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Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of decay, corruption, and spoiling, particularly related to food and organic matter. It also extends to ideas of repair, reconciliation, and healing, often through metaphorical application.

Derived headwords

الدَّمَالnoun
  1. 1.
    old black rotten datesclassical

    Refers to old, black, and rotten dates. It is said, 'He brought rotten dates.'

  2. 2.
    sea refuseclassical

    What the sea throws up from its dead creatures and debris, such as shells and broken pieces.

  3. 3.
    dungclassical

    Refers to animal dung and similar waste.

  4. 4.
    trodden dungclassical

    Refers to dung that has been trodden by animals, or dust mixed with dung.

  5. 5.
    spoilage of date blossomsclassical

    The corruption of date blossoms before they mature, causing them to turn black.

جاء بتمر دمال — He brought rotten dates.
الدَّمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    spoilage of date blossomsclassical

    A disease that affects date palms, causing their blossoms to blacken before pollination. It is also called 'ad-damal'.

دَمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to repair landboth

    To repair or improve land, often by adding fertilizer or dung.

  2. 2.
    to reconcileclassical

    To reconcile or bring about peace between people.

دمل الأرض دملاً — He repaired the land.
دَمْلًاnoun
  1. 1.
    repair of landboth

    The act of repairing or improving land.

  2. 2.
    reconciliationclassical

    The act of reconciling or making peace.

دمل الأرض دملاً — He repaired the land.
دَمْلَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    repair of landboth

    The act of repairing or improving land.

ودمل الأرض دملاً ودملاناً — And he repaired the land with dung and improvement.
أَدْمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to fertilize landclassical

    To fertilize land, specifically with dung.

وأدملها: سرقنها — And he fertilized it (the land): he covered it with dung.
تَدَمَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to become repairedboth

    To become repaired or improved, referring to land.

فتدملت: صلحت به — So it became repaired: it became good with it.
الدُّمْلnoun
  1. 1.
    boilboth

    A boil or abscess, so named because it tends towards healing and 'indimāl' (healing).

  2. 2.
    reconciliationclassical

    Reconciliation or peace between people.

الدمل: الخراج — The boil: an abscess.
دَمَلَ جُرْحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to heal (wound)both

    A wound healed or became well.

دمل جرحه كسمع برئ — His wound healed, like 'bari' (he was healed).
انْدَمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to heal (wound)both

    To heal, recover, or become well, especially after an injury or illness.

  2. 2.
    to recover (patient)both

    A patient recovered or became well.

كاندمل وذلك إذا تماثل — And it healed, and that is when it recovered.
اندمل المريض واندمل من وجعه — The patient recovered and recovered from his pain.
دَمَلَهُ الدَّوَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    medicine healed himboth

    The medicine healed him or made him well.

ودمله الدواء يدمله — And the medicine healed him.
الدَّمْلnoun
  1. 1.
    gentlenessclassical

    Gentleness, kindness, or mildness.

والدمل: الرفق — And 'ad-daml': gentleness.
دَامَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to deal gently withclassical

    To deal gently or kindly with someone, to manage them carefully in order to achieve reconciliation or repair.

ودامله: داراه ليصلح — And he dealt gently with him: he managed him to bring about reconciliation.
اليَدْمَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a valleyclassical

    A name of a valley among the valleys of the Arabs.

واليدملة: واد من أودية العرب — And 'al-yadmalah': a valley from the valleys of the Arabs.
دُمَيْلَىnoun
  1. 1.
    jerboa's lairclassical

    The lair or dwelling place of a jerboa.

ودميلى اليربوع — And the jerboa's lair.
ادْمَلَ القَوْمُverb
  1. 1.
    to conceal their affairsclassical

    To conceal their affairs or keep their secrets among themselves.

ويقال: ادمل القوم: أي اطوهم على ما فيهم — And it is said: 'admal al-qawm': meaning they concealed their affairs among themselves.
ادْمَلَ الجُرْحُverb
  1. 1.
    to heal (wound)both

    A wound healed or recovered.

وادمل الجرح على افتعل: تماثل — And the wound healed, on the pattern of 'ifta'ala': it recovered.
الدَّمَالname
  1. 1.
    a male given nameboth

    A male given name derived from the root.

وقد سموا دمالاً — And they named (people) Dammal.
الدَّمِيلname
  1. 1.
    a male given nameboth

    A male given name derived from the root.

وكَدميل — And Damil.

Parallel reading

جاء بتمر دمال
He brought rotten dates.
ما رمى به البحر من خشارة ما فيه من الخلق ميتا، نحو الأصداف والمناقيف والنباح
What the sea throws up from its dead creatures and debris, such as shells and broken pieces.
الدمال: السرقين ونحوه
Dung and the like.
ما وطئته الدواب من البعر، الوألة، وهي البعر من التراب
What has been trodden by animals of dung, the droppings, which are dung mixed with earth.
فساد الطلع قبل إدراكه حتى يسود
The corruption of the blossom before its maturity until it turns black.
دمال داء يصيب النخل فيسواد طلعه قبل أن يلقح
Dammal is a disease that affects date palms, causing their blossoms to blacken before pollination.
ودمل الأرض دملاً بالفتح ودملاناً، محركة: أصلحها بالدمال
And he repaired the land with 'daml' (dung) and 'damalan' (improvement), by opening the 'mim': he improved it with dung.
أو دملها: أصلحها، وأدملها: سرقنها
Or he improved it: he repaired it, and he fertilized it: he covered it with dung.
أنه كان يدمل أرضه بالعرة، وكان يقول: مكتل عرة مكتل برة
That he used to fertilize his land with dung, and he used to say: 'A basket of dung is a basket of good.'
فتدملت: صلحت به
So it became repaired: it became good with it.
وقد جعلت منازل آل ليلى ... وأخرى لم تدمل يستوينا
And the dwellings of the family of Layla have been made... and another which has not been repaired remains level.
دمل بينهم دملاً: إذا أصلح
He reconciled between them with reconciliation: if he repaired (the relationship).
رأى إرة منها تحش لفتنة ... وإيقاد راج أن يكون دمالها
He saw a spark from it that would ignite a strife... and he hoped that its cause would be reconciliation (or the spark).
والدمل، كسكر وصرد: الخراج لأنه إلى البرء والاندمال ما هو
And 'ad-duml', like 'sukkar' and 'surad': the boil, because it tends towards healing and recovery.
دمل جرحه. كسمع برئ
His wound healed. Like 'bari' (he was healed).
اندمل المريض واندمل من وجعه
The patient recovered and recovered from his pain.
وجرح السيف تدمله فيبرا ... وجرح الدهر ما جرح اللسان
And the wound of the sword heals and becomes fine... but the wound of time, what the tongue inflicts, does not heal.
شنئت من الإخوان من لست زائلا ... أدامله دمل السقاء المخرق
I detested from my brothers those whom I would not leave... I managed them gently like one manages a leaky waterskin.
وادمل الجرح: على افتعل: تماثل
And the wound healed: on the pattern of 'ifta'ala': it recovered.