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الدمور

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns destruction, ruin, and devastation. It also extends to concepts of unauthorized entry, sudden attack, and specific places or entities named after the root, including a type of trap and a description of a small ear.

Derived headwords

الدَّمَارnoun
  1. 1.
    Destruction, ruinboth

    The state of being destroyed or ruined; utter devastation.

الدَّمَارَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Destruction, ruinclassical

    Synonymous with 'دمار', signifying destruction or ruin.

دَمَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    To destroyboth

    To cause something to be destroyed or ruined; to lay waste.

  2. 2.
    To enter without permissionclassical

    To enter a place without authorization or invitation.

  3. 3.
    To attack with evil intentclassical

    To launch a sudden, malicious attack.

تَدْمِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    Destructionboth

    The act or process of destroying something; ruin.

دُمُورnoun
  1. 1.
    Destructionboth

    The state of being destroyed or ruined; devastation.

  2. 2.
    Unauthorized entryclassical

    The act of entering without permission.

  3. 3.
    Sudden evil attackclassical

    A sudden, malicious assault.

تَدَمَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    To be destroyedboth

    To suffer destruction or ruin.

بنت حسان بن أذينةname
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A location named 'Tadammur', built by Hassan bin Adhina, after which his city was named.

التَّدْمَرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    A horse's nameclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to the tribe of Banu Tha'laba bin Sa'd.

  2. 2.
    Base, ignobleclassical

    Describing someone as base, ignoble, or of low character.

  3. 3.
    Anyone, somebodyclassical

    Used to refer to any person, often in a negative context.

وما به تدمري — And he has not got a single person (or, any one) with him.
أُذُنٌ تَدْمَرِيَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    Small earclassical

    Describing an ear as being small.

الدَّمْرَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Scant-milking sheepclassical

    A ewe that produces very little milk.

  2. 2.
    Aggressive womanclassical

    A woman, or any female, who is aggressive or attacks suddenly.

دَمِرname
  1. 1.
    A mountain passclassical

    A specific mountain pass located in Damascus.

تَدْمِير الصَّائِدnoun
  1. 1.
    Hunter's trap methodclassical

    A hunting technique where a hunter uses animal fur to mask the scent of their trap from prey.

دَامَرَverb
  1. 1.
    To endure the nightclassical

    To struggle through and stay awake during the night.

دِيمَرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Made of ironclassical

    Describing something as being made of iron, specifically a piece of iron that has been hung.

دَمِيرَةname
  1. 1.
    Village nameclassical

    The name of two villages in the region of Samannudiyya, known for producing scholars.

Parallel reading

الإهلاك، كالتدمير.
Destruction, like 'tadmir'.
ودمر دمورا: دخل بغير إذن، وهجم هجوم الشر.
And 'damara' means to enter without permission, and to launch an attack of evil.
وتدمر، كتنصر: بنت حسان بن أذينة، بها سميت مدينتها.
And 'Tadammur', like 'tanassur', is a building of Hassan bin Adhina, after which his city was named.
والتدمري: فرس لبني ثعلبة بن سعد، واللئيم.
And 'al-Tadamari': a horse of Banu Tha'laba bin Sa'd, and the ignoble person.
وما به تدمري، ويضم، أي: أحد.
And he has not got a 'tadamari', and it is pronounced with damma, meaning: anyone.
ويقال للجميلة: "ما رأيت تدمريا أحسن منها".
And it is said about a beautiful woman: 'I have not seen a 'tadamari' more beautiful than her'.
وأذن تدمرية: صغيرة.
And an 'adhun tadmariyya': a small ear.
والدمراء: الشاة القليلة اللبن، والهجوم من النساء وغيرهن.
And 'al-Damra': the sheep with little milk, and the aggressive one among women and others.
ودمر، كسكر: عقبة بدمشق.
And 'Damir', like 'sukkar': a mountain pass in Damascus.
وتدمير الصائد: أن يدخن قترته بالوبر، لئلا يجد الوحش ريحه.
And 'tadmir al-sa'id': for the hunter to smoke his trap with fur, so that the wild animal does not find its scent.
ودامرت الليل: كابدته وسهرته.
And 'damartu al-layl': I endured it and stayed awake through it.
وإنه لديمري: حديد علق.
And indeed it is 'dimari': a hung piece of iron.
ودميرة، كسفينة: قريتان بالسمنودية، من إحداهما عبد الوهاب بن خلف، وعبد الباقي بن الحسن: محدثان.
And 'Dimira', like 'safina': two villages in Samannudiyya, from one of whom are Abd al-Wahhab bin Khalaf and Abd al-Baqi bin al-Hasan: traditionists.