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دمغ

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

الدِّمَاغُ الدماغ دماغ a word of which the signification is well known; (S, Msb;) [ The brain; ] the marrow of the head; (K;) or the stuffing of the head: (TA:) or [app. a mistake for “and” ( what is termed )] أُمُّ الهَامِ or أُمُّ الرَّأْسِ or [in one copy of the K “and”] أُمُّ الدِّمَاغِ is a thin skin, like a pouch, in which it is contained: (K:) [these three terms, امّ الهام and امّ الرأس and امّ الدماغ, appear all to signify the meninx; (see أُمٌّ;) but the first and second of them seem to have been mistaken by the author or transcribers of the K for different explanations of الدَّمَاغُ:] the pl. [of pauc.] is أَدْمِغَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and [of mult.] دُمُغٌ. (TA.)

Derived headwords

الدِّمَاغُ
  1. 1.
أُمُّ الهَامِ
أُمُّ الرَّأْسِ
أُمُّ الدِّمَاغِ
امّ الهام
امّ الرأس