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ضمخ

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of smearing or anointing, especially with perfumes or fragrant substances. It also extends to meanings related to striking or hitting, particularly the nose, eyes, or face, and metaphorically, to causing exhaustion.

Derived headwords

ضَمَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to smear with perfumeboth

    To smear the body with perfume until it seems to drip.

  2. 2.
    to smearboth

    To smear or daub something.

  3. 3.
    to strikeboth

    To strike someone's eye, face, or nose with a clenched fist.

  4. 4.
    to exhaustclassical

    To tire someone out.

ضَمْخnoun
  1. 1.
    smearing with perfumeboth

    The act of smearing the body with perfume until it seems to drip.

  2. 2.
    smearingboth

    The act of smearing or daubing.

  3. 3.
    striking the noseclassical

    A blow to the nose, whether it bleeds or not.

  4. 4.
    a striking blowclassical

    Any effective blow to the nose, eye, or face.

تَضَمَّخَverb
  1. 1.
    to smear oneself withboth

    To smear oneself with perfume or other substances, especially in abundance.

  2. 2.
    to be smeared withboth

    To be smeared or daubed with something.

تَضْمِيخnoun
  1. 1.
    smearing oneself withboth

    The act of smearing oneself with perfume or other substances, and doing so excessively.

اِضْمَخَّverb
  1. 1.
    to smear oneself withclassical

    To smear oneself with perfume or other substances.

اِضْطَمَخَّverb
  1. 1.
    to smear oneself withclassical

    To smear oneself with perfume or other substances.

مُتَضَمِّخadjective
  1. 1.
    anointed with perfumeboth

    One who is smeared or anointed with perfume or other fragrant substances.

مِضَخّother
  1. 1.
    smearingclassical

    A rare and considered improper variant pronunciation for 'ضمخ' (smearing).

Parallel reading

الضمخ: لطخ الجسد بالطيب حتى كأنما يقطر
Ad-damkh: smearing the body with perfume until it seems to drip.
تضمخن بالجادي حتى كأنما الأنوف
They smeared themselves with the red dye until it was as if the noses...
ضمخه بالطيب يضمخه ضمخا وضمخه تضميخا: لطخه
He smeared him with perfume, smearing him with damkh and damkh: he daubed him.
وتضمخ به: تلطخ به
And to smear oneself with it: to be smeared with it.
كان يضمخ رأسه بالطيب
He used to smear his head with perfume.
التضمخ: التلطخ بالطيب وغيره والإكثار منه
At-tadhmikh: smearing oneself with perfume and other things, and doing so excessively.
كان متضمخا بالخلوق
He was smeared with khuluq (a type of perfume).
واضمخ واضطمخ والمضخ لغة شنعاء في الضمخ
And idamakh and iḍṭamakh, and al-miḍakh is an improper dialectal variant for ad-damkh.
ضمخ عينه ووجهه وأنفه يضمخه ضمخا: ضربه بجمعه
He struck his eye, face, and nose, striking him with his fist.
وقيل: الضمخ ضرب الأنف، رعف أو لم يرعف
And it was said: Ad-damkh is striking the nose, whether it bleeds or not.
وقيل: هو كل ضرب مؤثر في أنف أو عين أو وجه
And it was said: It is any effective blow to the nose, eye, or face.
وضمخه فلان: أتعبه
And so-and-so exhausted him.