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دمل

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root دمل primarily relates to the concept of healing, mending, or making something sound and healthy. It extends to meanings of repair, reconciliation, and improvement, often through the application of something beneficial, like fertilizer. It also encompasses negative states like decay or corruption, and the process of things being thrown away or becoming waste.

Derived headwords

الدَّمَالnoun
  1. 1.
    black rotten datesclassical

    Black, rotten dates that have become old and spoiled.

  2. 2.
    spoiled blossomclassical

    The corruption of date blossoms before they ripen, causing them to turn black.

  3. 3.
    sea debrisclassical

    What the sea casts ashore, such as shells, broken pieces, and other refuse.

  4. 4.
    animal dungclassical

    Animal dung mixed with dirt, or what animals tread upon.

  5. 5.
    fertilizerboth

    Manure or similar substances used to fertilize land.

اندَمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to healboth

    To heal, recover, and become sound, especially referring to a wound or illness.

  2. 2.
    to disappearclassical

    To go away or vanish.

  3. 3.
    to be repairedboth

    To be mended or improved, often referring to land being fertilized.

دَمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to healboth

    To heal a wound or illness; to mend.

  2. 2.
    to repair landboth

    To improve or fertilize land.

  3. 3.
    to reconcileboth

    To make peace or reconcile between people.

أَدْمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to fertilize landclassical

    To fertilize land, specifically with manure.

  2. 2.
    to stealclassical

    To steal, or to act deceitfully.

تَدَمَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be repairedboth

    To be mended or improved, often referring to land becoming fertile.

  2. 2.
    to reconcileboth

    To make peace or reconcile with each other.

الدُّمْلnoun
  1. 1.
    boilboth

    A boil or abscess; the singular of 'damamil'.

  2. 2.
    ulcerboth

    An ulcer or sore, often seen as a sign of potential healing.

الدَّمَامِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    boilsboth

    Plural of 'dumal', referring to boils or abscesses.

دَمْلnoun
  1. 1.
    healingboth

    The act of healing, mending, or becoming sound.

  2. 2.
    reconciliationboth

    The act of making peace or reconciling.

دَمَلَانnoun
  1. 1.
    healingboth

    The process of healing or mending.

  2. 2.
    fertilizationclassical

    The act of fertilizing land.

مُدَامِلadjective
  1. 1.
    reconcilingclassical

    One who reconciles or makes peace between others.

تَدَامَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to reconcileboth

    To reconcile with each other; to make peace.

دَامَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to conciliateboth

    To deal with someone gently or diplomatically to mend relations or achieve a purpose.

مُدَامَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    conciliationboth

    The act of conciliating, dealing gently, or managing a situation carefully.

ادْمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to fertilize landclassical

    To fertilize land with manure.

  2. 2.
    to gatherclassical

    To gather people or things together, or to conceal them.

Parallel reading

جاء بتمر دمال
He brought rotten dates.
الدمال فساد الطلع قبل إدراكه حتى يسود
Al-damal is the corruption of the blossom before it ripens, until it turns black.
والدمال: ما رمى به البحر من الصدف والمناقيف والنباح
And al-damal: what the sea throws ashore of shells, broken pieces, and refuse.
دمال البحور وحيتانها
The debris of the seas and their whales.
خبالا من الداء، بعد اندمال
A madness from the illness, after healing.
اندمل القوم إذا ذهبوا
A group is said to have 'indamal' if they have gone away.
والدمال: ما توطأته الدابة من البعر والوألة وهي البعر مع التراب
And al-damal: what the animal treads upon of dung and earth, which is dung mixed with soil.
أصلحها بالدمال
He repaired it with fertilizer.
أدملها: سرقنها
He fertilized it: meaning he covered it with manure.
والدمال: الذي يدمل الأرض يسرقنها
And al-damal: that which fertilizes the land by covering it with manure.
تدملت الأرض: صلحت بالدمال
The land became fertile: it was improved by the fertilizer.
أنه كان يدمل أرضه بالعرة
That he used to fertilize his land with manure.
يدمل أرضه أي يصلحها ويحسن معالجتها بها وهي السرجين
He fertilizes his land, meaning he improves it and treats it well with it, which is manure.
ومننه قيل للجرح: قد اندمل إذا تماثل وصلح
And from this, it is said of a wound: it has healed if it has recovered and become sound.
ودمل بين القوم يدمل دملا: أصلح
And he reconciled between people, he reconciled, he reconciled: meaning he made peace.
وتداملوا: تصالحوا
And they reconciled: meaning they made peace with each other.
والدمْل: واحد دماميل القروح
And al-dumal: the singular of the boils of sores.
ودمل جرحه واندمل برئ والتحم وتماثل
And his wound healed, and it healed, became sound, closed up, and recovered.
فإذا قلت: أشرفت على البرء من دهماء، هيض اندمالها؟
And when you say: I am on the verge of recovery from a severe illness, its healing is disturbed?
ودمله الدواء يدمله؛ عن ابن الأعرابي؛ وأنشد: وجرح السيف تدمله فيبرا، ويبقى الدهر، ما جرح اللسان
And medicine healed it, it healed; from Ibn al-A'rabi; and he recited: And the sword wound, medicine heals it and it becomes well, but the wound of the tongue remains forever.
والاندمال: التماثل من المرض والجرح، وقد دمله الدواء فاندمل
And al-indimal: recovery from illness and wound, and medicine healed it, so it healed.
دمل جرحه على بغي ولا يدري به
His wound healed with deceit, and he was unaware of it.
وامتهد الغارب فعل الدمل
And the hump became smooth like the action of a boil.
وقيل لهذه القرحة دمل لأنها إلى البرء والاندمال ما هي
And this sore is called a 'dumal' because it is on the way to healing and recovery.
اندمل المريض: تماثل، واندمل من وجعه كذلك، ومن مرضه إذا ارتفع من مرضه ولم يتم برؤه
The patient recovered: he became well, and recovered from his pain similarly, and from his illness if he rose from his illness but was not fully cured.
ودامل الرجل: داراه ليصلح ما بينه وبينه
And he dealt gently with the man: he managed him to mend what was between them.
شنئت من الإخوان من لست زائلا أدامله دمل السقاء المخرق
I detested from my brothers those whom you do not cease to manage, like managing a leaky waterskin.
ومولى كمولى الزبرقان دملته، كما اندملت ساق يهاض بها الكسر
And a client like the client of Al-Zibriqan, you managed him, just as a leg is managed when a fracture is being set.
ادمل القوم أي اطوهم على ما فيهم
The people were gathered: meaning they were contained with what was within them.