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ذمء

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns states of decay, corruption, and physical breakdown. It describes things becoming rotten, torn apart, or swollen due to injury or spoilage.

Derived headwords

ذَمَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to splitclassical

    To split or tear apart.

تَذْيِيءverb
  1. 1.
    to overcook until tendermodern

    To cook something until it becomes extremely soft and tender, almost to the point of disintegration.

ذيأه تذييئا: أنضجه حتى تهرأ — He overcooked it until it became very tender.
تَذَيَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to become tornmodern

    A wound or other thing becomes torn apart, corrupted, or spoiled.

وتذيأ الجرح وغيره: تقطع، وفسد — And a wound or other thing becomes torn, corrupted, and spoiled.
تَذَيَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to swellmodern

    The face swells up.

وجهه: ورم — His face swelled.
تَذَيَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to separate from boneclassical

    Refers to the separation of flesh from bone due to slaughter or decay.

أو هو انفصال اللحم عن العظم بذبح أو فساد — Or it is the separation of flesh from bone by slaughter or corruption.

Parallel reading

ذمأ عليه، كمنع: شق.
It split upon it, like 'man'a': it split.
ذيأه تذييئا: أنضجه حتى تهرأ.
He overcooked it until it became very tender.
وتذيأ الجرح وغيره: تقطع، وفسد، و وجهه: ورم، أو هو انفصال اللحم عن العظم بذبح أو فساد.
And a wound or other thing becomes torn, corrupted, and his face swells, or it is the separation of flesh from bone by slaughter or corruption.