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دمث

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of softness, gentleness, and ease. It describes yielding or soft ground, as well as a gentle disposition and the act of making something soft or comfortable.

Derived headwords

الدَّمِثnoun
  1. 1.
    Soft groundboth

    A place that is soft and sandy.

الدَّمَاثnoun
  1. 1.
    Soft grounds (pl.)both

    The plural form of 'al-damith', referring to soft, sandy places.

دَمِثَverb
  1. 1.
    To be softboth

    To be soft, yielding, or gentle, particularly referring to ground.

دَمْثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Softnessboth

    The state or quality of being soft, a masdar of the verb 'damitha'.

الدَّمَاثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Gentlenessboth

    Ease of disposition, mildness of character, and pleasantness in demeanor.

أَدْمَثَverb
  1. 1.
    To be gentle/mildclassical

    To be gentle, mild, or soft in character or disposition.

الادْمُوثnoun
  1. 1.
    Place for baking flatbreadclassical

    The place where a woman prepares the dough for baking flatbread.

تَدْمِيثnoun
  1. 1.
    Softeningboth

    The act of making something soft or comfortable, such as a bed or cushion.

تُدَمِّثُverb
  1. 1.
    To softenboth

    To make soft or comfortable, often used in the context of preparing a resting place.

Parallel reading

المكان اللين ذو رمل
The soft place with sand.
والجمع الدماث
And the plural is 'al-damath'.
وقد دمث بالكسر يدمث دمثا
And it became soft, with a kasra, it becomes soft, softness.
والدماثة: سهولة الخلق
And 'al-damathah' means ease of disposition.
ما كان أدمث فلانا وألينه
How gentle and soft so-and-so was.
والادموث: مكان الملة إذا خبزت
And 'al-admooth' is the place of the dough when she bakes.
وتدميث المضجع: تليينه
And 'tadmeeth al-madja'' means softening the resting place.