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دمر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 دمّرهُ دمر دمره دمرة , (S, Msb,) and دمّرهُمْ, (T, M, A,) and دمّر عَلَيْهِ, (T, S, Mgh, Msb,) and عَلَيْهِمْ, (M, A,) inf. n. تَدْمِيرٌ; (T, S, M, K;) and ↓ دَمَرَهُمْ, (M, TA,) inf. n. دُمُورٌ, (K, TA,) and, accord. to the K دَمَارٌ [which is omitted in the CK] and دَمَارَةٌ, but this is wrong, (MF, TA,) for the second and third of these three inf. ns., (TA,) or all of them, (MF,) are of دَمَرَ in the intrans. sense explained above; (MF, TA;) He (God, M, TA) destroyed, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K, *) or destroyed utterly, (A, TA,) him, or it, or them. (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, TA.) And دمّر السَّيْلُ المَكَانَ The torrent destroyed the place. (TA from a trad.) -A2- دمّر, (TK,) inf. n. as above, (S, K,) He (a sportsman) fumigated his قُتْرَة [or lurking-place ] with fur, or soft hair, [ of camels, ] in order that the wild animals might not perceive his smell. (S, K.) [See also the act. part. n., below.]

Derived headwords

دمّرهُverb
  1. 1.
دمّر عَلَيْهِ
دمّر السَّيْلُ المَكَانَ