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دم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَدْمُومٌ مدموم [ Smeared, or done over, with any kind of dye &c.: fem. with ة]: see دَمِيمٌ. ― -b2- [Hence,] Red. (S.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) Fat in the utmost degree; (M, K;) full of fat; (S, M, K;) as though smeared therewith: (M:) applied to a camel &c.; (S;) or to a human being, and an ass, and a bull, and a sheep or goat, and any beast. (TA.) [Accord. to the KL, it signifies also Heavily laden: but the right explanation is probably laden with fat: see دُمَّ بِالشَّحْمِ, in the first paragraph of this art.]

Derived headwords

مَدْمُومٌ
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دُمَّ بِالشَّحْمِ