ضمم

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of joining, gathering, or bringing things together. It extends to meanings of embracing, collecting, and even encompassing, with related senses of crowding, oppression, and intense emotions.

Derived headwords

ضَمَّverb

1.
to join, to addboth
To bring one thing to another, or to gather something to something else.
2.
to embrace, to gatherboth
To gather or collect something, often implying closeness or possession.
3.
to soften, to be gentleclassical
To soften one's side or disposition towards people, meaning to be lenient and kind.

ضممت هذا إلى هذا — I joined this to this

ضممت الشيء إلى الشيء — I joined the thing to the thing

ضَمٌّnoun

1.
joining, additionboth
The act of joining one thing to another, or gathering something to something else.
2.
collection, gatheringboth
The act of collecting or gathering things together.

انْضَمَّverb

1.
to be joined, to be addedboth
To be brought together with something else, or to join oneself to something.
2.
to gather, to assembleboth
To come together or assemble, often referring to people.

فانضم وتضام — and it joined and came together

تضام القوم إذا انضم بعضهم إلى بعض — The people gathered if some of them joined together

تَضَامَّverb

1.
to join together, to crowdboth
To join together, often implying crowding or pressing against each other.
2.
to be oppressedclassical
To suffer injustice or oppression.

لا تضامون في رؤيته — you will not be crowded/oppressed in seeing Him

لا تضامون — you will not be crowded/oppressed

ضَامَّverb

1.
to join with, to be withboth
To join with something else, or to be in company with it.

وضام الشيء الشيء: انضم معه — And the thing joined with the thing: it joined with it

وضامه — and he joined with him

ضَامّparticiple

1.
joining, addingboth
Active participle of 'to join' or 'to add'.

فأنا ضام — and I am joining

مَضْمُومparticiple

1.
joined, addedboth
Passive participle of 'to join' or 'to add'.

وهو مضموم — and he is joined

اضْطَمَّverb

1.
to gather to oneself, to embraceboth
To gather something to oneself, or to embrace it.
2.
to crowd togetherboth
To crowd together, often referring to people pressing against each other.
3.
to encompass, to surroundboth
To encompass or surround, often used for ribs surrounding the chest.

اضطممت الشيء إلى نفسي — I gathered the thing to myself

إذا اضطم عليه الناس أعنق — when people crowded around him, he moved quickly

واضطمت عليه الضلوع — and the ribs encompassed it

ضِمَامnoun

1.
binder, fastenerboth
Anything used to join one thing to another.
2.
group, collectionboth
A collection or group of people or things.
3.
calamity, disasterclassical
A severe and overwhelming calamity or disaster.

مُنْضَمّparticiple

1.
joined, attachedboth
Participle of 'to be joined', meaning attached or included.

وأصبح منضما — and it became joined

ضَامَمْتُverb

1.
to stay with, to be aligned withclassical
To stay with a person in a single matter, being aligned with them.

وضاممت الرجل: أقمت معه في أمر واحد منضما إليه — And I stayed with the man: I stayed with him in one matter, joined to him

إِضَامَةnoun

1.
group, collectionboth
A group of people not originally from the same source but brought together; also, a collection of books.
2.
stones (for stoning)classical
Stones used for stoning, particularly in the context of punishment.

حي أضاميم وأكوار نعم — Tribes of mixed groups and herds of camels

فضرجوه بالأضاميم — and they stoned him with stones

أَضَامِيمnoun

1.
groups, collectionsboth
Plural of إضامة, referring to mixed groups of people or collections of books.
2.
stonesclassical
Plural of إضامة, referring to stones used for stoning.

لنا أضاميم من هاهنا وهاهنا — We have groups from here and here

والأضاميم: الحجارة — and the stones: the stones

ضَمَامَةnoun

1.
bundle, collectionboth
A bundle or collection, similar to إضمامة.

ضَمَامَة من صحف — a bundle of scrolls

ضَمْضَمverb

1.
to take all, to hoardclassical
To take all of something, especially wealth; to hoard.
2.
to be brave, to emboldenclassical
To make one's heart brave or courageous.

ضم على المال وضمضم: أخذه كله — He gathered wealth and hoarded: he took all of it

ضَمْضَمnoun

1.
lionclassical
One of the names of a lion.
2.
sound (of a lion)classical
The sound made by a lion.
3.
brave, resoluteclassical
A brave and resolute person.
4.
greedy, gluttonousclassical
One who is greedy, gluttonous, and takes more than their share.
5.
angryclassical
One who is angry.

ضَمْضَامadjective

1.
greedy, gluttonousclassical
Very greedy and gluttonous, consuming much without satisfaction.
2.
brave, strongclassical
Strong, brave, and resolute.

ورجل ضمضم وضماضم: جريء ماض — and a man who is ضمضم and ضماضم: brave and decisive

مَوْضِع مَضْمُومnoun phrase

1.
narrow placeclassical
A place in a valley situated between two long hills.

سمي ذلك الموضع الموضع المضموم — that place was called the narrow place

Parallel reading

الضم: ضمك الشيء إلى الشيء

Joining: to join a thing to a thing

وقيل: قبض الشيء إلى الشيء

And it was said: to seize a thing to a thing

وضمه إليه يضمه ضما فانضم وتضام

And he joined it to him, he joins it with joining, so it joined and came together

تقول: ضممت هذا إلى هذا، فأنا ضام وهو مضموم

You say: I joined this to this, so I am joining and it is joined

ضممت الشيء إلى الشيء فانضم إليه وضامه

I joined the thing to the thing, so it joined to it and joined with it

يا هني ضم جناحك عن الناس

O Hani, soften your side towards the people

أعدني على رجل من جندك ضم مني ما حرم الله ورسوله

Help me against a soldier of yours who took from me what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden

وضام الشيء الشيء: انضم معه

And the thing joined with the thing: it joined with it

وتضام القوم إذا انضم بعضهم إلى بعض

And the people gathered if some of them joined together

لا تضامون في رؤيته ، يعني رؤية الله عز وجل، أي ينضم بعضكم إلى بعض

You will not be crowded in seeing Him, meaning seeing Allah the Almighty, meaning some of you will join together

فألفى القوم قد شربوا، فضموا، ... أمام القوم منطقهم نسيف

And he found the people had drunk, and they gathered... their speech before the people was light

اضطممت الشيء: ضممته إلى نفسي

I gathered the thing: I joined it to myself

واضطم فلان شيئا إلى نفسه

And so-and-so gathered something to himself

وأما الاضطمام فهو افتعال من الضم

And as for al-iḍṭimām, it is an 'ifti'āl' form from al-ḍamm

كان نبي الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، إذا اضطم عليه الناس أعنق

When people crowded around the Prophet, peace be upon him, he moved quickly

فدنا الناس واضطم بعضهم إلى بعض

And the people drew near and some of them crowded together

واضطمت عليه الضلوع أي اشتملت

And the ribs encompassed it, meaning they surrounded it

والضمام: كل ما ضم به شيء إلى شيء وأصبح منضما أي ضامرا كأنه ضم بعضه إلى بعض

And al-ḍimām: everything by which something is joined to something and becomes joined, meaning shrunken as if it joined some of itself to some of itself

وضاممت الرجل: أقمت معه في أمر واحد منضما إليه

And I stayed with the man: I stayed with him in one matter, joined to him

والإضمامة: جماعة من الناس ليس أصلهم واحدا ولكنهم لفيف

And al-iḍāmah: a group of people whose origin is not one, but they are a mixed assembly

ومن زنى من ثيب فضرجوه بالأضاميم؛ يريد الرجم، والأضاميم: الحجارة

And whoever commits adultery from a married person, then stone them with stones; meaning stoning, and al-aḍāmīm: the stones

لنا أضاميم من هاهنا وهاهنا أي جماعات ليس أصلهم واحدا كأن بعضهم ضم إلى بعض

We have groups from here and here, meaning assemblies whose origin is not one, as if some of them were joined to others

والإضمامة من الكتب: ما ضم بعضه إلى بعض

And al-iḍāmah of books: what is joined together

ضمامة من صحف أي حزمة، وهي لغة في الإضمامة

A bundle of scrolls, meaning a bundle, and it is a variant pronunciation of al-iḍāmah

والضم والضمام: الداهية الشديدة

And al-ḍamm and al-ḍimām: the severe calamity

إذا سلك الوادي بين أكمتين طويلتين سمي ذلك الموضع الموضع المضموم

If the valley passes between two long hills, that place is called the narrow place

والضماضم: من أسماء الأسد

And al-ḍamāḍim: from the names of the lion

وأسد ضماضم: يضم كل شيء

And a lion al-ḍamāḍim: it encompasses everything

ورجل ضمضم وضماضم: جريء ماض

And a man who is ḍamḍam and ḍamāḍim: brave and decisive

ضم على المال وضمضم: أخذه كله

He gathered wealth and hoarded: he took all of it

يقال للرجل البخيل الضرز، بتشديد الزاي، والضماضم والعضمر كله من صفة البخيل

The stingy man is called al-ḍariz, with a shadded zai, and al-ḍamāḍim and al-'uḍmar are all descriptions of the stingy person

والضمضم الجسيم الشجاع، بالضاد، والصمصم البخيل النهاية في البخل، بالصاد

And al-ḍamḍam is the stout, brave one, with the ḍād, and al-ṣamṣam is the extremely stingy one, with the ṣād

والضمضم: الغضبان

And al-ḍamḍam: the angry one