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دحمس

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something that is dark, black, and large, often associated with the night or dark complexions. It can also refer to a person who is dark-skinned and stout.

Derived headwords

الدحسمnoun
  1. 1.
    Dark and largeclassical

    Describing something that is large with a dark hue, often black.

الدحمسnoun
  1. 1.
    Dark and largeclassical

    Describing something that is large with a dark hue, often black.

دحمسverb
  1. 1.
    to become darkclassical

    Used to describe the night becoming dark.

دحمسadjective
  1. 1.
    darkclassical

    Describing the night as dark and obscure.

ليل دحمسnoun
  1. 1.
    dark nightclassical

    A night that is intensely dark and obscure.

ليال دحامسnoun
  1. 1.
    dark nightsclassical

    Plural form referring to nights that are dark and obscure.

دحمسةadjective
  1. 1.
    darkclassical

    Intensely dark, referring to a night.

حنادسnoun
  1. 1.
    dark nightsclassical

    A term for the three nights following the period of intense darkness (طلم), implying deep darkness.

دحامسnoun
  1. 1.
    dark nightsclassical

    Another term for the three nights following the period of intense darkness (طلم), signifying deep darkness.

الدحمسانnoun
  1. 1.
    dark-skinned and stout personclassical

    A person who is dark-skinned and stout or fat.

دحسمانnoun
  1. 1.
    dark-skinned and stout personclassical

    An alternative form for a person who is dark-skinned and stout or fat.

Parallel reading

الدحسم والدحمس: العظيم مع سواد.
The dark-skinned and large, and the dark and large: the great with blackness.
ودحمس الليل: أظلم.
And the night became dark: it grew dark.
ليل دحمس: مظلم؛
A dark night: meaning dark.
واد رعي جلباب ليل دحمس،
And wear the cloak of a dark night,
أسود داج مثل لون السندس الأزهري: ليال دحامس مظلمة.
Black and dark like the color of Azhari silk: dark nights.
في ليلة ظلماء دحمسة أي مظلمة شديدة الظلمة.
In a dark night, 'dahmousah' meaning dark, intensely dark.
يقال لليالي الثلاث التي بعد الطلم حنادس، ويقال: دحامس.
The three nights after the darkness are called 'hanadis', and they are also called: 'dahamis'.
والدحمسان: الآدم السمين، وقد يقلب فيقال دحسمان.
And 'al-dahmasan': the dark-skinned and stout, and it may be inverted to be called 'dahsaman'.
كان يبايع الناس وفيهم رجل دحسمان أي أسود سمين.
He used to pledge allegiance to the people, and among them was a man 'dahsaman', meaning dark-skinned and stout.