ضم

ضَامَّةٌ ذ [a subst. from ضَامٌّ, rendered such by the affix ة]. You say, نَهَضَ فُلَانٌ لِلْقِتَالِ وَهُوَ ضَامَّةُ قَوْمِهِ [ Such a one rose and sped to fight, or to the fight, he being the musterer of his people, or party ]. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A want, or an object of want, that brings one and causes him to have recourse [ to a thing ]. (Meyd, in explanation of a prov. cited voce ضَائِمٌ, in art. ضيم, q. v.)