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دهمز

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to describe someone or something characterized by intense eating or a large mouth, often in a vigorous or voracious manner. It seems to be related to the act of consuming food rapidly and abundantly.

Derived headwords

الدِّهْدَمُوزadjective
  1. 1.
    voracious eaterclassical

    Describing someone who eats intensely and voraciously, consuming large quantities of food.

Parallel reading

الدهدموز الشديد الأكل
The dahdamūz is the one who eats intensely.
لا تكرين بعدها عجوزا واسعة الشدقين دهدموزا
Do not bring after her an old woman with wide jaws, a voracious eater.
تلقم لقما كالقطا مكنوزا
She shovels in mouthfuls like the sandgrouse, piled up.