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ديم

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns persistent, continuous rain, often without thunder or lightning. It extends to concepts of constancy, permanence, and vast, unending spaces.

Derived headwords

الدِّيمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Rain that has no thunder or lightning, its minimum is a third of the day or a third of the night.both

    Rain that has no thunder or lightning, its minimum is a third of the day or a third of the night.

باتت وأسبل وأكف من ديمة يروي الخمائل دائما تسجامها — It spent the night, and rain poured down, like a persistent shower watering the thickets, constantly flowing.
أرض مديمة، من الديمة — An 'ard mudaymah, from ad-daymah (referring to persistent rain).
دِيمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Constant practiceclassical

    A continuous or habitual course of action, referring to something done consistently.

كان عمله ديمة — His work was a constant practice.
دِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of dīmah.both

    Plural of dīmah.

تَدْيِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    Causing persistent rainclassical

    The act of causing the sky to rain continuously.

دَيَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    Plural of dīmah.both

    Plural of dīmah.

وقد ديمت السماء تدييما — And the sky rained persistently.
تَدَيَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    To cause persistent rainclassical

    To cause the sky to rain continuously.

الدِّيَامِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    Vast desertsclassical

    Large, desolate, and seemingly endless desert plains.

والدياميم: المفاوز — And ad-diyamim: the deserts.
دَيْمُومَةadjective
  1. 1.
    The verbal noun of dāma.both

    The verbal noun of dāma.

  2. 2.
    Permanently distant.both

    Permanently distant.

ومفازة ديمومة، أي دائمة البعد — And a mafazah daymūmah, meaning perpetually distant.
مَدِيمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Affected by persistent rainclassical

    Describing land that has been watered by continuous, non-stormy rain.

وأرض مديمة، من الديمة — And an 'ard mudaymah, from ad-daymah.
جادverb
  1. 1.
    diligent, in both formsboth

    diligent, in both forms

  2. 2.
    he was generous with his moneyboth

    he was generous with his money

  3. 3.
    it became goodboth

    it became good

إن ديموا جاد وإن جادوا وبل — If they are persistent (in giving), they are generous; and if they are generous, they bestow abundant rain.
وَبَلَverb
  1. 1.
    The pasture became abundant (with rain), with a damma on the ب, يوبل وبلاboth

    The pasture became abundant (with rain), with a damma on the ب, يوبل وبلا

إن ديموا جاد وإن جادوا وبل — If they are persistent (in giving), they are generous; and if they are generous, they bestow abundant rain.

Parallel reading

الديمة: المطر الذي ليس فيه رعد ولا برق.
Ad-daymah: Rain that has no thunder or lightning.
وأقله ثلث النهار أو ثلث الليل، وأكثره ما بلغ من العدة.
Its minimum is a third of the day or a third of the night, and its maximum is whatever duration it reaches.
والجمع ديم.
And its plural is 'daym'.
باتت وأسبل وأكف من ديمة يروي الخمائل دائما تسجامها
It spent the night, and rain poured down, like a persistent shower watering the thickets, constantly flowing.
ثم يشبه به غيره.
Then others are likened to it.
وفي الحديث: " كان عمله ديمة ".
And in the Hadith: 'His work was a constant practice.'
وقد ديمت السماء تدييما.
And the sky rained persistently.
قال الشاعر (1) يمدح رجلا بالسخاء: إن ديموا جاد وإن جادوا وبل (2)
A poet said, praising a man for his generosity: 'If they are persistent (in giving), they are generous; and if they are generous, they bestow abundant rain.'
والدياميم: المفاوز.
And ad-diyamim: the deserts.
ومفازة ديمومة، أي دائمة البعد.
And a desert that is daymūmah, meaning perpetually distant.
وأرض مديمة، من الديمة.
And land that is mudaymah, from ad-daymah (referring to persistent rain).
عن اليزيدى.
From Al-Yazidi.