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دجم

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

The root دجم primarily relates to concepts of darkness, gloom, and overwhelming emotions, particularly sorrow or intense love. It also extends to meanings of companionship, habit, and the impact or strike of something.

Derived headwords

دَجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be sadclassical

    To experience deep sorrow or grief.

  2. 2.
    to be darkclassical

    To become dark or gloomy.

دَجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to overwhelmclassical

    To be submerged or overcome by something, such as intense love.

  2. 2.
    to darkenclassical

    To obscure or make dark, often metaphorically.

دَجْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sorrowclassical

    A state of deep sadness or grief.

  2. 2.
    darknessclassical

    A state of gloom or obscurity.

  3. 3.
    overwhelming loveclassical

    Intense, all-consuming love that submerges one.

دَجْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    strikeclassical

    A blow or impact from something.

  2. 2.
    partclassical

    A portion or piece of something.

دَجْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    companionsclassical

    Close friends or associates.

  2. 2.
    habitsclassical

    Customary practices or routines.

دَجْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wordclassical

    A spoken utterance or term.

Parallel reading

دجم، كسمع وعني: حزن.
Dajama, as in 'samia' and ''aniya': to be sad.
وكنصر: أظلم.
And as in 'nasara': to be dark.
والدجم من الشيء: الضرب منه.
And 'al-dajm' from something: its strike.
وكصرد: دجم العشق: غمراته، وظلمه، جمع دجمة.
And as in 'sarada': 'dajama al-'ishq': it overwhelmed him, and it darkened him, it is the plural of 'dajmah'.
وكعنب: الأخدان، والأصحاب، والعادات، الواحد: دجمة، بالكسر.
And as in 'anaba': companions, friends, and habits; the singular is 'dajmah', with a kasra.
وما سمعت له دجمة، بالفتح والضم: كلمة.
And I did not hear from him a 'dajmah', with a fatha and damma: a word.