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ض م س

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes the act of chewing, particularly a subtle or hidden chewing. It is associated with the physical action of mastication.

Derived headwords

ضَمَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to chew subtlyboth

    To chew something with a hidden or subtle motion, not overtly apparent.

ضَمْسnoun
  1. 1.
    subtle chewingboth

    The act of chewing something with a hidden or subtle motion.

Parallel reading

الضمس: المضغ
Ad-damas: chewing.
يقال: ضمس الشيء يضمسه، بالكسر، ضمسا
It is said: damasa the thing, yamsisuhu, with kasra, damasan.
إذا مضغه مضغا خفيا
if he chewed it with a hidden chewing.