ضمج

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to smearing or applying something thickly, often with pleasant scents, but also to unpleasant things like foul-smelling creatures, afflictions, and clinging to the ground. It can also refer to a specific type of insect or a condition of being effeminate.

Derived headwords

ضَمَجَverb

1.
to smear with perfumeboth
To smear the body with perfume until it appears to be dripping.

ضَمَجَهُverb

1.
to smear itboth
When one smears it (referring to the body with perfume).

الضَّمْجَةnoun

1.
foul-smelling insectclassical
A foul-smelling insect that stings.

ضِمَجnoun

1.
foul-smelling insectsclassical
The plural of 'al-damjah', referring to foul-smelling insects.

الضَّمَجnoun

1.
effeminate personclassical
An effeminate and castrated man.
2.
agitation of the throatclassical
Agitation of the throat (khay'amah), referring to a specific condition.

ضَمِجَverb

1.
to be effeminateclassical
To be effeminate or castrated.

ضَمَجnoun

1.
afflictionclassical
An affliction that strikes a person.

اللُّصُوقُ بِالْأَرْضِnoun

1.
clinging to the groundboth
Clinging to the ground.

إِضْمَاجnoun

1.
clinging to the groundboth
Clinging to the ground, similar to 'idmaj'.

ضَمَجَverb

1.
to cling to the groundboth
A man clung to the ground.

أَضْمَجَverb

1.
to cling to the groundboth
He clung to the ground.

الضَّامِجadjective

1.
clingingboth
One who clings (to the ground).

ضَامِجًاadjective

1.
clingingboth
Clinging (used as an adjective describing something).

ضَمَجnoun

1.
venomous creatureclassical
A creature possessing venom.

Parallel reading

الضمج: لطخ الجسد بالطيب حتى كأنه يقطر

Al-damj: smearing the body with perfume until it seems to drip.

وقد ضمجه: إذا لطخه

And he smeared it: if he smeared it.

والضمجة: دويبة منتنة الرائحة تلسع

And al-damjah: a foul-smelling insect that stings.

والجمع ضمج

And the plural is damaj.

الضمج، بالتحريك هيجان الخيعامة

Al-damaj, with vowel movement, is the agitation of the khay'amah.

وهو المأبون المجبوس

And he is the effeminate, castrated one.

وقد ضمج كفرح ضمجا

And he was effeminate, like فرح (faraha), with damaj.

والضمج: آفة تصيب الإنسان

And al-damaj: an affliction that strikes a person.

والضمج: اللصوق بالأرض، كالإضماج

And al-damaj: clinging to the ground, like al-idmaj.

ضمج الرجل بالأرض وأضمج: لزق به

The man clung to the ground and idmaj: he stuck to it.

والضامج: اللازم

And al-damij: the one who clings.

كأن حناء عليه ضامجا

As if henna was clinging to it.

وفي الأرض أحناش وسبع وخارب ونحن أسارى وسطهم نتقلب رتيلا وطبوع وشبثان ظلمة وأرقط حرقوص وضمج وعنكب

And on the earth are various creatures, snakes, lizards, and we are captives in their midst, moving about with various kinds of scorpions, ticks, lizards, dark ones, spotted ones, venomous creatures, and spiders.

والضمج: من ذوات السموم

And al-damaj: among those with venom.