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دمم

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of darkness, covering, smearing, and fullness, often with negative connotations of ugliness or destruction. It also extends to specific objects like ointments, arrows, and animal droppings, as well as geographical features and abstract ideas like games or paths.

Derived headwords

مدلهمةadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning, darkboth

    meaning, dark

دلهمname
  1. 1.
    name of a manclassical

    A proper name for a male individual.

الدَّمَامnoun
  1. 1.
    ointmentclassical

    A medicinal ointment applied to the forehead and around the eyes of a child.

  2. 2.
    coatingclassical

    Anything used to coat or smear something, like a dye or paint.

دمامnoun
  1. 1.
    ointmentclassical

    A medicinal ointment applied to the forehead and around the eyes of a child.

  2. 2.
    coatingclassical

    Anything used to coat or smear something, like a dye or paint.

دمامnoun
  1. 1.
    arrowclassical

    A specific type of arrow, possibly one that is coated or prepared in a certain way.

وقد دممت الشئ أدمه بالضم، إذا طليته بأي صبغ كان. — And I coated the thing, I coat it (with the damma vowel), meaning I applied any dye to it.
دممverb
  1. 1.
    to coat, to smearboth

    To apply a coating, dye, or paint to something.

وقد دممت الشئ أدمه بالضم، إذا طليته بأي صبغ كان. — And I coated the thing, I coat it (with the damma vowel), meaning I applied any dye to it.
مَدْمُومadjective
  1. 1.
    redclassical

    Describing something that is red in color.

  2. 2.
    fattened, plumpboth

    Describing an animal, like a camel, that is full of fat and plump.

والمدموم: الأحمر. — And al-madmūm: the red.
والمدموم: الممتلئ شحما من البعير وغيره. — And al-madmūm: that which is full of fat from a camel or other animal.
دمّverb
  1. 1.
    to be full of fatclassical

    To be filled or laden with fat.

وقد دم بالشحم، أي أوقر. — And he was full of fat, meaning he was laden with it.
مَدْمُومَةadjective
  1. 1.
    coated with spleenclassical

    Describing something, like a pot, that has been coated with spleen.

وقدر مدمومة ودميم، أي مطلية بالطحال. — And a pot that is madmūmah and damīm, meaning coated with spleen.
دَمِيمadjective
  1. 1.
    uglyboth

    Describing someone or something as ugly or unappealing.

  2. 2.
    coated with spleenclassical

    Describing something, like a pot, that has been coated with spleen.

وقدر مدمومة ودميم، أي مطلية بالطحال. — And a pot that is madmūmah and damīm, meaning coated with spleen.
وقد دممت يا فلان تدم وتدم دمامة (1) ، أي صرت دميما. — And you became ugly, O so-and-so, you become and you become ugliness, meaning you became ugly.
دمامةnoun
  1. 1.
    uglinessboth

    The state or quality of being ugly.

وقد دممت يا فلان تدم وتدم دمامة (1) ، أي صرت دميما. — And you became ugly, O so-and-so, you become and you become ugliness, meaning you became ugly.
دمةnoun
  1. 1.
    gameclassical

    A type of game or plaything.

  2. 2.
    path, wayclassical

    A track, path, or course.

  3. 3.
    dung pelletclassical

    A pellet of animal dung, specifically from sheep or goats.

الدَّمَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    jerboa burrowclassical

    One of the entrances or tunnels of a jerboa's burrow.

والداماء: إحدى جحرة اليربوع، مثل الراهطاء. — And ad-dāmā': one of the jerboa's burrows, like ar-rāhṭā'.
دوامnoun
  1. 1.
    jerboa burrowsclassical

    The plural form of 'damaa', referring to multiple jerboa burrows.

والجمع دوام على فواعل. — And the plural is dawām, on the pattern of fawā'il.
دمةnoun
  1. 1.
    jerboa burrowclassical

    An entrance or tunnel of a jerboa's burrow.

وكذلك الدمة والدممة أيضا، على وزن الحممة. — And likewise ad-dummah and ad-dummah also, on the pattern of al-ḥummah.
دممةnoun
  1. 1.
    jerboa burrowclassical

    An entrance or tunnel of a jerboa's burrow.

وكذلك الدمة والدممة أيضا، على وزن الحممة. — And likewise ad-dummah and ad-dummah also, on the pattern of al-ḥummah.
دمverb
  1. 1.
    to press down, to fillclassical

    To press down or fill a jerboa's burrow.

ودم اليربوع جحره، أي كبسه. — And he pressed down the jerboa's burrow, meaning he filled it.
الدَّمَادِمnoun
  1. 1.
    soft hillsclassical

    Gentle, rolling hills or mounds of earth.

والدمادم من الارض: رواب سهلة. — And ad-damādim of the earth: soft, easy hills.
دمدمverb
  1. 1.
    the thing: he flattened it to the ground and crushed itboth

    the thing: he flattened it to the ground and crushed it

  2. 2.
    God destroyed themboth

    God destroyed them

ودمدمت الشئ، إذا ألزقته بالارض وطحطحته. — And I pressed down the thing, meaning I stuck it to the ground and rolled it.
ودمدم الله سبحانه عليهم، أي أهلكهم. — And Allah, Exalted is He, destroyed them, meaning He annihilated them.
الدَّيْمُومَةnoun
  1. 1.
    barren desertclassical

    A vast, waterless desert or open plain.

والديمومة: المفازة لا ماء بها. — And ad-daymūmah: a desert with no water.
مُدَمَّمadjective
  1. 1.
    folded, rolled upclassical

    Describing something that is folded or rolled up, particularly referring to a type of garment or cloth.

والمدمم: المطوي من الكرار. — And al-mudammam: the folded from the rolls (of cloth).

Parallel reading

ليلة مدلهمة، أي مظلمة.
A dark night, meaning gloomy.
ودلهم: اسم رجل.
And Dalham: the name of a man.
الدمام بالكسر: دواء تطلى به جبهة الصبي وظاهر عينيه.
Ad-dammām (with kasra): an ointment with which the forehead and the area around the eyes of a child are smeared.
وكل شئ طلى به فهو دمام.
And everything that is smeared with it is called dammām.
وقد دممت الشئ أدمه بالضم، إذا طليته بأي صبغ كان.
And I smeared the thing, I smear it (with damma), meaning I applied any dye to it.
والمدموم: الأحمر.
And al-madmūm: the red.
والمدموم: الممتلئ شحما من البعير وغيره.
And al-madmūm: that which is full of fat from a camel or other animal.
وقد دم بالشحم، أي أوقر.
And he was full of fat, meaning he was laden with it.
حتى انجلى البرد عنه وهو محتفر عرض اللوى زلق المتنين مدموم
Until the cold cleared from him, and he was digging, his flanks exposed, his sides smooth, full of fat.
وقدر مدمومة ودميم، أي مطلية بالطحال.
And a pot that is madmūmah and damīm, meaning coated with spleen.
وقد دممت يا فلان تدم وتدم دمامة (1) ، أي صرت دميما.
And you became ugly, O so-and-so, you become and you become ugliness, meaning you became ugly.
والدمة: لعبة.
And ad-dummah: a game.
والدمة: الطريقة.
And ad-dummah: the path.
والدمة: بالكسر: البعرة.
And ad-dummah (with kasra): the dung pellet.
والداماء: إحدى جحرة اليربوع، مثل الراهطاء.
And ad-dāmā': one of the jerboa's burrows, like ar-rāhṭā'.
وكذلك الدمة والدممة أيضا، على وزن الحممة.
And likewise ad-dummah and ad-dummah also, on the pattern of al-ḥummah.
ودم اليربوع جحره، أي كبسه.
And he pressed down the jerboa's burrow, meaning he filled it.
والدمادم من الارض: رواب سهلة.
And ad-damādim of the earth: soft, easy hills.
ودمدمت الشئ، إذا ألزقته بالارض وطحطحته.
And I pressed down the thing, meaning I stuck it to the ground and rolled it.
ودمدم الله سبحانه عليهم، أي أهلكهم.
And Allah, Exalted is He, destroyed them, meaning He annihilated them.
والديمومة: المفازة لا ماء بها.
And ad-daymūmah: a desert with no water.
والمدمم: المطوي من الكرار.
And al-mudammam: the folded from the rolls (of cloth).
تربع بالفأوين ثم مصيرها إلى كل كر من لصاف مدمم
It grazed in the two ravines, then its destination is every roll of folded cloth.