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الدماغ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the brain and injuries to it, specifically severe head wounds. It extends to metaphorical uses related to severe impact, destruction, or causing distress, and also includes specific technical terms for types of wounds and objects.

Derived headwords

الدِّمَاغnoun
  1. 1.
    brainboth

    The brain, the organ within the head. It can also refer to the meninges (membranes covering the brain) or the head itself.

  2. 2.
    coreclassical

    A long, hard shard from the heart of a palm tree; if left, it spoils the tree.

  3. 3.
    strap supportclassical

    An iron piece placed over the rear of a saddle.

  4. 4.
    crossbarclassical

    A wooden beam placed between two poles from which a waterskin is hung.

دَمَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to wound severelyboth

    To inflict a head wound that reaches the brain.

  2. 2.
    to strike the brainboth

    To hit someone's brain.

  3. 3.
    to distressboth

    To cause someone pain or distress, metaphorically affecting their mind or senses.

  4. 4.
    to slaughterclassical

    To slaughter a lean (or sometimes fat) sheep for them.

  5. 5.
    to enrichclassical

    To enrich a thick soup or stew with fat.

  6. 6.
    to compelclassical

    To force or drive someone to a certain point or action.

وَدَمَغَهُ، كَمَنْعِهِ، وَنَصْرِهِ: شَجَّهُ حَتَّى بَلَغَتِ الشَّجَّةُ الدِّمَاغَ — He wounded him until the wound reached the brain.
وَدَمَغَ فُلَانًا: ضَرَبَ دِمَاغَهُ — and struck his brain.
وَالشَّمْسُ فُلَانًا: آلَمَتْ دِمَاغَهُ — and the sun pained his brain.
وَدَمَغَهُمْ بِمُطْفِئَةِ الرَّضْفِ: ذَبَحَ لَهُمْ شَاةً مَهْزُولَةً، وَيُقَالُ: سَمِينَةً — and slaughtered a lean sheep for them.
دَامِغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    brain-reaching woundclassical

    A severe head wound that penetrates to the brain; it is considered the final and most fatal type of head injury.

  2. 2.
    palm shardclassical

    A long, hard shard from the heart of a palm tree that can cause damage if left.

وَالدَّامِغَةُ: شَجَّةٌ تَبْلُغُ الدِّمَاغَ، وَهِيَ آخِرَةُ الشِّجَاجِ — and the damighah: a wound that reaches the brain, and it is the last of the head wounds.
مَدْمُوغadjective
  1. 1.
    brain-struckboth

    One whose brain has been struck or injured.

فَهُوَ دَمِيغٌ وَمَدْمُوغٌ — so he is struck in the brain and wounded.
دَمِيغadjective
  1. 1.
    brain-struckboth

    One whose brain has been struck or injured.

  2. 2.
    foolishclassical

    An idiot or fool, a term used in common vernacular.

فَهُوَ دَمِيغٌ وَمَدْمُوغٌ — so he is struck in the brain and wounded.
وَالمُدْمَغُ: الأَحْمَقُ، مِنْ لَحْنِ الْعَوَامِّ، وَصَوَابُهُ: الدَّمِيغُ أَوِ الْمَدْمُوغُ — and the mudmagh: the fool, from the common dialect, and its correct form is: al-damigh or al-madmoogh.
الدَّامُوغnoun
  1. 1.
    one who wounds severelyclassical

    One who inflicts severe wounds, particularly to the head.

  2. 2.
    heavy stoneclassical

    A large, heavy stone, possibly used for crushing or as a weight.

وَالدَّامُوغُ: الَّذِي يَدْمَغُ وَيَهْشِمُ، وَحَجَرٌ دَامُوغَةٌ، الهَاءُ لِلْمُبَالَغَةِ — and the damoogh: he who strikes and crushes, and a damooghah stone, the 'ta' for exaggeration.
تَدْمِيغnoun
  1. 1.
    enrichingclassical

    The act of enriching a dish, such as a thick soup, with fat.

وَدَمَغَ الثَّرِيدَةَ بِالدَّسَمِ تَدْمِيغًا: لَبَّقَهَا بِهِ — and he enriched the thareedah with fat, tadhmeegan: he made it rich with it.

Parallel reading

الدماغ ككتاب: مخ الرأس، أو أم الهام، أو أم الرأس، أو أم الدماغ: جليدة رقيقة كخريطة هو فيها، ج: أدمغة.
Al-dimagh (like kitāb): the brain of the head, or the mother of the mind, or the mother of the head, or the mother of the brain: a thin membrane in which it is like a map, pl. admaghah.
وَدَمَغَهُ، كَمَنْعِهِ، وَنَصْرِهِ: شَجَّهُ حَتَّى بَلَغَتِ الشَّجَّةُ الدِّمَاغَ
And damaghahu (like mana'ahu and nasarahu): he wounded him until the wound reached the brain.
وَدَمَغَ فُلَانًا: ضَرَبَ دِمَاغَهُ
And damagha fulanan: he struck his brain.
وَالشَّمْسُ فُلَانًا: آلَمَتْ دِمَاغَهُ
And the sun fulanan: it pained his brain.
وَالدَّامِغَةُ: شَجَّةٌ تَبْلُغُ الدِّمَاغَ، وَهِيَ آخِرَةُ الشِّجَاجِ
And al-damighah: a wound that reaches the brain, and it is the last of the head wounds.
وَزَادَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ قَبْلَ دَامِيَةٍ: دَامِعَةٌ، بِالْمُهْمَلَةِ، وَوَهَمَ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ فَقَالَ: بَعْدَ الدَّامِيَةِ
And Abu Ubaid added before damiyah: dami'ah, with the unpointed letter, and Al-Jauhari erred and said: after al-damiyah.
وَ: طَلْعَةٌ مِنْ شَظِيَّاتِ الْقَلْبِ طَوِيلَةٌ صُلْبَةٌ، إِنْ تُرِكَتْ أَفْسَدَتِ النَّخْلَةَ
And: a long, hard shard from the heart of a palm tree; if left, it spoils the palm tree.
وَ: حَدِيدَةٌ فَوْقَ مُؤَخِّرَةِ الرَّحْلِ
And: an iron piece over the rear of the saddle.
وَخَشَبَةٌ مَعْرُوضَةٌ بَيْنَ عَمُودَيْنِ يُعَلَّقُ عَلَيْهَا السِّقَاءُ
And a wooden beam placed between two poles from which the waterskin is hung.
وَدَمِيغُ الشَّيْطَانِ: لَقَبُ رَجُلٍ م.
And damigh al-shaytan: the nickname of a certain man.
وَدَمَغَهُمْ بِمُطْفِئَةِ الرَّضْفِ: ذَبَحَ لَهُمْ شَاةً مَهْزُولَةً، وَيُقَالُ: سَمِينَةً
And damaghahum bi-mutfi'at al-radf: he slaughtered a lean sheep for them, and it is said: a fat one.
وَالدَّامُوغُ: الَّذِي يَدْمَغُ وَيَهْشِمُ، وَحَجَرٌ دَامُوغَةٌ، الهَاءُ لِلْمُبَالَغَةِ
And al-damoogh: he who strikes severely and crushes, and a damooghah stone, the 'ta' for exaggeration.
وَأَدْمَغَهُ إِلَى كَذَا: أَحْوَجَهُ
And admaghahu ila kadha: he compelled him to that.
وَدَمَغَ الثَّرِيدَةَ بِالدَّسَمِ تَدْمِيغًا: لَبَّقَهَا بِهِ
And damagha al-thareedah bil-dasm tadhmeegan: he enriched it with fat.
وَالمُدْمَغُ: الأَحْمَقُ، مِنْ لَحْنِ الْعَوَامِّ، وَصَوَابُهُ: الدَّمِيغُ أَوِ الْمَدْمُوغُ
And al-mudmagh: the fool, from the common dialect, and its correct form is: al-damigh or al-madmoogh.