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Form 1دَمَعَتِ العَيْنُ5 senses · 2 main
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarدَمْعٌ دَمَعٌ

Core sense — the eye shed tears; the wound flowed with bloodgenerated

1

The eye shed tears.

maṣdar دَمْعٌ, دَمَعَانٌ, and دُمُوعٌ. Also دَمِعَت. [In one copy of the S, دَمْعٌ, which is a mistake.] Or only دَمَعَت, with fetḥ to the م.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe wound flowed [with blood]—دَمَعَ الجُرْحُ
the wound on the head flowed with blood—دَمَعَتِ الشَّجَّةُ

Its blood ran.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthe bowl flowed, or overflowed, with its grease, or gravy—دَمَعَتِ الجَفْنَةُ
the flowing from the dyer's strainer—دَمْعٌ
1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

Aboo-'Adnán says: I asked El-'Okeylee about this verse:

shāhid
وَالشَّمْسُ تَدْمَعُ عَيْنَاهَا وَمَنْخِرُهَاوَهُنَّ يَخْرُجْنَ مِنْ بِيدٍ إِلَى بِيدِ

[app. meaning And the sun was shedding its fierce rays and its gossamer when they were going forth from deserts to deserts].

He said: I think the poet means it was the ظَهِيرَة [or midday of summer, when the heat was violent], when what is called لُعَابُ الشَّمْسِ [and مُخَاطُ الشَّمْسِ, which is here the more suitable term,] was flowing in the air.

El-Ghanawee says: when the beasts thirst, their eyes shed tears and their nostrils flow.

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See also form 4.

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, aor. دَمَعَ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. دَمْعٌ (S, Msb) and دَمَعَانٌ and دُمُوعٌ ; (TA;) and دَمِعَت , (AO, S, Msb, K,) aor. دَمَعَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. دَمَعٌ ; (AO, S, Msb, TA; [in one copy of the S, دَمْعٌ , which is a mistake;]) or only دَمَعَت , with fet-h to the م ; (AZ, Ks;) The eye shed tears. (S, Msb, K.) دَمَعَ الجُرْحُ The wound flowed [with blood]. (TA.) And دَمَعَتِ الشَّجَّةُ The wound on the head flowed with blood; its blood ran. (Msb.) دَمَعَتِ الجَفْنَةُ The bowl flowed [or overflowed] with its grease, or gravy. (TA.) And دَمْعٌ also signifies The flowing from the strainer of the dyer. (TA.) Aboo- 'Adnán says, I asked El-'Okeylee respecting this verse: 1 [app. meaning And the sun was shedding its fierce rays and its gossamer when they were going forth from deserts to deserts]: and he said, I think [that the poet means] it was the ظَهِيرَة [or midday of summer when the heat was vehement], when what is called لُعَابُ الشَّمْسِ [and مُخَاطُ الشَّمْسِ , which latter is here the more appropriate term,] was flowing [in the air]: and El-Ghanawee says, when the beasts thirst, their eyes shed tears, and their nostrils flow. (TA.) وَالشَّمْسُ تَدْمَعُ عَيْنَاهَا وَمَنْخِرُهَا | وَهُنَّ يَخْرُجْنَ مِنْ بِيدٍ إِلَى بِيدِ See also 4.
Form 2تَدْمِيعٌ1 sense

Core sense — violent flowing of tears from the eyegenerated

2.1

Violent flowing of tears from the eye.

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Vehement flowing of tears from the eye. (KL.)
Form 4ادمعهُ1 sense
maṣdarإِدْمَاعٌ

Core sense — he filled a bowl, or a vessel, so that it overflowedgenerated

4.1figurative · مجاز

He filled it, [app. so as to make it overflow,] namely a bowl, or a vessel..

دَمَعَهُ is used in the same sense [if this is not a mistranscription for the former].

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, (IAar,) inf. n. إِدْمَاعٌ , (K,) He filled it, [app. so as to make it overflow,] (IAar, K,) namely a bowl, (IAar,) or a vessel; (K;) as also دَمَعَهُ [if this be not a mistranscription for the former]. (TA.)
Form 5تدمّع1 sense

Core sense — he shed tears, he weptgenerated

5.1

[He shed tears; or wept.]

Occurring in a version of the Gospel of St. John, 11:35, but perhaps post-classical.

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[He shed tears; or wept]. (Occurring in a version of the Gospel of St. John, xi. 35: but perhaps post-classical.)
Form 10هُوَ يُسْتَدْمِعُ1 sense

Core sense — he draws forth tearsgenerated

10.1

[app. He draws forth tears.]

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[app. He draws forth tears]. (TA.)

Derived nouns 14

Nounدَمْعٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — tears, the water of the eye; the grease, or gravy, of a bowlgenerated

1

Tears; the water, or fluid, of the eye, whether from grief or from joy.

Originally a maṣdar, but having plurals both of many and of few: the plural of many is دُمُوعٌ, and that of few is أَدْمُعٌ.

دَمْعةٌ is the ism waḥda, a single drop of it, that is, a tear.

If from joy, it is cool; if from grief, hot.

1.1[David's tears;] a certain well-known medicine—دَمْعُ دَاوُودَ

[Perhaps the fruits of a species of coix, namely coix lachryma, now called دَمْعُ أَيُّوبَ, or Job's tears, which are hard and stony, and are said to be strengthening and diuretic.]

1.2figurative · مجاز[The sky wept, and the tears of the clouds flowed]—بَكَتِ السَّمَاءُ وَدَمْعُ السَّحَابِ سَالِ
1.3figurative · مجاز[He drank the tear of the vine]—دَمْعَةٌ شَرِبِ الكَرْمِ

That is, wine.

1.4figurative · مجاز[The tears, meaning] the grease, or gravy, of the bowl—دُمُوعِ الجَفْنَةِ
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Tears; the water, or fluid, of the eye; (S, Msb, K;) whether from grief or joy: (K:) originally an inf. n.: (Msb:) [but having a pl., both of mult. and of pauc.: for] the pl. [of mult.] is دُمُوعٌ (K) and [of pauc.] أَدْمُعٌ : (TA:) and دَمْعةٌ [is the n. un., signifying] a single drop thereof; [i. e. a tear:] (S, K:) if from joy, it is cool; or if from grief, hot. (TA.) دَمْعُ دَاوُودَ [David's tears;] a certain well known medicine: (Sgh, K:) [perhaps the fruits of a species of coix, namely coix lachryma, now called دَمْعُ أَيُّوبَ , or Job's tears, which are hard and stony, and are said to be strengthening and diuretic.] بَكَتِ السَّمَاءُ وَدَمْعُ السَّحَابِ سَالِ [The sky wept, and the tears of the clouds flowed]. (TA.) دَمْعَةٌ شَرِبِ الكَرْمِ [He drank the tear of the vine]; i. e., wine. (A, TA.) دُمُوعِ الجَفْنَةِ [The tears, meaning] the grease, or gravy, of the bowl. (TA.)
Nounدَمِعٌ1 sense

Core sense — quick to shed tears, abounding with tearsgenerated

1a woman quick to shed tears; or quick to weep, abounding with tears—دَمِعَةٌ
quick to weep, abounding with tears—دَمِيعٌ

The headword is the masculine of this.

Written without ة, and applied to a man as well.

Its plural is دُمَعَآءُ, applied to men; دَمْعَى, applied to men and to women; and دَمَائِعُ, applied to women.

[See also دَمُوعٌ.]

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[ masc. of] دَمِعَةٌ A woman quick to shed tears: (S, K:) or quick to weep, abounding with tears; (L;) as also دَمِيعٌ , without ة ; (Lh, L;) of which latter, which is applied also to a man, the pl. is دُمَعَآءُ , applied to men, and دَمْعَى , applied to men and to women, and دَمَائِعُ , applied to women. (L.) [See also دَمُوعٌ .]
Nounدُمُعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a brand made where the tears run, on a camelgenerated

1

A mark made with a hot iron in the part where the tears run, said of a camel. El-Ahmar.

Aboo-'Alee, in the “Tedhkireh”: it is a small line.

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A mark made with a hot iron in the part where the tears run, (El-Ahmar, S, K, TA,) of a camel; (El-Ahmar;) said by Aboo-'Alee, in the “Tedhkireh,” to be a small line. (TA.)
Nounدَمْعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a single tear, one drop of tearsgenerated

1

See دَمْعٌ, in two places.

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: see دَمْعٌ , in two places.
Nounقَدَحٌ دَمْعَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — a bowl so full that it overflows at the sidesgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

A bowl that is full so as to overflow from its sides.

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A bowl that is full so as to overflow (L, K, * TA) from its sides. (L, TA.)
Nounدُمَاعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — water of the eye from disease or old age; what flows from a vinegenerated

1

Water of the eye arising from disease or old age, not tears.

Or, as some say, the traces of tears upon the face: so in the handwriting of Aboo-Zekereeyà, in the margin of a copy of the S.

1.1figurative · مجازwhat flows from the grape-vine in the days of the [season called] رَبِيع—دُمَاعُ الكَرْمِ

Also الدُّمَّاعُ, like رُمَّان; and Sgh writes it thus, with teshdeed.

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Water of the eye arising from disease or old age; not tears: (S:) or, as some say, the traces of tears upon the face: thus in the handwriting of Aboo-Zekereeyà, in the margin of a copy of the S. (TA.) دُمَاعُ الكَرْمِ , (S, A,) or الدُّمَّاعُ , like رُمَّان , (K,) and thus written by Sgh, with teshdeed, (TA,) What flows from the grape-vine in the days of the [season called] رَبِيع (S, A, K, * TA.)
Nounدِمَاعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a brand running from the inner corner of the eye to the nostrilgenerated

1

A mark made with a hot iron upon the مَنَاظِر ( فِى المَنَاظِرِ [app. a mistake for فِى النَّاظِرِ, meaning upon the place of the vein at the edge of the nose, starting from the inner angle of the eye]), running down to the nostril, so says ISh, or to the nostrils.

Sometimes there are two such marks.

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A mark made with a hot iron upon the مَنَاظِر ( فِى المَنَاظِرِ [app. a mistake for فِى النَّاظِرِ , meaning upon the place of the vein at the edge of the nose, commencing from the inner angle of the eye,]) running down to the nostril, (K, TA,) so says ISh, (TA,) or to the nostrils: (CK:) sometimes there are two such marks. (TA.)
Nounعَيْنٌ دَمُوعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — an eye that sheds many tears; soil that exudes moisturegenerated

1

An eye that sheds many tears; or quick to shed tears.

عَيْنٌ دَمَّاعَةٌ has the first of these meanings.

[See also دَمِعٌ.]

1.1figurative · مجازearth, or soil, from which water exudes—ثَرًى دَمُوعٌ
earth, or soil, that exudes moisture, or that seems as though it exuded moisture, or almost did so—ثَرًى دَمَّاعٌ
earth, or soil, that exudes moisture, or almost does so—دَامِعٌ
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An eye that sheds many tears: or quick to shed tears: and عَيْنٌ دَمَّاعَةٌ [has the former signification]. (TA.) [See also دَمِعٌ .] ثَرًى دَمُوعٌ Earth, or soil, from which water exudes: (TA:) and ثَرًى دَمَّاعٌ , and دَامِعٌ , earth, or soil, that exudes moisture; (K;) or that seems as though it exuded moisture, or almost did so. (TA.)
Nounدَمِيعٌ1 sense

Core sense — shedding many tearsgenerated

1

See دَمِعٌ.

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: see دَمِعٌ .
Nounدَمَّاعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — shedding many tears; a day of fine raingenerated

1

This word, and its feminine formed with ة: see دَمُوعٌ, in two places.

1.1figurative · مجازa day in which there is fine rain—يَوْمٌ دَمَّاعٌ

The rain meant is that called رَذَاذ.

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; and its fem., with ة : see دَمُوعٌ , in two places. يَوْمٌ دَمَّاعٌ A day in which is [fine rain such as is called] رَذَاذ . (K, TA.)
Nounدُمَّاعٌ1 sense

Core sense — what flows from a grape-vinegenerated

1

See دُمَاعٌ.

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: see دُمَاعٌ .
Nounدَامِعٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — an eye shedding tears; a head-wound that bleeds in dropsgenerated

1an eye shedding tears; an eye of which the tears are flowing—عَيْنٌ دَامِعَةٌ

[Ism fāʿil of دَمَعَ.]

Plural دَوَامِعُ.

1.1figurative · مجازa wound on the head from which blood flows a little, or in drops, like tears—شَجَّةٌ دَامِعَةٌ

It ranks after the wound termed دَامِيَةٌ.

A'Obeyd says the دامية is the wound that bleeds without the blood flowing from it; when the blood flows from it, it is termed دامعة, with the unpointed ع.

Yet the author of the K says, in art. دمغ, [as on the authority of A'Obeyd,] that the دامعة comes before the دامية, and charges J with error in saying the contrary.

[See also شَجَّةٌ.]

1.2figurative · مجازa bowl flowing, or overflowing, with its grease, or gravy—جَفْنَةٌ دَامِعَةٌ
1.3

ثَرًى دَامِعٌ: see دَمُوعٌ.

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[act. part. n. of دَمَعَ ]. You say, عَيْنٌ دَامِعَةٌ An eye shedding tears; an eye of which the tears are flowing: (Msb:) pl. دَوَامِعُ . (TA.) شَجَّةٌ دَامِعَةٌ A wound on the head from which blood flows (A, IAth, Mgh, TA) in small quantity, (A, TA,) or in drops, (IAth, TA,) like tears; (IAth, Mgh, TA;) ranking after that termed دَامِيَةٌ : (S, Mgh, K:) A'Obeyd says, (S,) the دامية is that which bleeds without a flowing of blood from it; (S, Mgh;) and when the blood flows from it, it is termed دامعة , with the unpointed ع : (S:) yet the author of the K says, in art. دمغ , [as on the authority of A'Obeyd,] that the دامعة is before the دامية ; and charges J with error in saying the contrary. (TA.) [See also شَجَّةٌ .] جَفْنَةٌ دَامِعَةٌ A bowl flowing [or overflowing] with its grease, or gravy. (TA.) ثَرًى دَامِعٌ : see دَمُوعٌ .
Nounمَدْمَعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the channel of the tears, the part where the tears rungenerated

1

The channel of the tears, or the part where the tears run; or the place where the tears collect at the sides of the eye.

Plural مَدَامِعُ, which takes in both the inner and the outer angles of the eyes; or the plural means the inner angles, which are the extremities of the eye.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Aboo-'Adnán: the plural also means waters which drop, or drip, from the side of a mountain.

It may also mean flowings of tears.

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The channel of the tears; or part where the tears run: (TA:) or the place where the tears collect in the sides of the eye: pl. مَدَامِعُ , which comprises the inner and the outer angles of the eyes: (Az, TA:) or the pl. signifies the inner angles, ( المَآقِى ,) which are the extremities of the eye [or eyes]. (S.) The pl. also signifies Waters which drop, or drip, from the side of a mountain. (Aboo-'Adnán.) And it may also signify Flowings of tears. (Ham p. 551.)
Nounمَدْمُوعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a camel branded on the channel of the tearsgenerated

1

A camel marked with the mark called دُمُعٌ.

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A camel marked with the mark called دُمُعٌ . (K.)