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الضمرز

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes qualities of toughness, coarseness, and maturity, applied to animals, humans, and land. It also extends to descriptions of strength and fierceness, particularly for lions and strong men.

Derived headwords

الضَّمَرْزnoun
  1. 1.
    mature she-camelclassical

    A mature she-camel, or one that is large but produces little milk.

  2. 2.
    lionclassical

    A lion.

  3. 3.
    tough landclassical

    Hard, solid, and tough land.

  4. 4.
    coarse womanclassical

    A coarse or rough woman.

ضِمَارِزadjective
  1. 1.
    strong, robustclassical

    Describing a male animal, particularly a stud camel, as strong and robust.

ضَمَرَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to be coarseclassical

    The land or a grave being coarse, rough, or hard.

الضَّمَرْزadjective
  1. 1.
    hard, solidclassical

    Describing land as hard, solid, and tough.

  2. 2.
    coarse, roughclassical

    Describing a woman as coarse or rough.

الحرار الضمرزnoun
  1. 1.
    hard, impassable desertclassical

    Referring to hard, rough desert terrain that is difficult to traverse, especially at night.

Parallel reading

من النوق: المسنة، أو الكبيرة القليلة اللبن.
Of she-camels: the mature, or the large one with little milk.
وكجعفر: الأسد.
And like 'Ja'far': the lion.
وفحل ضمارز: غليظ.
And a stud camel 'dhamariz': robust/strong.
وضمرز عليه البلد أو القبر: غلظ.
And the land or the grave 'dhamaraza' upon it: it was coarse/hard.
والضمرز: الشديد الصلب من الأرضين،
And 'al-dhamarz': the hard, solid of lands,
وبهاء: الغليظة من الحرار التي لا تسلك بالليل،
And with its vowelization: the coarse of the deserts which are not traversed by night,
ومن النساء: الغليظة.
And of women: the coarse.