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الضم

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of gathering, collecting, or bringing things together. It extends to meanings of embracing, containing, and consolidating. Figuratively, it can denote intense emotions like anger, or refer to significant events and groups of people.

Derived headwords

ضَمَّverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, collectboth

    To bring one thing to another, to collect or gather something.

  2. 2.
    to embrace, hugboth

    To hold close, to embrace someone or something.

  3. 3.
    to contain, includeboth

    To encompass or hold within itself.

اِنْضَمَّverb
  1. 1.
    to join, uniteboth

    To become attached to something else, to join or unite with it.

تَضَامَّverb
  1. 1.
    to join together, uniteboth

    To come together, to unite with each other.

تَضَامَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to join togetherclassical

    To join together, to unite.

اِضْطَمَّverb
  1. 1.
    to gather to oneselfboth

    To gather something to oneself, to collect it internally.

  2. 2.
    to embrace, envelopboth

    To embrace or envelop something, to wrap around it.

ضَمٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering, collectionboth

    The act of gathering or collecting something.

  2. 2.
    joining, unionboth

    The state of being joined or united.

ضِمَامٌnoun
  1. 1.
    calamity, disasterclassical

    A severe and overwhelming disaster or calamity.

ضِمَامَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    group, assemblyboth

    A group or assembly of people or things.

ضَمْضَمٌnoun
  1. 1.
    angry personclassical

    A person who is very angry.

  2. 2.
    angry lionclassical

    A lion that is angry.

  3. 3.
    brave personclassical

    A courageous or bold individual.

  4. 4.
    large personclassical

    A physically large or stout person.

ضَمْضَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be angryclassical

    To become angry or enraged.

  2. 2.
    to take allclassical

    To take or seize everything belonging to someone.

  3. 3.
    to make a soundclassical

    To make a sound, specifically referring to a lion's roar.

ضِمْضَامٌnoun
  1. 1.
    all-encompassingclassical

    That which contains or encompasses everything.

ضَمَّةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    race, competitionboth

    A race, particularly in the context of a competition or contest.

أَضَامِيمٌnoun
  1. 1.
    groups of horsesclassical

    Groups or herds of horses, especially in a race.

اِضْطَمَّ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to envelop, wrap aroundboth

    To envelop or wrap oneself around something.

ضَمْضَمname
  1. 1.
    Companion nameclassical

    A name of a Companion of the Prophet (e.g., Ibn al-Harith, Ibn Qatada).

  2. 2.
    Scholar nameclassical

    A name of a scholar or traditionist (e.g., Abu Muthanna).

ضِمَامٌname
  1. 1.
    Companion nameclassical

    A name of a Companion of the Prophet (e.g., Ibn Tha'labah, Ibn Zayd ibn Thawaba).

كَصَبُورnoun
  1. 1.
    valley pathclassical

    A path in a valley that runs between two long hills.

Parallel reading

الضم: قبض شيء إلى شيء
Al-Damm: To grasp something to something else.
وقد ضمه فانضم إليه وتضام وضامه
And he gathered it, so it joined with it, and they united and joined together.
واضطم الشيء: جمعه إلى نفسه
And he gathered the thing: he collected it to himself.
وكغراب: ما ضم به شيء إلى شيء
And like 'ghurab': that by which something is joined to something else.
والضم والضمام، بكسرهما: الداهية الشديدة
And al-Damm and al-Dimam, with their kasra: the severe calamity.
والإضمامة، بالكسر: الجماعة
And al-Idamah, with the kasra: the group.
وكصبور: كل واد يسلك بين أكمتين طويلتين
And like 'sabur': every valley that is traversed between two long hills.
والضمضم: الغضبان، والأسد الغضبان، الجريء
And al-Dhamdham: the angry one, the angry lion, the brave one.
والضمضام: الذي يحتوي على كل شيء
And al-Dhamdham: that which contains everything.
والضمة: الحلبة في الرهان
And al-Dammah: the race in betting.
وفرس سباق الأضاميم، أي: جماعات الخيل
And a horse for racing the Adameem, meaning: groups of horses.
واضطم عليه: اشتمل
And he embraced it: he encompassed it.