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دمثر

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a quality of land being smooth, level, and easy to traverse. It can also extend to describe an animal that is well-fed, plump, and substantial.

Derived headwords

الدماثرnoun
  1. 1.
    smooth landclassical

    Refers to a level and easy-to-traverse plain or expanse of land.

دمثرadjective
  1. 1.
    smooth, levelclassical

    Describing land that is smooth, level, and easy to traverse.

  2. 2.
    plump, well-fedclassical

    Describing a camel or other animal that is abundant in flesh and well-fed.

دمثاءadjective
  1. 1.
    smooth, levelclassical

    An adjective describing land as smooth and level.

دماثرadjective
  1. 1.
    smooth, levelclassical

    A plural adjective for land that is smooth and level.

دمثرnoun
  1. 1.
    smoothness, levelnessclassical

    The quality of being smooth, level, and easy to traverse, referring to land.

الدمثرةnoun
  1. 1.
    smoothness, levelnessclassical

    The quality of being smooth, level, and easy to traverse, referring to land.

دمثراadjective
  1. 1.
    smooth, levelclassical

    An adjective describing land as smooth and level.

دمثرadjective
  1. 1.
    plump, well-fedclassical

    Describing a camel or other animal that is abundant in flesh and well-fed.

دماثرadjective
  1. 1.
    plump, well-fedclassical

    A plural adjective describing animals that are abundant in flesh and well-fed.

Parallel reading

الدماثر: السهل من الأرض.
Ad-damāthir: the smooth land.
وأرض دمثر: سهلة.
And a damthir land: is smooth.
وأرض دماثر إذا كانت دمثاء
And a damāthir land if it is damthā' (smooth).
ضاربة بعطن دماثر
Striking their humps after drinking deeply (of water).
أي شربت فضربت بعطن، ودمثر: دمث.
Meaning they drank and struck their humps; and damthir: is damth (smooth).
والدمثرة: الدماثة
And ad-damtharah: is ad-damāthah (smoothness).
حوجلة الخبعثن الدمثرا
The large-stomached one, the smooth one.
وبعير دمثر دماثر إذا كان كثير اللحم وثيرا.
And a damthir, damāthir camel if it is abundant in flesh and plump.