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ضمس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of chewing or grinding something subtly or with difficulty. It also extends to describing something as difficult or hard to deal with, possibly due to a phonetic substitution.

Derived headwords

ضَمَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to chew subtlyclassical

    To chew something with a hidden or subtle chewing motion.

ضَمْسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    subtle chewingclassical

    The act of chewing subtly or with a hidden motion.

ضِرْسnoun
  1. 1.
    difficult, hardclassical

    Describing something as difficult or hard to deal with.

ضَبَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be difficult, hardclassical

    To be difficult or hard to deal with.

Parallel reading

ضمسه يضمسه ضمسا: مضغه مضغا خفيا
He chewed it with a subtle chewing motion.
وفي حديث عمر، رضي الله عنه، عن الزبير: ضرس ضمس
And in the narration of Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, from Al-Zubayr: 'difficult, hard'.
قال ابن الأثير والرواية ضبس
Ibn al-Athir said the narration is 'dabs'.
قال: والميم قد تبدل من الباء، وهما بمعنى الصعب العسر
He said: And the 'mim' may be substituted for the 'ba', and they both mean difficult and hard.