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دمص

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to specific physical features and objects. It describes a type of crack or fissure in a wall, and also refers to a person with a particular thinning of hair or eyebrow shape. Additionally, it denotes a type of iron helmet.

Derived headwords

الدَّمْصnoun
  1. 1.
    fissure in a wallclassical

    Every crack or fissure in a wall, with the exception of the lowest one, which is called 'rahas'.

الأَدْمَصadjective
  1. 1.
    thinning eyebrowsclassical

    A person whose eyebrows are thin at the end and thick at the beginning.

  2. 2.
    thinning hairclassical

    A person whose hair has thinned in places from the top of the head.

الدَّوْمَصnoun
  1. 1.
    iron helmetclassical

    A helmet made of iron.

Parallel reading

كل عرق من الحائط ما خلا العرق الأسفل فإنه رهص
Every crack in the wall, except for the lowest crack, which is called 'rahas'.
والأدمص: الذي رق حاجبه من أخر وكثف من قدم
And Al-Admas: he whose eyebrow is thin at the end and thick at the beginning.
أو رق من رأسه مواضع وقل شعره
Or whose hair has thinned in places from the top of his head and become sparse.
والدومص: بيضة الحديد
And Al-Dawmas: the iron helmet.