دمع

Root entry · 39 derived lemmas

The root دمع primarily relates to the flow of liquid from the eye, specifically tears. It extends to describe the act of crying, the physical channels for tears, and metaphorically to the flowing of other liquids or substances.

Derived headwords

الدَّمْعnoun

1.
tearsboth
The watery fluid secreted by the lacrimal glands, which flows from the eyes.
2.
flowclassical
Metaphorically, a steady flow or trickle of liquid.

أَدْمُعnoun

1.
tears (pl.)both
The plural form of 'dam'

دُمُوعnoun

1.
tears (pl.)both
Another plural form of 'dam'

دَمْعَةnoun

1.
a tearboth
A single drop of the fluid that flows from the eye.

ذُو الدَّمْعَةname

1.
Dhu al-Dam'ahclassical
A title given to Al-Husayn bin Zayd bin Ali, known for his excessive weeping.

دَمَعَتْverb

1.
to shed tearsboth
The eye shed tears; the verb describes the act of crying.

تَدْمَعُverb

1.
to shed tearsboth
The eye shed tears; the verb describes the act of crying.

دَمْعًاnoun

1.
weepingboth
The act or process of shedding tears.

دَمَعَانًاnoun

1.
weepingclassical
The act or process of shedding tears.

دُمُوعًاnoun

1.
weepingboth
The act or process of shedding tears.

دَمِعَةadjective

1.
prone to tearsclassical
A woman who cries easily and sheds much tears.

دَمِيعadjective

1.
prone to tearsclassical
A woman or man who cries easily and sheds much tears.

دَمْعَىadjective

1.
prone to tearsclassical
Women who cry easily and shed much tears.

دَمَائِعadjective

1.
prone to tearsclassical
Women who cry easily and shed much tears.

دَمِيعadjective

1.
prone to tearsclassical
A man who cries easily and sheds much tears.

دَمْعَاءadjective

1.
prone to tearsclassical
Men who cry easily and shed much tears.

دَمْعَىadjective

1.
prone to tearsclassical
Men who cry easily and shed much tears.

دَمُوعadjective

1.
tearfulboth
An eye that is abundant in tears or sheds them quickly.

الْمَدَامِعnoun

1.
corners of the eyeclassical
The inner and outer corners of the eye where tears collect.

الْمَدْمَعnoun

1.
tear ductboth
The channel or groove through which tears flow from the eye.
2.
place of tearsclassical
The area where tears gather in the eye.

مَدَامِعnoun

1.
tear ducts (pl.)both
Plural of 'madma'

الدِّمَاعnoun

1.
livestock brandclassical
A brand mark on camels in the tear duct area.
2.
plantclassical
A type of plant.
3.
grape sapclassical
The sap that flows from grapevines in spring.

الدِّمْعnoun

1.
livestock brandclassical
A brand mark on camels in the tear duct area.

مَدْمُوعadjective

1.
brandedclassical
An animal that has been branded in the tear duct area.

دَمَعَ الْمَطَرُverb

1.
to drizzleclassical
Rain that falls lightly and intermittently.

يَوْمٌ دِمَاعnoun

1.
drizzly dayclassical
A day characterized by light, intermittent rain.

ثَرَى دُمُوعnoun

1.
damp earthclassical
Moist ground from which water seeps or is about to seep.

دَامِعnoun

1.
damp earthclassical
Moist ground from which water seeps or is about to seep.

دِمَاعnoun

1.
damp earthclassical
Moist ground from which water seeps or is about to seep.

مَكَانٌ كَذَلِكَnoun

1.
damp placeclassical
A place that is moist and from which water seeps.

الْمَدَامِعnoun

1.
seeping waterclassical
Water that drips or seeps from the side of a mountain.

تَدْمَعُ عَيْنَاهَاverb

1.
to drip (metaphorical)classical
Used metaphorically for the sun's heat causing a shimmering effect.

شَجَّةٌ دَامِعَةnoun

1.
bleeding woundclassical
A head wound that is bleeding, as opposed to one that is merely red.

الدِّمَاعnoun

1.
grape sapclassical
The sap that flows from grapevines in spring.

أَدْمَعَ الإِنَاءverb

1.
to overflowclassical
To fill a container to the point of overflowing.

قَدَحٌ دَمْعَانnoun

1.
overflowing cupclassical
A cup that is full and overflowing.

الإِدْمَاعnoun

1.
filling to overflowingclassical
The act of filling a container until it overflows.

الدِّمَاعnoun

1.
eye fluidclassical
Fluid from the eye due to illness or old age, distinct from tears.

الدَّمْعnoun

1.
drip from a sieveclassical
The liquid that drips from a sieve, especially a dyer's sieve.

Parallel reading

والجمع أدمع ودموع، والقطرة منه دمعة.

And the plural is admu' and dumū', and a drop from it is dam'ah.

وذو الدمعة: الحسين بن زيد بن علي، رضوان الله عليهم، لقب بذلك لكثرة دمعه، فعوتب على ذلك فقال: وهل تركت النار والسهمان لي مضحكا؟

And Dhu al-Dam'ah: Al-Husayn bin Zayd bin Ali, may God be pleased with them, was nicknamed thus for his abundant tears, and when he was reproached for it, he said: 'Did the fire and the two arrows leave me anything to laugh about?'

يريد السهمين اللذين أصابا زيد بن علي ويحيى بن زيد، رضي الله عنهم، وقتلا بخراسان.

He means the two arrows that struck Zayd bin Ali and Yahya bin Zayd, may God be pleased with them, and were killed in Khurasan.

ودمعت العين ودمعت تدمع، فيهما، دمعا ودمعانا ودموعا، وقيل دمعت دمعا.

And the eye shed tears, and 'dam'at and tadma'u, in both forms, mean shedding tears, dam'an, dam'anan, and dumū'an, and it is said dam'at dam'an.

وامرأة دمعة ودميع، بغير هاء، كلتاهما: سريعة البكاء كثيرة دمع العين؛ الأخيرة عن اللحياني، من نسوة دمعى ودمائع، وما أكثر دمعتها، التأنيث للدمعة.

And a woman is dam'ah and damī', without the 'ha', both meaning: quick to cry and abundant in eye tears; the latter is from Al-Lihyani, from women who are dam'ā and damā'i', and 'What abundant are her tears!', the feminine is for dam'ah.

وقال الكسائي وأبو زيد: دمعت، بفتح الميم، لا غير.

And Al-Kisa'i and Abu Zayd said: 'dam'at, with a fatha on the mim, and nothing else.'

ورجل دميع من قوم دمعاء ودمعى.

And a man is damī' from a people who are dam'ā' and dam'ā.

وعين دموع: كثيرة الدمعة أو سريعتها؛ واستعار لبيد الدمع في الجفنة يكثر دسمها ويسيل فقال: ولكن مالي غاله كل جفنة، ... إذا حان ورد، أسبلت بدموع

And a tearful eye: abundant in tears or quick to shed them; and Labīd metaphorically used tears for a trough whose fatness increases and flows, saying: 'But my wealth is consumed by every trough, ... when its turn comes to be drunk from, it sheds tears.'

يقال: جفنة دامعة وقد دمعت ورذمت.

It is said: a trough is dāmi'ah, and it has shed tears and flowed.

والمدامع: المآقي وهي أطراف العين.

And al-madāmi': the corners of the eyes, which are the edges of the eye.

والمدمع: مسيل الدمع.

And al-madma': the channel of tears.

قال الأزهري: والمدمع مجتمع الدمع في نواحي العين، وجمعه مدامع. يقال: فاضت مدامعه.

Al-Azhari said: And al-madma' is the gathering place of tears in the regions of the eye, and its plural is madāmi'. It is said: His tears flowed abundantly.

والدمع، بضم الدال، والدماع، كلاهما: سمة من سمات الإبل في مجرى الدمع.

And al-dam', with a damma on the dal, and al-dimā', both mean: a brand mark on camels in the tear duct area.

وقال أبو علي في التذكرة: والدمع سمة في مدمع العين خط صغير، وبعير مدموع.

And Abu Ali said in the book of remembrance: And al-dam' is a small line brand mark in the tear duct of the eye, and a camel is madmū'.

وقال ابن شميل: الدماع ميسم في المناظر سائل إلى المنخر، وربما كان عليه دماعان.

And Ibn Shumayl said: Al-dimā' is a brand mark on the face extending to the nostril, and sometimes it has two dimā' on it.

ودمع المطر: سال، على المثل؛ قال: فبات يأذى من رذاذ دمعا

And the rain shed tears: it flowed, by analogy; he said: So he spent the night being bothered by the drizzling rain.

ويوم دماع: ذو رذاذ.

And a drizzly day: one with drizzle.

وثرى دموع ودامع ودماع ومكان كذلك إذا كان نديا يتحلب منه الماء أو يكاد؛ قال: من كل دماع الثرى مطلل

And damp earth, dumu', dāmi', and dimā', and a place likewise if it is moist and water seeps from it or is about to; he said: From every damp earth, a rain-soaked place.

قال أبو عدنان: من المياه المدامع، وهي ما قطر من عرض جبل؛ قال: والشمس تدمع عيناها ومنخرها، ... وهن يخرجن من بيد إلى بيد

Abu Adnan said: Among the waters are al-madāmi', which is what drips from the side of a mountain; he said: And the sun's eyes and nostrils shed tears, ... and they emerge from one desert to another.

فقال: هي الظهيرة إذا سال لعاب الشمس.

He said: It is the midday heat when the sun's saliva flows.

وقال الغنوي: إذا عطشت الدواب ذرفت عيونها وسالت مناخرها.

And Al-Ghanawi said: When the animals are thirsty, their eyes shed tears and their nostrils flow.

وشجة دامعة: تسيل دما، وهي بعد الدامية، فإن الدامية هي التي تدمى من غير أن يسيل منها دم، فإذا سال منها دم فهي الدامعة، بالعين غير المعجمة؛

And a bleeding wound: one that flows with blood, and it is after the 'damiyah' (a wound that bleeds without flowing), for the 'damiyah' is one that is reddened without blood flowing from it, but if blood flows from it, it is the 'dāmi'ah', with a 'ayn not a hamzah;

وقال ابن الأثير: هو أن يسيل الدم منها قطرا كالدمع.

And Ibn Al-Athir said: It is when blood flows from it drop by drop like tears.

والدماع ودماع الكرم: هو ما يسيل منه أيام الربيع.

And al-dimā' and dimā' al-karam: is what flows from it during the days of spring.

وأدمع الإناء إذا ملأه حتى يفيض.

And the vessel overflowed if it was filled until it spilled.

وقدح دمعان إذا امتلأ فجعل يسيل من جوانبه.

And a cup is dam'ān if it is full and begins to flow from its sides.

والإدماع: ملء الإناء.

And al-idmā': filling the vessel.

يقال: أدمع مشقرك أي قدحك، قاله ابن الأعرابي.

It is said: 'Idma' mushqirak', meaning your cup, said Ibn Al-A'rabi.

والدماع: نبت، ليس بثبت.

And al-dimā': a plant, it is not firmly established.

والدماع، بالضم: ماء العين من علة أو كبر، ليس الدمع؛ وقال: يا من لعين لا تني تهماعا، ... قد ترك الدمع بها دماعا

And al-dimā', with a damma: is the fluid of the eye from illness or old age, not tears; and he said: 'O you whose eye never ceases to weep, ... the tears have left fluid in it.'

والدمع: السيلان من الراووق، وهو مصفاة الصباغ.

And al-dam': the dripping from the sieve, which is the dyer's filter.