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Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of blood, its flow, and things associated with it. It extends to meanings of vitality, life force, and even things that appear red or bloody. It also encompasses derived meanings related to images, idols, and even specific plants and animals.

Derived headwords

دَمnoun
  1. 1.
    bloodboth

    The red fluid that circulates in the bodies of humans and animals, carrying oxygen and nutrients.

  2. 2.
    vitalityclassical

    Life force or energy, often metaphorically associated with blood.

دَمِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to bleedboth

    To have blood flow from the body, typically from a wound.

  2. 2.
    to be bloodyboth

    To be covered or stained with blood.

دَمَىverb
  1. 1.
    to bleed (like رضي)classical

    A verb form indicating bleeding, following the pattern of 'radiya' (to be pleased).

أَدْمَىverb
  1. 1.
    to make bleedboth

    To cause someone or something to bleed.

دَمَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to make bleedboth

    To cause someone or something to bleed.

دَمَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    blood (plural)both

    The plural form of 'dam', referring to blood.

دَمِيnoun
  1. 1.
    blood (plural)both

    Another plural form of 'dam', referring to blood.

دَمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    blood (dual)classical

    The dual form of 'dam', referring to two units of blood.

دَمْيَانnoun
  1. 1.
    blood (dual)classical

    Another dual form of 'dam', referring to two units of blood.

دَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bloodstainboth

    A stain caused by blood, or possibly a variant term for blood itself.

دَامِي الشَّفَةadjective
  1. 1.
    poorclassical

    Literally 'bloody-lipped', used metaphorically to describe someone who is poor or destitute.

بَنَات دَمnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A specific type of plant, literally 'daughters of blood'.

السِّنَّوْرnoun
  1. 1.
    catclassical

    A domestic feline animal, referred to as 'dam' in this context.

دَم الغِزْلَانnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of herbclassical

    A specific herb, literally 'blood of gazelles'.

دَم الأَخَوَيْنnoun
  1. 1.
    dragon's blood resinboth

    A medicinal resin, known in Persian as 'khun-e Siyavushan'.

دُمْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dollboth

    A figurine or doll, especially one made of marble or generally an image.

  2. 2.
    idolclassical

    An image or statue worshipped as a deity.

مُدْمَىadjective
  1. 1.
    bloody arrowclassical

    An arrow that is stained with blood.

  2. 2.
    deep redclassical

    Describing something, like a horse, that is intensely red in color.

مُسْتَدْمِيadjective
  1. 1.
    one who gently collects debtclassical

    Someone who extracts their due from a debtor with gentleness and persuasion.

  2. 2.
    one with a dripping noseclassical

    Someone whose nose is dripping blood, or who is stooping.

دَامِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a wound that bleeds slightlyclassical

    A type of head wound that causes bleeding but not profuse flow.

دَامِيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    good fortuneclassical

    A term signifying good fortune, prosperity, or blessings.

تَدْمِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    making a way easyclassical

    The act of making a path easy, facilitating, bringing closer, or appearing.

Parallel reading

أصله دمي، تثنيته دمان ودميان ج: دماء ودمي
Its origin is 'dami', its dual is 'daman' and 'damyan', and its plural is 'dimaa' and 'dami'.
وقطعته: دمة، أو هي لغة في الدم
And its cut is 'dammah', or it is a linguistic variation of 'dam' (blood).
وقد دمي، كرضي، دمى
And it became 'dami' (bled), like 'radiya' (was pleased), it became 'dama'.
وأدميته ودميته
And I made it bleed ('admaytuhu') and I made it bleed ('dammaytuhu').
وهو دامي الشفة: فقير
And he is 'dami al-shafah': poor.
وبنات دم: نبت م
And 'banat dam': a type of plant (m).
والدم: السنور
And 'al-dam': the cat.
ودم الغزلان: بقلة
And 'dam al-ghizlan': a herb.
والدمية، بالضم: الصورة المنقشة من الرخام، أو عام، والصنم ج: دمى
And 'al-dumyah', with dammah: the carved image from marble, or general, and the idol, plural: 'duma'.
والمدمى: السهم عليه حمرة الدم، والشديد الحمرة من الخيل وغيره
And 'al-mudma': the arrow with the redness of blood on it, and the intensely red one among horses and others.
والمستدمي: من يستخرج من غريمه دينه بالرفق، ومن يقطر من أنفه الدم، وهو متطأطئ
And 'al-mustadmi': one who extracts his debt from his debtor with gentleness, and one whose nose drips blood, and he is stooping.
والدامية: شجة تدمى ولا تسيل
And 'al-damiya': a wound that bleeds but does not flow.
والدامياء: الخير، والبركة
And 'al-damiya': goodness, and blessing.
ودميت له تدمية: سهلت له سبيلا، وطرقته، وقربت له، وظهرت
And I made it easy for him ('damitu lahu tadmiyah'): I made a way easy for him, I approached him, I brought him near, and I appeared.