د ح م س

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes blackness and darkness, extending to describe people with dark complexions or those who are large and stout. It also encompasses concepts of intense darkness in nights and, metaphorically, foolishness or bravery.

Derived headwords

الدحمسnoun

1.
Blacknessboth
The black color of anything.
2.
Darknessboth
Intense darkness, especially of a night.
3.
Waterskin for vinegarclassical
A waterskin used to hold vinegar.

دحمسةadjective

1.
Dark nightboth
Describing a night that is intensely dark.

دحمسadjective

1.
Darkboth
Intensely dark, referring to a night.
2.
Dark-complexionedboth
Describing a person with a dark or black complexion.
3.
Large and stoutboth
Describing a person who is large, stout, and thick-set.

دحسمadjective

1.
Blackboth
Black, referring to anything.
2.
Dark-complexionedboth
A person with a dark complexion.
3.
Large and stoutboth
A large, stout, and thick-set person.

الدحامسnoun

1.
Dark nightsclassical
The dark nights, referring to periods of intense darkness.
2.
Brave and largeclassical
A brave and large man.

دحامسadjective

1.
Dark-complexionedboth
A person with a dark complexion.
2.
Large and stoutboth
A large, stout, and thick-set person.

دحمسانadjective

1.
Dark-complexionedboth
A person with a dark complexion.
2.
Large and stoutboth
A large, stout, and thick-set person.
3.
Fat and foolishclassical
A fat and foolish person.

دحمسيانيadjective

1.
Dark-complexionedboth
A person with a dark complexion.
2.
Large and stoutboth
A large, stout, and thick-set person.

دحسمانadjective

1.
Fat and foolishclassical
A fat and foolish person, a variant of دحمسان.

Parallel reading

الأسود من كل شيء

The black of everything.

وليلة دحمسة، بالصم: مظلمة

And a dḥamasa night, with damma: dark.

وليل دحمس، بالضم، وضبطه الصاغاني كزبرج: مظلم شديد الظلمة

And a dḥamus night, with damma, and al-Ṣāghānī vocalized it like zubruj: dark, intensely dark.

وادرعي جلباب ليل دحمس ... أسود داج مثل لون السندس

And I wore the cloak of a dḥamus night... black and dark like the color of silk.

رجل دحمس، بالفتح، ودحامس ودحمسان ودحمساني، بضمهن، أي آدم اللون أسود ضخم غليظ سمين

A dḥamas man, with fatha, and dḥāmis, dḥamsān, and dḥamsānī, with damma for all of them, meaning dark-complexioned, black, large, stout, and fat.

الدحامس: الرجل الأسود الضخم، بالحاء والخاء جميعا

Al-dḥāmis: the black, large man, with both ḥāʾ and khāʾ.

الدحمس، كجعفر: زق يجعل فيه الخل

Al-dḥamas, like Jaʿfar: a waterskin in which vinegar is put.

الدحمسان، بالضم: الأحمق السمين

Al-dḥamsān, with damma: the fat fool.

وقد يقلب، فيقال: دحسمان

And it may be inverted, so it is said: dḥasmān.

الدحامس: الشجاع الضخم

Al-dḥāmis: the brave, large man.

الدحامس، بالفتح: الليالي المظلمة

Al-dḥāmis, with fatha: the dark nights.

الدحامس: ثلاث ليال بعد الظلم، وهي الحنادس أيضا

Al-dḥāmis: three nights after the darkness, and they are also al-ḥanādis.