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ضمرط

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of narrowness, constriction, and scarcity, extending to physical descriptions of constricted spaces and lines. It also encompasses a meaning related to hiding or concealment.

Derived headwords

الضَّمْرُnoun
  1. 1.
    Narrownessboth

    The state of being narrow or constricted.

  2. 2.
    Hardshipclassical

    Difficulties in life, scarcity of resources, or a period of hardship.

الضَّمْرُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    Narrow ravineclassical

    A narrow gully or ravine situated in a depression between two mountains.

  2. 2.
    Hiding placeclassical

    A place where one can hide or conceal oneself.

الضَّمَارِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    Lines on the foreheadclassical

    The lines or furrows on a person's forehead, often referred to as 'asārīr'.

ضَمْرُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    Line on the foreheadclassical

    A single line or furrow on the forehead.

Parallel reading

الضمروط: الضمر وضيق العيش.
Al-ḍamrūṭ: Narrowness and hardship of life.
والضمروط أيضا: مسيل ضيق في وهدة بين جبلين.
And al-ḍamrūṭ also: a narrow gully in a depression between two mountains.
يقال لخطوط الجبين الأسارير والضماريط، واحدها ضمروط
The lines of the forehead are called al-asārīr and al-ḍamārīṭ, the singular of which is ḍamrūṭ.
والضمروط في غير هذا موضع يختبأ فيه.
And al-ḍamrūṭ, in other contexts, is a place where one hides.