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دهثم

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes qualities of gentleness, ease, and softness, applied to both physical places and moral character. It also extends to terms for generosity and specific natural entities.

Derived headwords

الدَّهْثَمnoun
  1. 1.
    low, easy placeboth

    A low-lying, easy, and smooth place or terrain.

  2. 2.
    generous manclassical

    A man characterized by generosity and liberality.

  3. 3.
    falconclassical

    A name for a falcon.

  4. 4.
    seaclassical

    A name for the sea.

دَهْثَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    easy terrainboth

    Land that is easy and smooth.

  2. 2.
    gentle womanclassical

    A woman of gentle and smooth disposition and morals.

دَهْثَمname
  1. 1.
    given nameclassical

    A proper name given to a man, derived from the quality of gentleness.

دَهْثَمadjective
  1. 1.
    gentle of dispositionboth

    Describing a person, particularly a man, as having a gentle, easy, and smooth disposition or character.

دَهْثَمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    gentle of dispositionclassical

    Describing a woman as having a gentle, easy, and smooth disposition and morals.

Parallel reading

المكان الوطيء السهل الدمث.
The low, easy, and smooth place.
وأرض دهثمة ودهثم: سهلة.
And دهثمة and دهثم land: easy.
ورجل دهثم الخلق: سهله.
And a man دهثم of disposition: easy.
وامرأة دهثمة: سهلة دمثة الأخلاق؛
And a woman دهثمة: easy and smooth of morals;
ثم تنحت عن مقام الحوم ... لعطن رابي المقام، دهثم وسمي الرجل دهثما بذلك.
Then you move away from the place of gathering... to the watering place of high standing, دهثم, and the man was named دهثم because of that.
العرب تقول للصقر الزهدم، وللبحر الدهثم.
The Arabs call the falcon Az-zahdam, and the sea Ad-dahtham.
والدهثم: الرجل السخي.
And Ad-dahtham: the generous man.