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الدسم

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root الدسم primarily relates to greasiness, fat, and oil. It extends to meanings of smearing, covering, and closing, often with a connotation of obscuring or making something dense. It also encompasses terms for various animals, darkness, and even abstract concepts like the edge of a matter.

Derived headwords

الدَّسَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Grease, fat, oilboth

    Refers to animal fat, lard, or any greasy substance.

  2. 2.
    Dirt, filthclassical

    Can also denote dirtiness or filth, often associated with greasiness.

دَسِمَverb
  1. 1.
    To be greasyboth

    Describes something being fatty or greasy.

  2. 2.
    To be darkclassical

    Can refer to a dark or blackish color.

دَسِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Greasy, fattyboth

    An adjective describing something that is greasy or contains fat.

  2. 2.
    Dark, blackishclassical

    Can describe a dark or blackish hue.

أَدْسَمadjective
  1. 1.
    Greasy, oilyboth

    A comparative or superlative form indicating greasiness or oiliness.

دَسَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    To smear, to anointboth

    To apply grease or oil to something.

  2. 2.
    To have sexual intercourseclassical

    A euphemistic or direct term for sexual intercourse.

  3. 3.
    To plug, to sealclassical

    To close or seal an opening, like a bottle.

  4. 4.
    To obscure, to darkenclassical

    To make something dark or obscure.

تَدْسِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    Smearing, anointingboth

    The act of smearing or anointing with grease or oil.

  2. 2.
    Sexual intercourseclassical

    The act of sexual intercourse.

  3. 3.
    Sealing, pluggingclassical

    The act of sealing or plugging an opening.

  4. 4.
    Darkening, obscuringclassical

    The act of making something dark or obscure.

الدَّسْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Plug, stopperclassical

    Something used to plug a hole, especially in a waterskin.

  2. 2.
    Darkness, blackishnessclassical

    A color ranging from dustiness to blackness.

دَسِمٌ (بالكسر)adjective
  1. 1.
    Dark, blackishclassical

    Describes a color that is dark or blackish.

  2. 2.
    Bad, worthlessclassical

    Refers to a man who is bad or worthless.

أَدْسَم (مؤنثه دَسْمَاء)adjective
  1. 1.
    Dark, blackishclassical

    Describes a dark or blackish color.

دَسْمَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Dark, blackishclassical

    Feminine form describing a dark or blackish color.

الدَّيْسَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Fox cubclassical

    The young of a fox born to a female dog.

  2. 2.
    Wolf cubclassical

    The young of a wolf born to a female dog.

  3. 3.
    Bear cubclassical

    The young of a bear.

  4. 4.
    Bee larvaclassical

    The young of a bee.

  5. 5.
    Darkness, blacknessclassical

    Refers to darkness or a black color.

  6. 6.
    Plantclassical

    A type of plant.

  7. 7.
    Abu al-Fath Qutrubclassical

    A name of Abu al-Fath, the companion of Qutrub.

  8. 8.
    Companionclassical

    A diligent and caring companion.

  9. 9.
    Foxclassical

    A fox.

الدَّيْسَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Milletclassical

    A type of grain, millet.

دَسَمُوا نُونَتَهُverb phrase
  1. 1.
    They blackened his nunclassical

    They blackened the letter 'nun' (of a child's writing) to ward off the evil eye.

كَأَمِيرadverbial phrase
  1. 1.
    Much rememberedclassical

    Describes someone who is frequently mentioned or remembered.

دَسَمَانname
  1. 1.
    Dasmānclassical

    A place name.

دَسَمَ البَعِيرُ يَدْسِمُهُverb phrase
  1. 1.
    The camel smeared itclassical

    The camel smeared it with henna.

دَسَمname
  1. 1.
    Dasmclassical

    A place name near Mecca.

عَلَى دَسَمِ الأَمْرِprepositional phrase
  1. 1.
    On the verge of the matterclassical

    Indicates being at the edge or beginning of a matter.

Parallel reading

الدسم، محركة: الودك، والوضر، والدنس، وقد دسم كفرح.
Al-dasm, with harakah: grease, lard, and dirt, and he was greasy like farḥa.
ويده من الدسم سلطة.
And his hand from the grease is a sauce.
وكنصرها: جامعها،
And in the form of naṣarahā: he had intercourse with her,
و القارورة: سدها، كأدسمها،
And the bottle: he sealed it, like adsamahā,
و المطر الأرض: بلها قليلا،
And the rain on the earth: it moistened it slightly,
و الباب: أغلقه.
And the door: he closed it.
وككتاب: السداد.
And in the form of kitāb: the plugging.
والدسمة، بالضم: ما يسد به خرق السقاء، وغبرة إلى السواد،
And al-dasmati, with dammah: what is used to plug the hole of a waterskin, and a dustiness towards blackness,
وقد دسم، بالكسر، وهو أدسم، وهي دسماء، والرديء من الرجال.
And he was dāsim, with kasr, and he is adsam, and she is dasmā', and the bad one among men.
والديسم، كحيدر: ولد الثعلب من الكلبة، أو ولد الذئب منها، والدب، أو ولده، وفرخ النحل، والظلمة، والسواد، ونبات، واسم أبي الفتح صاحب قطرب، والرفيق بالعمل المشفق، كالداسم، والثعلب.
And al-daysam, like ḥaydar: the cub of a fox from a female dog, or the cub of a wolf from her, and the bear, or its young, and the chick of a bee, and darkness, and blackness, and a plant, and the name of Abu al-Fath, the companion of Qutrub, and the diligent companion, like al-dāsim, and the fox.
والديسمة: الذرة.
And al-daysamah: millet.
ودسموا نونته: سودوها كيلا تصيبها العين.
And they blackened his nun: they made it black so that the evil eye would not strike it.
"لا يذكرون الله إلا دسما"،
"They do not remember God except with denseness/grease",
أي: الذكر حشو قلوبهم وأفواههم، وأن يكون ذما، أي: يذكرون الله قليلا، مأخوذ من تدسيم نونة الصبي.
Meaning: remembrance fills their hearts and mouths, and it could be blame, meaning: they remember God little, taken from the darkening of a child's nun.
ودسم البعير يدسمه: طلاه بالهناء.
And the camel dāsamahu yadsamuhu: he smeared it with henna.
وأنا على دسم الأمر، أي: طرف منه.
And I am on the verge of the matter, meaning: its edge.