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دمر

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns destruction, ruin, and perishing. It extends to concepts of entering without permission, which is seen as a form of ruin, and also describes specific types of animals and a city.

Derived headwords

دَمَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to destroy utterlyboth

    To cause complete annihilation or ruin, leading to perishing.

  2. 2.
    to hateclassical

    To feel intense dislike or loathing towards someone.

  3. 3.
    to enter without permissionclassical

    To intrude or gain entry into a place without seeking or obtaining permission.

دَمَارnoun
  1. 1.
    utter destructionboth

    Complete ruin, annihilation, and perishing.

  2. 2.
    ruinboth

    A state of being destroyed or ruined.

الدمار: استئصال الهلاك — Utter destruction: complete annihilation and perishing.
تَدْمِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    utter destructionboth

    The act or process of causing complete ruin and annihilation.

فدمرناهم تدميرا — So We destroyed them utterly.
دَامِرadjective
  1. 1.
    perishedboth

    Someone or something that is utterly destroyed and ruined.

  2. 2.
    worthlessclassical

    A man who is ruined and has no good qualities.

ورجل دامر: هالك لا خير فيه — And a ruined man: one who is perished and has no good in him.
دَمِرnoun
  1. 1.
    destructionclassical

    The state of being ruined or destroyed.

  2. 2.
    entering without permissionclassical

    The act of entering without permission, considered a form of ruin.

وقد دمر عليهم يدمر دمرا ودمورا: دخل بغير إذن — And they entered upon them without permission, entering and entering: they entered without permission.
دُمُورnoun
  1. 1.
    destructionclassical

    The state of being ruined or destroyed.

  2. 2.
    entering without permissionclassical

    The act of entering without permission, considered a form of ruin.

وهو الدمور، وقد دمر يدمر دمورا — And it is the entering without permission, and he entered without permission, entering without permission.
مُدَمِّرadjective
  1. 1.
    destroyerclassical

    One who causes destruction.

  2. 2.
    smoker (hunter)classical

    A hunter who uses smoke in his blind to mask his scent from prey.

والمدمر: الصائد يدخن في قترته للصيد بأوبار الإبل كيلا تجد الوحش ريحه — And the destroyer: the hunter who smokes in his blind for hunting with camel hair so that the wild animals do not find his scent.
تَدْمَرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    lowlyclassical

    Describing a mean or base man.

  2. 2.
    of Tadmurclassical

    Pertaining to the city of Tadmur.

والتدمري اللئيم من الرجال — And the Tadmurian: the mean man among men.
تَدْمَرِيَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    type of dogclassical

    A type of dog that is neither Saluki nor Kadhari.

والتدمرية من الكلاب: التي ليست بسلوقية ولا كدرية — And the Tadmuriyyah from dogs: that which is neither Saluki nor Kadhari.
تَدْمُرname
  1. 1.
    Tadmurclassical

    A city in the Levant (Syria).

يبنون تدمر بالصفاح والعمد — They build Tadmur with slabs and pillars.
دَمَارَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ruinclassical

    The state of being ruined or destroyed.

دِبَارَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ruinclassical

    The state of being ruined or destroyed.

دَمَرnoun
  1. 1.
    destructionclassical

    The state of being ruined or destroyed.

دَمَقverb
  1. 1.
    to enter without permissionclassical

    To intrude or gain entry into a place without seeking or obtaining permission.

دَمُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    entering without permissionclassical

    The act of entering without permission.

Parallel reading

الدمار: استئصال الهلاك.
Utter destruction: complete annihilation and perishing.
دمر القوم يدمرون دمارا: هلكوا.
The people were destroyed, they were destroying utter destruction: they perished.
ودمرهم: مقتهم، ودمرهم الله ودمرهم تدميرا.
And He hated them, and Allah destroyed them and destroyed them utterly.
فدمرناهم تدميرا ؛ يعني به فرعون وقومه الذين مسخوا قردة وخنازير؛
So We destroyed them utterly; meaning by it Pharaoh and his people who were transformed into apes and pigs;
ودمر عليهم كذلك.
And He destroyed upon them likewise.
قد جاء السيل بالبطحاء حتى دمر المكان الذي كان يصلي فيه أي أهلكه.
The flood came with the plain until it destroyed the place where he used to pray, meaning it annihilated it.
يقال: دمره تدميرا ودمر عليه بمعنى؛
It is said: He destroyed him utterly and he destroyed upon him in the same sense;
ورجل دامر: هالك لا خير فيه.
And a ruined man: one who is perished and has no good in him.
يقال: رجل خاسر دامر؛ عن يعقوب.
It is said: a ruined, lost man; from Ya'qub.
وما رأيت من خسارته ودمارته ودبارته.
And I have not seen of his loss, his ruin, and his destruction.
وقد دمر عليهم يدمر دمرا ودمورا: دخل بغير إذن، وقيل: هجم، وهو نحو ذلك؛
And they entered upon them without permission, entering and entering: they entered without permission, and it was said: they attacked, and it is similar to that;
من نظر من صير باب فقد دمر ؛
Whoever looks through a door has entered without permission;
دمر أي دخل بغير إذن، وهو الدمور، وقد دمر يدمر دمورا
Damara means entered without permission, and it is the entering without permission, and he entered without permission, entering without permission
من سبق طرفه استئذانه فقد دمر أي هجم ودخل بغير إذن، وهو من الدمار الهلاك لأنه هجوم بما يكره،
Whoever's gaze precedes his seeking permission has entered without permission, meaning he attacked and entered without permission, and it is from destruction because it is an attack with what is disliked,
من اطلع في بيت قوم بغير إذنهم فقد دمر ، والمعنى أن إساءة المطلع مثل إساءة الدامر.
Whoever looks into the house of a people without their permission has entered without permission, and the meaning is that the offense of looking is like the offense of the destroyer.
والمدمر: الصائد يدخن في قترته للصيد بأوبار الإبل كيلا تجد الوحش ريحه،
And the destroyer: the hunter who smokes in his blind for hunting with camel hair so that the wild animals do not find his scent,
والدماري والتدمري والتدمري من اليرابيع: اللئيم الخلقة المكسور البراثن الصلب اللحم،
And the Damari and the Tadmiri and the Tadmiri from the jerboas: the low in creation, broken in limbs, firm in flesh,
والتدمري اللئيم من الرجال.
And the Tadmurian: the mean man among men.
والتدمرية من الكلاب: التي ليست بسلوقية ولا كدرية.
And the Tadmuriyyah from dogs: that which is neither Saluki nor Kadhari.
وخيس الجن إني قد أذنت لهم يبنون تدمر بالصفاح والعمد
And the jinn's groves, I have indeed permitted them, they build Tadmur with slabs and pillars
ما في الدار عين ولا عين ولا تدمري ولا تدمري ولا تاموري ولا دبي ولا دبي بمعنى واحد.
There is not in the house a spring, nor a spring, nor a Tadmurian, nor a Tadmurian, nor a Tamuri, nor a Dubi, nor a Dubi, all meaning the same thing.