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ضمد

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of binding, tying, or bandaging, especially for wounds. It extends to meanings of striking, becoming dry, and also encompasses a range of contrasting concepts like freshness and dryness, good and bad sheep, and deception.

Derived headwords

ضَمَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to bind a woundboth

    To tie or bind a wound, typically with a bandage or dressing.

  2. 2.
    to strike with a stickclassical

    To strike someone on the head with a stick.

  3. 3.
    to become dryclassical

    To become dry or withered.

ضَمَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to bindboth

    To bind or tie something, often with a bandage or strip of cloth.

يَضْمِدُverb
  1. 1.
    he bindsboth

    Present tense of the verb 'to bind', referring to the act of tying or bandaging.

ضِمَادَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bandageboth

    A strip of cloth or other material used for binding a wound or supporting an injured part of the body.

ضِمَادnoun
  1. 1.
    bandageboth

    Synonymous with 'ضِمَادَة', referring to a bandage or dressing.

تَضَمَّدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be bandagedboth

    To have a bandage applied, or to apply a bandage to oneself.

ضَمَدَverb
  1. 1.
    he struck himclassical

    He struck him with a stick on the head.

كَفَرِحَverb
  1. 1.
    it became dryclassical

    It became dry or withered.

الضِّمدnoun
  1. 1.
    fresh and dryclassical

    Both fresh and dry things, used as an antonym.

  2. 2.
    best sheepclassical

    The best or choicest of sheep.

  3. 3.
    worst sheepclassical

    The worst or most inferior of sheep.

  4. 4.
    deceptionclassical

    Deception, trickery, or dissimulation.

ضَمِدَverb
  1. 1.
    it was dryclassical

    It was dry or withered.

ضَمَدnoun
  1. 1.
    what remains of debtclassical

    The remainder of a debt or obligation, especially from a bond or pledge.

أَضْمَدَهُمverb
  1. 1.
    he gathered themclassical

    He gathered them together, collected them.

ضِمَادnoun
  1. 1.
    hollowed part of a leafclassical

    The hollowed or concave part of a palm leaf's frond.

ضِمَادname
  1. 1.
    a male nameboth

    A proper name for a male, such as 'Dimad'.

Parallel reading

ضمد الجرح يضمده ويضمده، وضمده: شده بالضمادة
He bound the wound, he binds it and he binds it, and he bound it: he tied it with the bandage.
وهي: العصابة، كالضماد، فتضمد
And it is: the band, like the bandage, so it is bandaged.
وضمده بالعصا: ضربه بها على رأسه
And he bound him with the stick: he struck him with it on his head.
وكفرح: يبس
And like 'faraha': it became dry.
والضمد: الرطب، واليبيس، ضد
And 'al-ḍimad': the fresh, and the dry, opposites.
وخيار الغنم، ورذالها
And the best of sheep, and their worst.
والمداجاة
And deception.
وأن تتخذ المرأة خليلين
And that a woman takes two lovers.
وبالكسر: الخل
And with kasr: the vinegar.
وبالتحريك: الحقد
And with taḥrīk: the hatred.
ضمد، كفرح، و= الغابر من الحق من معقلة أو دين
Dimad, like 'fariḥa', and = the remainder of the right from a bond or debt.
وأضمدهم: جمعهم
And 'aḍmadahum': he gathered them.
والعرفج: تجوفته الخوصة
And the 'urfuj: its frond is hollowed.
وسموا: ضمادا، ككتاب
And they named them: Dimad, like kitāb.