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دسم

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root دسم primarily relates to concepts of greasiness, fat, and lubrication. It extends to meanings of smearing, filling, and plugging. Figuratively, it can refer to something low or base, and also to a specific type of animal offspring or plant.

Derived headwords

دَسِمadjective
  1. 1.
    its verb form is like 'ṭariba'both

    its verb form is like 'ṭariba'

دَسِمnoun
  1. 1.
    its verb form is like 'ṭariba'both

    its verb form is like 'ṭariba'

دَسَمَverb
  1. 1.
    its verb form is like 'ṭariba'both

    its verb form is like 'ṭariba'

تَدْسِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    making something greasyboth

    making something greasy

دَسَمَ المَطَرُ الأَرْضَverb
  1. 1.
    rain moistened the groundclassical

    Used to describe rain that has wetted the ground but not excessively.

دَسَمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    low, base, meanclassical

    Describing a man of low character or base origin.

ثِيَابٌ دَسِمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    dirty clothesclassical

    Clothes that are soiled, likely with grease or dirt.

الدَّسَامnoun
  1. 1.
    plug, wadboth

    Something used to stop up or plug an opening, such as an ear or a wound.

  2. 2.
    stopperboth

    A stopper for the mouth of a bottle or similar container.

دَسَمَهُverb
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    to plug it, to stop it upboth

    To fill or block an opening with something.

أَدْسَمَهُverb
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    to plug it upboth

    To cause something to be plugged or stopped up.

دَسَمًاnoun
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    plugging, stopping upboth

    The act of plugging or stopping up an opening.

الدَّسَامnoun
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    stopper, plugboth

    That which is used to stop or plug something, like the mouth of a bottle.

الدِّيسِمnoun
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    bear cubboth

    The young offspring of a bear.

الدِّيسِمnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant.

الدِّيسِمَةnoun
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    milletboth

    A type of grain, specifically millet.

دَسَمَ الأَثَرَverb
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    the track was obscuredclassical

    Used in comparison to 'tasm' (طسم), implying the track was made indistinct or covered.

Parallel reading

وتدسيم الشئ: جعل الدسم عليه.
And 'tadsim' of a thing: making the grease upon it.
ويقال أيضا: دسم المطر الأرض: بلها ولم يبالغ.
And it is also said: the rain 'dasama' the ground: it moistened it without exaggerating.
والدسمة: الدنئ من الرجال.
And 'al-dasamah': the base one among men.
وثياب دسم: وسخة.
And 'thiyab dasim': dirty clothes.
والدسام بالكسر: ما يسد به الأذن والجرح ونحو ذلك.
And 'al-disam' (with kasr): what is used to plug the ear, wound, and the like.
تقول منه دسمته أدسمه بالضم دسما.
You say from it: 'dasamtuhu' (I plugged it), 'adsumuhu' (I plug it) with damma, 'dasman'.
والدسام: السداد، وهو ما يسد به رأس القارورة ونحوها.
And 'al-disam': the stopper, which is what the mouth of a bottle and the like is plugged with.
والديسم: ولد الدب.
And 'al-dism': the cub of the bear.
وقلت لابي الغوث: يقال إنه ولد الذئب من الكلبة، فقال: ما هو إلا ولد الدب.
And I said to Abu al-Ghawth: 'It is said to be the offspring of a wolf from a female dog,' so he said: 'It is nothing but the cub of a bear.'
والديسم: نبات.
And 'al-dism': a plant.
والديسمة: الذرة.
And 'al-disamah': millet.
ودسم الاثر، مثل طسم.
And the track 'dasama', like 'tasama'.