دمخ

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the physical act of lowering or bowing the head and back, often implying humility or submission. It also extends to the meaning of crushing or shattering, and is used as a proper noun for a mountain.

Derived headwords

دَمَخَverb

1.
to bow downboth
To lower one's back, often in a gesture of humility or submission.
2.
to crushclassical
To shatter or crush something with force.

تَطَأْطَأَverb

1.
to lower oneselfboth
To lower one's head or back, often in a gesture of looking or submission.

دَمْخname

1.
Damkhboth
The name of a mountain, described as being among large mountains in the region of Dhariyah.

الدَّمَاخname

1.
Al-Damaakhclassical
A place name, possibly related to the mountain Damkh, or a distinct location.

الدَّمْخnoun

1.
shatteringclassical
The act of crushing or shattering something.

دَمَخَهُverb

1.
to crush itclassical
To shatter or crush something.

Parallel reading

دمخ الرجل: طأطأ ظهره

Damakha the man: he bowed his back.

والحاء لغة وقد تقدم

And al-Haa' is a dialectal variant, and it has been mentioned previously.

ودمخ ودنخ إذا طأطأ رأسه

And Damakha and Danakha mean to lower one's head.

ودمخ: اسم جبل

And Damkh: is the name of a mountain.

كفى حزنا أني تطاللت كي أرى ... ذرى قلتي دمخ، فما تريان

Enough sorrow that I stretched my neck to see... the peaks of my two mountains of Damkh, but I could not see.

تطاللت أي مددت عنقي لأنظر

Tatalalt means I stretched my neck to look.

ودمخ: جبل بين أجبال ضخام في ناحية ضرية

And Damkh: is a mountain among large mountains in the region of Dhariyah.

أثقل من دمخ الدماخ

Heavier than Damkh of Al-Damaakh.

والدماخ موضع

And Al-Damaakh is a place.

إنما هو دمخ فجمعه بما حوله

It is only Damkh, and its collection includes what is around it.

تركته أركان دمخ لا بقعر

I left it in the corners of Damkh, not in the hollow.

الدمخ الشدخ

Al-Damkh is the shattering.

دمخه دمخا إذا شدخه

Damakha-hu damkhan means to shatter it.