the like; in the latter sense syn. with ذَامٌّ, which belongs to art. ذم]: (T, S, M, Msb, * K:) or, as some say, syn. with ذَمٌّ [ blame, &c.]. (M.) It is said in a prov., ↓ لَاتَعْدَمُ الحَسْنَاآءُ ذَامًا [ The beautiful female is not without a defect ]. (S.)
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ذَيْمٌ
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