دمث

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the quality of being smooth, soft, and easy, particularly in relation to land and terrain. It extends metaphorically to describe gentleness, kindness, and ease of disposition in people.

Derived headwords

دَمُثَverb

1.
to be smooth and softboth
The place and other things were smooth and soft, like the verb فرح (to be happy).
2.
to be gentleboth
Describing a person as being gentle and soft in disposition.

دَمْثٌadjective

1.
smooth, softboth
Describing a place that is soft to tread upon, or soft sand.
2.
gentle, kindboth
Describing a person of gentle disposition and easy manners.
3.
level groundclassical
Referring to the smooth, level parts of the earth.

رملة دمث — soft sand

مكان دمث — a soft place

دَمَاثَةٌnoun

1.
gentleness of characterboth
The quality of being gentle, kind, and easy in disposition.
2.
softness of terrainclassical
The state of being smooth and soft, especially of the ground.

ما أدمث فلانا وألينه — How gentle and soft he is!

أَدْمَاثٌnoun

1.
level groundclassical
The plural of دمث, referring to the smooth and level parts of the earth.

دَمِيثٌadjective

1.
gentle, kindboth
A person of gentle, easy, and generous disposition.
2.
soft and yieldingboth
Describing something that is soft and yielding, like soft ground.

دمث ليس بالجافي — Gentle and not rough

دَمَاثٌnoun

1.
softness, yielding qualityclassical
That which is soft and yielding, often referring to terrain.

دُمَيْثَةٌnoun

1.
a piece of soft groundclassical
A single unit of soft and yielding ground.

دَمَثَverb

1.
to make smooth or softboth
To make a place smooth or soft for someone.

دمثت له المكان — I made the place smooth for him.

تَدْمِيثٌnoun

1.
softening, making smoothboth
The act of making something soft or smooth, like preparing a bed.
2.
preparing a placeboth
Metaphorically, preparing or making ready a place, such as one's seat.
3.
laying the foundationclassical
Metaphorically, laying the groundwork or foundation for something, like a seat in hell for liars.
4.
narratingclassical
The act of recounting or narrating a story or حديث.

تدميث المضجع — preparing the bed

فإنما يدمث مجلسه من النار — he is only preparing his seat from the Fire

أَدْمُوثٌnoun

1.
place for baking flatbreadclassical
The place where dough is kneaded and baked into flatbread.

دَمَثَ الشيء بيدهverb

1.
to knead until softclassical
To knead something with one's hand until it becomes soft and pliable.

دَمَثٌnoun

1.
soft, sandy groundclassical
A place characterized by soft sand.

أنه مال إلى دمث من الأرض، فبال فيه — He went to a soft patch of ground and urinated there.

دَمَثَاتٌnoun

1.
soft, yielding placesclassical
Plural of دمث, referring to soft and yielding areas, often of ground.

إذا قرأت آل حام وقعت في روضات دمثات — When you recite the 'Ha Mim' family of Surahs, you fall into soft, yielding meadows.

Parallel reading

دمث المكان وغيره، كفرح دمثا، فهو دمث

The place and other things were smooth and soft, like (faraha), it was smooth and soft, so it is smooth and soft.

والدماثة: سهولة الخلق

And ad-damathah: gentleness of character.

وهو مجاز، يقال: ما أدمث فلانا وألينه.

And it is metaphorical; it is said: How gentle and soft he is!

ومكان دمث ودمث: لين الموطىء

And a place damth and damth: soft to tread upon.

ورملة دمث كذالك، كأنها سميت بالمصدر

And soft sand is likewise, as if it were named after the masdar (verbal noun).

ورجل دمث بين الدماثة والدموثة: وطىء الخلق.

And a gentle man, characterized by gentleness and softness, has an easy disposition.

والدمث: السهول من الأرض، والجمع أدماث ودماث، وقد دمث (يدمث دمثا).

And ad-damth: the level parts of the earth, and the plural is admāth and damāth, and it has become level (damatha - yadamuthu damathan).

والدمائث: ما سهل ولان، أحدها دميثة

And ad-damā'ith: that which is easy and soft, the singular of which is damīthah.

ومن قيل للرجل السهل الطلق الكريم: دميث

And from this is said of a man who is easygoing, cheerful, and generous: damīth.

وفي صفته صلى الله عليه وسلم (دمث ليس بالجافي)

And in his description, peace be upon him (gentle and not rough).

أراد أنه كان لين الخلق في سهولة، وأصله من الدمث، وهو الأرض اللينة السهلة (الرخوة)

He meant that he was gentle in disposition with ease, and its origin is from ad-damth, which is the soft, easy (yielding) earth.

وفي حديث الحجاج، في صفة الغيث، (فلبدت الدماث) أي صيرتها لا تسوخ فيها الأرجل

And in the narration of Al-Hajjaj, describing the rain, (it solidified the soft ground) meaning it made it such that feet would not sink into it.

امرأة دمثة شبهت بدماث الأرض، لأنها أكرم الأرض.

A gentle woman is likened to the soft ground, because it is the most noble of the earth.

يقال: دمثت له المكان، أي سهلته له.

It is said: damath-tu lahu al-makān, meaning I made the place easy for him.

وفي الصحاح الدمث: المكان اللين ذو رمل

And in As-Siḥāḥ, ad-damth: a soft place with sand.

وفي الحديث: (أنه مال إلى دمث من الأرض، فبال فيه)

And in the Hadith: (He went to a soft patch of ground and urinated there).

وإنما فعل ذلك لئلا يرتد إليه رشاش البول

And he only did that so that the splash of urine would not return to him.

وفي حديث ابن مسعود: (إذا قرأت آل حام وقعت في روضات دمثات)

And in the narration of Ibn Mas'ud: (When you recite the 'Ha Mim' family of Surahs, you fall into soft, yielding meadows).

والأدموث بالضم: مكان الملة إذا خبزت.

And al-adhmūth, with the dammah: the place of the flatbread when it is baked.

ودمث الشيء بيده: مرسه حتى يين

And damatha ash-shay' bi-yadihi: he kneaded the thing with his hand until it became soft.

والتدميث: التليين

And at-tadhmīth: softening.

ومنه تدميث المضجع

And from this is tadhmīth al-miḍja', the preparation of the bed.

وفي الحديث (من كذب علي فإنما يدمث مجلسه من النار) أي يمهد ويوطىء.

And in the Hadith (Whoever lies about me, he is only preparing his seat from the Fire), meaning he is making it easy and paving it.

ومن المجاز في المثل: دمث لجنبك قبل النوم مضطجعا أي خذ أهبته، واستعد له، وتقدم فيه قبل وقوعه.

And from the metaphors in the proverb: dammath li-janbika qabla an-nawm muḍṭaji'an, meaning prepare yourself for it before sleeping, get ready for it, and precede it before it happens.

ومن المجاز: التدميث: ذكر الحديث، يقال: دمث لي ذالك الحديث

And from the metaphors: at-tadhmīth: recounting a Hadith. It is said: dammath li dhālika al-ḥadīth, meaning recount that Hadith to me.