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دمج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُدْمَجٌ مدمج , applied to a man, (assumed tropical:) Well knit together, like a rope firmly twisted; as also ↓ مَنْدَمِجٌ: and in like manner, مُدْمَجَاتُ الخَلْقِ, applied to women, (assumed tropical:) of a frame well knit together; and so ↓ دُمَّجٌ, of which ISd found no singular. (L.) And accord. to Lth, ↓ مُدَمَّجٌ, applied to the back, and to a limb, or member, means (assumed tropical:) [ Well compacted, or rounded, and smooth; ] as though made round and smooth (أُدْرِجَتْ وَ مُلِّسَتْ) as when the female comber and dresser of hair plaits the locks of a woman's hair: (TA:) [or this may be a mistranscription for مُدْمَجٌ; for it is said that] مُدْمَجٌ signifies round and smooth; syn. مُدَمْلَجٌ; (K;) or مُدْرَجٌ مَعَ مَلَاسَتِهِ: (S:) and, applied to a back, made smooth. (L.) ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) An arrow that is used in the game called المَيْسِر. (S, K.) El-Hárith Ibn-Hillizeh says, أَلْفَيْتَنَا لِلضَّيْفِ خَيْرَ عِمَارَةٍ اـلَّا يَكُنْ لَبَنٌ فَعَطْفٌ المُدْمَجِ [ Thou hast found us to be, for the guest, the best tribe: if there is not any milk, then is the shuffling of the gaming arrow ]: meaning, if there is not any milk, we shuffle the gaming arrow for [the purpose of deciding who shall supply] the camel to be slaughtered, and we slaughter it for the guest. (S.)

Derived headwords

مُدْمَجٌ
  1. 1.
مُدْمَجَاتُ الخَلْقِ
أُدْرِجَتْ وَ مُلِّسَتْ
مُدْرَجٌ مَعَ مَلَاسَتِهِ
أَلْفَيْتَنَا لِلضَّيْفِ خَيْرَ عِمَارَةٍ
اـلَّا يَكُنْ لَبَنٌ فَعَطْفٌ المُدْمَجِ