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دمر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

تَدْمُرِىٌّ دمر تدمرى تدمري , applied to a man, Ignoble, or mean. (M.) ― -b2- يَرْبُوعٌ تَدْمُرِىٌّ (T, S, M) and تُدْمُرِىٌّ and ↓ دُمَارِىٌّ (M) A jerboa that is small and short: (S:) or of vile make, (T, M,) with broken nails, (M,) and tough flesh: (T, TA:) or the kind called the مَاعِز of jerboas, (T, M,) short and small, without nails to its legs, and not quickly overtaken: it is smaller than the شُفَارِىّ: (M:) this latter is the ضَأْن thereof, and is characterized by its having a nail in the middle of its leg, in the place of the spur of the cock. (T.) ― -b3- Hence, (TA,) أُذُنٌ تَدْمُرِيَّةٌ (assumed tropical:) A small ear. (K.) -A2- Any one: so in the saying, مَا فِى الدَّارِ تَدْمُرِىٌّ (Fr, T, K *) and تُدْمِرِىٌّ (K) and ↓ دَامِرِىٌّ (A, TA) [ There is not in the house any one ]; like تَأْمُرِىٌّ &c. (TA.) One says also of a beautiful woman, مَا رَأَيْتُ تَدْمُرِيًّا أَحْسَنَ مِنْهَا, (K, TA,) i. e. [ I have not seen ] any one [ more beautiful than she ]. (TA.) -A3- تَدْمُرَيَّةٌ an appellation of Certain dogs, not such as are called سَلُوقِيَّة nor such as are called كُرْدِيَّة. (M.)

Derived headwords

تَدْمُرِىٌّ
  1. 1.
يَرْبُوعٌ تَدْمُرِىٌّ
أُذُنٌ تَدْمُرِيَّةٌ
مَا فِى الدَّارِ تَدْمُرِىٌّ
مَا رَأَيْتُ تَدْمُرِيًّا أَحْسَنَ مِنْهَا