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ع ض م ر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of stinginess, tightness, and potentially a specific type of cabinet or storage unit. The derived terms describe a miserly person and a piece of furniture.

Derived headwords

العضمرnoun
  1. 1.
    miserclassical

    A person who is stingy and tight-fisted.

عملسnoun
  1. 1.
    miserclassical

    An alternative form or description for a miserly person.

العضمورnoun
  1. 1.
    cabinetboth

    A cabinet or a storage unit. It is mentioned as a dialectal term.

العصمورnoun
  1. 1.
    cabinetboth

    A cabinet or a storage unit, with the previous lemma (العضمور) suggested to be a variant or misspelling of this.

Parallel reading

العضمر، كعملس، أهمله الجوهري والصاغاني.
Al-'uḍmur, like 'amalasa, was neglected by Al-Jawhari and Al-Saghani.
وفي اللسان: أنه البخيل الضيق.
And in Al-Lisan: it is the stingy, the tight one.
والعضمور، بالضم: الدولاب، وهو لغة، وليس بتصحيف العصمور كما قيل.
And al-'aḍmūr, with dammah: the cabinet, and it is a dialectal term, and it is not a misspelling of al-'uṣmūr as was said.