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دمث

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of ease, gentleness, and softness. It describes things that are smooth, yielding, and pleasant, extending to both physical attributes and character traits.

Derived headwords

دَمُثَverb
  1. 1.
    to be easy and softboth

    The place or something else was easy, smooth, and soft.

دَمَاثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gentleness of characterboth

    Gentleness, ease, and pleasantness of disposition and character.

أَدْمُوثnoun
  1. 1.
    place of the mulahclassical

    A place where the mulah (a type of soft earth or sand) is found.

تَدْمِيثnoun
  1. 1.
    softeningclassical

    The act of making something soft or yielding.

  2. 2.
    recounting storiesclassical

    Recounting narratives or stories, often in a gentle or engaging manner.

Parallel reading

دَمَثَ المكانُ وغيرُهُ، كَفَرِحَ: سَهُلَ ولانَ.
The place and other things were easy, smooth, and soft, like the verb 'faraha'.
والدَّمَاثَةُ: سُهُولَةُ الخُلُقِ.
And gentleness (ad-damāthah) is the ease of character.
والأَدْمُوثُ: مَكَانُ المَلَّةِ.
And al-adhmūth is the place of the mulah.
والتَّدْمِيثُ: التَّلْيِينُ، وذِكْرُ الحديثِ.
And at-tadhmīth is softening, and recounting a story.