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دجم

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to being immersed, overwhelmed, or deeply involved in something, often negative like ignorance, passion, or sorrow. It also extends to concepts of character, companionship, and a path or way.

Derived headwords

دَجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to overwhelmboth

    To immerse or overwhelm someone, particularly in negative emotions or situations like love, falsehood, or ignorance.

  2. 2.
    to be darkclassical

    Used to describe the night becoming dark and obscure.

  3. 3.
    to be sadclassical

    To experience sadness or grief.

دَجْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    overwhelming immersionboth

    The state of being immersed or overwhelmed, often used for deep passion, falsehood, or ignorance.

  2. 2.
    darknessclassical

    Darkness, particularly of the night.

  3. 3.
    characterclassical

    Disposition or character.

  4. 4.
    wordclassical

    A word or utterance.

  5. 5.
    pathclassical

    A way or path.

دُجْمnoun
  1. 1.
    darknessclassical

    Darkness, especially of the night.

  2. 2.
    characterclassical

    Disposition or character.

دَجْمnoun
  1. 1.
    darknessclassical

    Darkness, especially of the night.

  2. 2.
    characterclassical

    Disposition or character.

دُجُمnoun
  1. 1.
    companionsclassical

    Close companions or friends.

دَجْمَلnoun
  1. 1.
    characterclassical

    A noble character or disposition.

مُدَاجِمnoun
  1. 1.
    companionclassical

    A close companion or associate.

دَجَمَnoun
  1. 1.
    strikeclassical

    A blow or strike from something.

دَجْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pathclassical

    A way or path.

دَمْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pathclassical

    A way or path.

Parallel reading

دجم العشق والباطل: غمراته
The overwhelming immersion of love and falsehood: its depths.
يقال: انقشعت دجم الأباطيل.
It is said: the depths of falsehoods have cleared away.
وإنه لفي دجم الهوى أي في غمراته وظلمه
And indeed, he is in the overwhelming immersion of desire, meaning in its depths and darkness.
دجمة ودجم للعادات.
Dajmah and dajm for customs/habits.
دجم الليل دجمة ودجما أظلم.
The night became dark, a dajmah and a dajm, it grew dark.
والدجم: الخلق.
And ad-dajm: character.
ويقال: إنك على دجم كريم أي خلق
And it is said: you are upon a noble character, meaning disposition.
ودجمل كريم مثله
And dajmal, a noble character like it.
واعتل أديان الصبا ودجمه
And the ways of youth became difficult for him, and his companions overwhelmed him.
ودجم الرجل: صاحبه.
And dajama the man: his companion.
ودجم الرجل ودجم: حزن
And the man became dajama and dajama: he was sad.
والدجم من الشيء: الضرب منه
And ad-dajm from a thing: a strike from it.
دجمه أخدانه وأصحابه، الواحد دجم
His companions and friends overwhelmed him, the singular is dajm.
وهذا خطأ لأن فعلا لا يجمع على فعل إلا أن يكون إسما للجمع والمعنى أن الذي كان يتابعني في الصبا اعتل علي.
And this is an error because 'fa'ala' is not pluralized as 'fa'al' unless it is a noun for a collective, and the meaning is that he who used to follow me in youth became difficult for me.
أمن هذا الدجم أنت أي من هذا الضرب.
Are you from this dajm, meaning from this kind/type?
الدجوم واحدهم دجم، وهم خاصة الخاصة
Ad-dujum, their singular is dajm, and they are the elite of the elite.
وما سمعت له دجمة ولا دجمة أي كلمة.
And I have not heard from him a dajmah or a dajmah, meaning a word.
هو على تلك الدجمة والدمجة أي الطريق.
He is upon that dajmah and damjah, meaning the path.