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الدمص

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of hastening or quickness in actions. It also extends to meanings associated with shedding or dropping, particularly in animals, and physical characteristics like thinness or sparseness of hair.

Derived headwords

دَمَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to hastenboth

    To move quickly or with great speed in any undertaking.

  2. 2.
    to miscarryclassical

    Used to describe a female animal, such as a dog, dropping her litter prematurely.

  3. 3.
    to lay eggs prematurelyclassical

    Used to describe a hen dropping her eggs before they are fully formed or ready.

دَمْصnoun
  1. 1.
    hasteningboth

    The act of hastening or moving quickly.

  2. 2.
    miscarriageclassical

    The premature dropping of young by a female animal.

  3. 3.
    premature layingclassical

    The premature dropping of eggs by a hen.

دَمَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to be thin (eyebrow)classical

    To have thinness of the eyebrow from the front, or thickness from the back.

  2. 2.
    to have sparse hairclassical

    To have little hair on the head.

دَمَصٌadjective
  1. 1.
    thin (eyebrow)classical

    Describing an eyebrow that is thin from the front and thick from the back.

  2. 2.
    sparse-hairedclassical

    Describing a person with little hair on their head.

أَدْمَصadjective
  1. 1.
    thin-eyebrowedclassical

    Having thin eyebrows, specifically thin from the front and thick from the back.

  2. 2.
    sparse-hairedclassical

    Having sparse hair on the head.

دَمْصَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    thin-eyebrowedclassical

    Feminine form of 'admas', describing thin eyebrows.

  2. 2.
    sparse-hairedclassical

    Feminine form of 'admas', describing sparse hair.

دَمْصnoun
  1. 1.
    vein (in wall)classical

    A vein or crack in a wall, excluding the lowest one.

دَوْمَصnoun
  1. 1.
    iron eggclassical

    A term for an iron egg, possibly referring to a projectile or a specific tool.

Parallel reading

الإسراع في كل شيء
Hastening in everything.
وإسقاط الكلبة ولدها
And the bitch dropping her litter.
والدجاجة بيضها
And the hen dropping her eggs.
رقة الحاجب من أخر
Thinness of the eyebrow from the back.
وكثافته من قدم
And its thickness from the front.
وقلة شعر الرأس
And sparseness of hair on the head.
كل عرق من الحائط، خلا العرق الأسفل، فإنه رهص
Every vein/crack in the wall, except the lowest vein/crack, for that is 'rahas'.
والدومص: بيضة الحديد
And 'al-dawmas': the iron egg.