ض م م

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

The root ض م م primarily relates to the concept of bringing things together, joining, collecting, or gathering. This encompasses physical joining, metaphorical grouping, and even the act of embracing or collecting wealth. It can also extend to concepts of pressure, intensity, and even specific types of terrain or animals.

Derived headwords

ضَمَّverb

1.
to join, to addboth
To bring one thing to another, to connect or append.
2.
to embraceboth
To hold someone closely in one's arms.
3.
to collect, to gatherboth
To take possession of something, often implying accumulation.

ضمه إليه ضما فهو ضام وذاك مضموم — He joined it to him, so he is joining and that is joined

ضم جناحك عن الناس — Soften your wing towards people (i.e., be gentle)

ضم من ماله — He took from his wealth

ضممتَه إلى صدري ضمة — I embraced you tightly

ضَمٌّnoun

1.
joining, additionboth
The act of bringing things together or adding one to another.
2.
collection, gatheringboth
The act of collecting or accumulating something.
3.
embraceboth
An act of holding someone closely.

ضَامٌّadjective

1.
joining, collectingboth
One who joins or collects things.

مَضْمُومadjective

1.
joined, addedboth
That which has been brought together or added to something else.
2.
collectedboth
That which has been gathered or accumulated.

اِنْضَمَّverb

1.
to join, to uniteboth
To become joined or united with something else.
2.
to gather, to assembleboth
To come together or assemble in one place.
3.
to shrink, to contractboth
To become smaller or contracted, as if drawing inward.

فانضم إليه وتضام — So he joined him and they united

لا تضامون في رؤيته — You will not be in doubt or disagreement seeing him (lit. you will not be joined together)

انضم معه — He joined with him

انضم إلى كذا — It folded up

انضم القوم — The people gathered

تَضَامَّverb

1.
to unite, to join togetherboth
To become joined or united with others.
2.
to be in doubt or disagreementclassical
To be in a state of confusion or disagreement, often implying a lack of clarity.

فانضم إليه وتضام — So he joined him and they united

لا تضامون في رؤيته — You will not be in doubt or disagreement seeing him

ضَامَّهُverb

1.
to join withboth
To join or associate with someone or something.

ضامه مضامة — He joined him in an association

اِضْطَمَّverb

1.
to gather to oneselfboth
To collect or gather something to oneself.
2.
to crowd togetherboth
To press or crowd together.
3.
to encompass, to envelopboth
To surround or enclose something completely.

اضطم الشيء: جمعه إلى نفسه — He gathered the thing to himself

فدنا الناس واضطم بعضهم إلى بعض — The people drew near and crowded together

كان إذا اضطم عليه الناس أعنق — When people crowded around him, he would move forward

اضطم عليه: اشتمل — He encompassed him

ضِمَامnoun

1.
what joins thingsboth
Anything used to join or connect one thing to another.
2.
calamity, disasterclassical
A severe and overwhelming misfortune or disaster.

كل ما ضم به شيء إلى شيء — Everything by which something is joined to something else

إِضَامَةnoun

1.
group of peopleboth
A group of people not originally from the same stock, but who have come together.
2.
collection of booksboth
A collection of writings bound together.
3.
stoneclassical
A stone, used as a building material or for punishment.

لنا أضاميم من ههنا وههنا — We have groups from here and there

الإضمامة من الكتب. ما ضم بعضه إلى بعض — A collection of books is what some of it is joined to some of it

فضرجوه بالأضاميم — And they stoned them with stones

أَضَامِيمnoun

1.
groups of peopleboth
Plural of إضامة, referring to diverse groups of people who have joined together.
2.
groups of horsesclassical
Groups of horses running together in a race.
3.
stonesclassical
Plural of إضمامة, referring to stones.

لنا أضاميم من ههنا وههنا — We have groups from here and there

فرس سباق الأضاميم — A racing horse of groups (of horses)

والحقب ترفض الأضاميم — And the generations scatter the groups

ضَمُومnoun

1.
valley between hillsclassical
A valley that is traversed between two long hills or mounds.

ضَمْضَمnoun

1.
angry personboth
A person who is angry.
2.
lionboth
One of the names for a lion.
3.
brave, forward manboth
A man who is brave and advances resolutely.
4.
corpulent personclassical
A person who is large or stout.

ضِمَامname

1.
Companion's nameboth
Name of several Companions of the Prophet Muhammad.

ضمام بن ثعلبة السعدي — Dhimam bin Tha'labah Al-Sa'di

ضمام بن زيد بن ثوابة الهمداني — Dhimam bin Zayd bin Thawabah Al-Hamdani

ضمام بن مالك السلماني — Dhimam bin Malik Al-Sulmani

ضمام بن إسماعيل بن مالك المرادي — Dhimam bin Isma'il bin Malik Al-Muradi

ضِمْضَامadjective

1.
encompassingboth
That which contains or encompasses everything, drawing it to itself.
2.
very greedyclassical
Extremely greedy or covetous, especially for wealth.

ضَمَّةnoun

1.
race, competitionclassical
A race or competition, especially among horses.

الحلبة في الرهان — The round in a wager

ضَمْضَمَةnoun

1.
sound of a lionboth
The growling or roaring sound made by a lion.

ضمضم الأسد ضمضمة — The lion made a growling sound

ضَمَاضِمadjective

1.
greedy eaterclassical
One who eats excessively and greedily.
2.
stingy personclassical
A person who is extremely stingy or miserly.

مَضَمّnoun

1.
place where armies gatherclassical
A place where armies or large groups assemble.

محل مضم الجيوش — The place of the gathering of armies

ضَامَّةnoun

1.
group, companyclassical
A group or company of people.

وهو ضامة قومه — And he is the support of his people

ضَمِيمnoun

1.
companion, associateboth
Someone who is joined with another, an associate or companion.

جعلت ضميمه فلاناً — He made so-and-so his associate

ضِمَامَةnoun

1.
bundle of booksboth
A collection or bundle of writings bound together.

ضمامة من صحف — A bundle of scrolls

مُنْضَمّadjective

1.
shrunken, contractedboth
That which has become shrunken or contracted.

وأصبح منضما — And he became shrunken

ضَمَّامnoun

1.
one who gathers cropsclassical
Someone who gathers or collects crops.

Parallel reading

قبض شيء إلى شيء، وقد ضمه إليه ضما فهو ضام وذاك مضموم

To seize one thing to another, and he joined it to him, so he is joining and that is joined.

فانضم إليه وتضام

So he joined him and they united.

لا تضامون في رؤيته

You will not be in doubt or disagreement seeing him.

ضامه مضامة

He joined him in an association.

اضطم الشيء: جمعه إلى نفسه

He gathered the thing to himself.

فدنا الناس واضطم بعضهم إلى بعض

The people drew near and crowded together.

كان إذا اضطم عليه الناس أعنق

When people crowded around him, he would move forward.

اضطم عليه: اشتمل

He encompassed him.

كل ما ضم به شيء إلى شيء

Everything by which something is joined to something else.

الضم والضمام بكسرهما: الداهية الشديدة

The 'damm' and 'dhimam' (with their kasras): the severe calamity.

الإضمامة بالكسر: الجماعة من الناس ليس أصلهم واحدا ولكنهم لفيف

The 'idhamah' (with kasra): a group of people not of the same origin but who have come together.

لنا أضاميم من ههنا وههنا

We have groups from here and there.

كل واد يسلك بين أكمتين طويلتين

Every valley traversed between two long hills.

الضمضم كجعفر: الغضبان

The 'damdam' (like Ja'far): the angry one.

كالضماضم كعلابط وعلبط فيهما

Like 'damadhim' (like 'alabout'), in both (lion and man).

ضمضم الرجل: شجع قلبه

The man's 'damdam': his heart became brave.

ضمضم على المال: أخذه كله

He 'damdam'-ed the wealth: he took it all.

ضمضم الأسد ضمضمة: صوت

The lion's 'damdam': a sound.

ضَمَّمْتُهُ إلى صَدْرِي ضَمَّةً

I embraced you tightly.

وَأَصْبَحَ مُنْضَمًّا

And he became shrunken.

وَضَامَمْتُ الرَّجُلَ: أَقَمْتُ مَعَهُ فِي أَمْرٍ وَاحِدٍ مُنْضَمًّا إِلَيْهِ

And I associated with the man: I stayed with him in one matter, joined to him.

وَالأَضَامِيمُ: الحِجَارَةُ، وَاحِدُهَا إِضَامَةٌ

And 'al-adameem': stones, the singular of which is 'idhamah'.

وَمِنْهُ حَدِيثُ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ: "وَمَنْ زَنَى بِثَيِّبٍ فَضُرِّجُوهُ بِالأَضَامِيمِ"

And from the hadith of Wa'il bin Hujr: 'And whoever commits adultery with a married woman, they stone him with stones'.

وَالإِضَامَةُ مِنَ الْكُتُبِ. مَا ضُمَّ بَعْضُهُ إِلَى بَعْضٍ، وَهِيَ الإِضْبَارَةُ

And 'al-idhamah' of books: what some of it is joined to some of it, and it is the 'idbarah'.

وَضَمَامَةٌ مِنْ كُتُبٍ: لُغَةٌ فِيهِ

And 'dhamamah' of books: a variant pronunciation for it.

وَالضَّمْضَامُ: الَّذِي يَحْتَوِي عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يَضُمُّهُ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ

And 'al-damdam': that which contains everything, drawing it to itself.

وَالضِّمَّةُ: الْحَلْبَةُ فِي الرِّهَانِ؛ لأَنَّهَا تَضُمُّ الْخَيْلَ الْمُنْدَفِعَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ أَوْبٍ

And 'al-dhimmah': the round in a wager; because it gathers the horses rushing from every direction.

وَ يُقَالُ: فَرَسٌ سِبَاقٌ! الأَضَامِيمُ أَيْ: جَمَاعَاتُ الْخَيْلِ

And it is said: a racing horse of groups, meaning: groups of horses.

وَالضَّمْضَامُ: الرَّجُلُ الْبَخِيلُ

And 'al-damdam': the stingy man.