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دمر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns destruction, ruin, and perishing. It extends to concepts of entering without permission, and also includes geographical and descriptive terms.

Derived headwords

الدَّمَارnoun
  1. 1.
    destruction, ruinboth

    destruction, ruin

دَمَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    he entered without permissionboth

    he entered without permission

دمره تدميرا — He destroyed him utterly.
تَدْمِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    Destructionboth

    The act or process of destroying something completely.

  2. 2.
    Camouflaging scentclassical

    In hunting, it refers to a specific technique of using smoke from animal dung to mask the hunter's scent from prey.

تدمير الصائد: أن يدخن قترته بالوبر لئلا يجد الوحش ريحه فيه — The hunter's tadmin (camouflaging): is to smoke his hide with camel dung so the wild animal does not catch his scent.
مُدَمِّرadjective
  1. 1.
    Destroying, devastatingboth

    Describing something that causes destruction or ruin.

فلاقى عليها من صباح مدمرا — And encountered upon it a devastating morning.
دَمَرَverb
  1. 1.
    he entered without permissionboth

    he entered without permission

من سبق طرفه استئذانه فقد دمر — Whoever precedes his gaze with his entry has entered without permission.
دَمُورnoun
  1. 1.
    Entering without permissionclassical

    The act of intruding or entering without permission.

تَدَمَّرname
  1. 1.
    a city in Syriaboth

    a city in Syria

وتدمر: بلد بالشام — And Tadmur: a city in the Levant.
تَدْمُرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Of Tadmur, Palmyreneboth

    Pertaining to the city of Tadmur or its inhabitants.

  2. 2.
    Short and stoutclassical

    Describing a jerboa that is small and compact in build.

ويربوع تدمري، إذا كان صغيرا قصيرا — And a Palmyrene jerboa, if it is small and short.

Parallel reading

الدمار: الهلاك.
Destruction: annihilation.
يقال: دمره تدميرا، ودمر عليه بمعنى.
It is said: 'He destroyed him utterly,' and 'He destroyed upon him,' meaning the same.
وتدمير الصائد: أن يدخن قترته بالوبر لئلا يجد الوحش ريحه فيه.
And the hunter's tadmin: is to smoke his hide with camel dung so the wild animal does not catch his scent.
فلاقى عليها من صباح مدمرا
And encountered upon it a devastating morning
ودمر يدمر دمورا: دخل بغير إذن.
And he entered without permission: he entered without permission.
وفي الحديث: " من سبق طرفه استئذانه فقد دمر ".
And in the Hadith: 'Whoever precedes his gaze with his entry has entered without permission.'
وتدمر: بلد بالشام.
And Tadmur: a city in the Levant.
ويربوع تدمري، إذا كان صغيرا قصيرا.
And a Palmyrene jerboa, if it is small and short.