ذمه

Root entry · 34 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns blame, criticism, and reproach. It extends to concepts of shame, defect, and negative qualities. Related meanings include covenants, guarantees, and sometimes specific physical ailments or undesirable substances.

Derived headwords

ذَمَّverb

1.
to blame, to reproachboth
To criticize someone or something negatively, to express disapproval.

ذَمٌّnoun

1.
blame, reproachboth
The act or instance of blaming or criticizing; censure.
2.
defect, flawboth
A fault or imperfection in something or someone.
3.
extreme thinnessclassical
A state of being excessively thin and on the verge of perishing.

ذِمَّةٌnoun

1.
covenant, guaranteeboth
A pact, agreement, or assurance of protection and security.
2.
responsibility, obligationboth
A duty or commitment towards someone or something.
3.
feast, wedding banquetclassical
A celebratory meal, often associated with a wedding.
4.
protected peopleclassical
A group of people who are under a covenant or guarantee of protection.

مَذَمَّةٌnoun

1.
blame, reproachboth
The state of being blamed or deserving blame; censure.
2.
debt, obligationclassical
A right or entitlement that is owed to someone.

مَذْمُومٌadjective

1.
blameworthy, reprehensibleboth
Deserving blame or criticism; worthy of reproach.

ذَمِيمٌadjective

1.
blameworthy, reprehensibleboth
Deserving blame or criticism; worthy of reproach.
2.
defective, flawedboth
Having a fault or imperfection.
3.
abundant (water)classical
Describing a well that is abundant with water (opposite of its usual meaning).

ذَمِيمَةٌnoun

1.
defect, flawboth
A fault or imperfection.
2.
illness, ailmentclassical
A condition that prevents someone from going out.
3.
abundant (water)classical
Describing a well that is abundant with water (opposite of its usual meaning).

أَذَمَّهُverb

1.
to find blameworthyboth
To discover or perceive someone or something to be deserving of blame.

تَذَامُّواverb

1.
to blame each otherboth
A reciprocal action where individuals reproach one another.

مَذَمَّتَهُnoun

1.
act of kindness to avoid blameclassical
An act of doing good to someone to prevent them from being blamed or to avoid blame oneself.

اسْتَذَمَّ إِلَيْهِverb

1.
to do something that incurs blameclassical
To perform an action for which one is blamed by another.

الذُّمُومُnoun

1.
defects, flawsboth
Plural of 'dhamm', referring to multiple faults or imperfections.

بِئْرٌ ذِمَّةٌnoun

1.
well with little waterclassical
A description of a well that has a scarce amount of water.

بِئْرٌ ذَمِيمٌnoun

1.
well with abundant waterclassical
A description of a well that has a plentiful amount of water (opposite meaning).

بِئْرٌ ذَمِيمَةٌnoun

1.
well with abundant waterclassical
A description of a well that has a plentiful amount of water (opposite meaning).

أَذَمَّتْ رِكَابُهُمْverb

1.
their mounts became exhaustedclassical
The camels or riding animals became tired and unable to proceed.

أَذَمَّ فُلَانٌverb

1.
so-and-so did something blameworthyboth
A person committed an act that deserves criticism.

ذُو مَذَمَّةٍadjective

1.
indebted, owingclassical
Someone who is a burden or obligation to others.

الذِّمَامُnoun

1.
right, entitlementboth
A legitimate claim or due.
2.
honor, sanctityboth
The state of being inviolable or sacred.

الذِّمَامَةُnoun

1.
covenant, guaranteeclassical
A pact or assurance of protection.

الذِّمَامُnoun

1.
feast, wedding banquetclassical
A celebratory meal, often associated with a wedding.

أَذَمَّ لَهُ عَلَيْهِverb

1.
to take a guarantee for himclassical
To secure a covenant or assurance on behalf of someone.

أَذَمَّ فُلَانًاverb

1.
to grant protection to someoneclassical
To offer asylum or guarantee safety to a person.

أَذَمٌّnoun

1.
pustule on the faceclassical
A skin eruption on the face caused by heat or scabies.
2.
dewclassical
Moisture that falls at night on trees, collecting dust and becoming like mud.
3.
white spot on a goat's noseclassical
A blemish on the nose of a young goat.
4.
unpleasant waterclassical
Water that is disliked or distasteful.
5.
urineclassical
Excrement from the bladder.
6.
sebum from a goat's penisclassical
A secretion from the penis of a male goat.
7.

ذَمَّ أَنْفَهُverb

1.
its nose ranclassical
Referring to a young goat whose nose is discharging fluid.

الذَّمُّnoun

1.
extreme emaciationclassical
A state of being excessively thin and close to death.

ذَمْذَمَverb

1.
to reduce one's givingclassical
To lessen the amount of one's generosity or gifts.

الذَّمَامَةُnoun

1.
remainder, remnantclassical
What is left over; a small remaining part.

مُذَمَّمٌadjective

1.
very blameworthyclassical
Extremely deserving of blame or criticism.

مُذَمٌّadjective

1.
motionlessclassical
Unable to move; completely still.
2.
defective, flawedclassical
Having a fault or imperfection.

خَلَاكَ ذَمٌّphrase

1.
may you not be blamedclassical
An expression meaning 'may you be free from blame' or 'you are not to be blamed'.

مَذَمَّةٌnoun

1.
tenderness, compassionclassical
A feeling of gentleness or pity, often arising from a sense of shame or regret.
2.
shame, disgraceclassical
A feeling of humiliation or dishonor resulting from a breach of trust or honor.

أَذْهَبَ مَذْمَتَهُمْverb

1.
to give them something to appease themclassical
To provide a gift or payment to satisfy their claim or prevent reproach.

تَذَمَّمَverb

1.
to abstain from blameclassical
To refrain from doing something out of a desire to avoid blame or criticism.

Parallel reading

ذمه ذما ومذمة، فهو مذموم وذميم وذم، ويكسر: ضد مدحه.

He blamed him with blame and reproach; he is blameworthy, reprehensible, and blamed (with dammah), the opposite of praised.

وأذمه: وجده ذميما.

And he found him blameworthy: he perceived him as deserving blame.

وأذم بهم: تهاون، أو تركهم مذمومين في الناس.

And he neglected them: he was negligent, or he left them in a state of being blamed among people.

وتذاموا: ذم بعضهم بعضا.

And they blamed each other: some of them blamed the others.

وقضى مذمته، بكسر الذال وفتحها: أحسن إليه لئلا يذم.

And he fulfilled his obligation (with kasrah or fatha on the dhal): he treated him well so as not to be blamed.

واستذم إليه: فعل ما يذمه على فعله.

And he sought blame from him: he did something for which he was blamed by him.

والذموم: العيوب.

And al-dhumūm: the defects.

وبئر ذمة وذميم وذميمة: قليلة الماء، وغزيرة، ضد ج: ذمام.

And a well of dhimmah, dhamim, and dhamimah: little water, and abundant, the opposite of its plural, dhimām.

وبه ذميمة، أي: زمانة تمنعه الخروج.

And he had a dhamimah, meaning: an ailment that prevents him from going out.

وأذمت ركابهم: أعيت، وتخلفت، و فلان: أتى بما يذم عليه.

And their mounts became exhausted: they became tired and fell behind, and so-and-so: he did something for which he is blamed.

ورجل ذو مذمة: كل على الناس.

And a man of madhammah: a burden upon people.

والذمام والمذمة: الحق، والحرمة ج: أذمة.

And al-dhimām and al-madhammah: the right, and the sanctity, plural: adhimmah.

والذمة، بالكسر: العهد، والكفالة، كالذمامة، ويكسر، والذم، بالكسر، ومأدبة الطعام أو العرس، والقوم المعاهدون.

And al-dhimmah, with kasrah: the covenant, and the guarantee, like al-dhamāmah, and with kasrah, and al-dhamm, with kasrah, and the feast of food or the wedding, and the people under covenant.

وأذم له عليه: أخذ له الذمة، و فلانا: أجاره، وكأمير: بثر يعلو الوجوه من حر أو جرب، والندى، أو ندى يسقط بالليل على الشجر، فيصيبه التراب، فيصير كقطع الطين، والبياض على أنف الجدي، وقد ذم أنفه وذن: إذا سال، والماء المكروه، والبول، والمخاط الذي يذم من قضيب التيس، وكذلك اللبن من أخلاف الشاء.

And he took a guarantee for him: he secured the covenant for him, and he granted protection to so-and-so: he gave him asylum, and like amir: a pustule that appears on the face from heat or scabies, and dew, or dew that falls at night on trees, is hit by dust, becoming like mud, and the white spot on the nose of a young goat, and its nose ran: if it discharged, and unpleasant water, and urine, and the mucus that comes from the penis of a male goat, and likewise the milk from the udders of ewes.

والذم، بالكسر: المفرط الهزال الهالك.

And al-dhamm, with kasrah: extreme emaciation leading to destruction.

وذمذم: قلل عطيته.

And he reduced his giving: he lessened his gift.

والذمامة، كثمامة: البقية.

And al-dhamāmah, like thamāmah: the remainder.

ورجل مذمم، كمعظم: مذموم جدا.

And a man mudhamma, like mu'azzam: very blameworthy.

ومذم، كمسن ومتم: لا حراك به.

And mudhamma, like musinn and mutamm: motionless.

وشيء مذم، كمتم: معيب.

And something mudhamma, like mutamm: defective.

وقولهم: افعل كذا وخلاك ذم، أي: وخلا منك، أي: لا تذم.

And their saying: do such-and-such, and may you be free from blame, meaning: may you be free from blame, meaning: do not be blamed.

وأخذتني منه مذمة، وتكسر ذاله، أي: رقة وعار من ترك الحرمة.

And I felt from him a madhammah, with kasrah on its dhal, meaning: tenderness and shame from neglecting the sanctity.

وأذهب مذمتهم بشيء: أعطهم شيئا، فإن لهم ذماما.

And he removed their blame with something: he gave them something, for they have a right.

والبخل مذمة، بالفتح.

And stinginess is madhammah, with fatha.

وتذمم: استنكف، يقال: لو لم أترك الكذب تأثما، لتركته تذمما.

And he abstained from blame: he refrained, it is said: if I had not refrained from lying out of piety, I would have refrained from it out of a desire to avoid blame.