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Form 1دَمِىَ1 sense

maṣdarدَمًا

Core sense — it bled; it became bloody, smeared with bloodgenerated

1.1it bled; blood came out of it; it became bloody, smeared with blood—دَمَى

Some hold the verb to be originally دَمِوَ, like رَضِىَ, which is from الرِّضْوَانُ, taking that shape [with ى] because of the kesreh; but most hold the last radical to be ى.

Said of a thing, or of a wound.

This form is reported in the TA from the Msb, though it is not in my copy of that work. Muḍāriʿ يَدْمَى; maṣdar دَمًا or دَمًى and دُمِىٌّ, [though the Msb seems to indicate that it is دَمَىٌ].

it bled; it became bloody—دَمِيَتْ

Said of the arm or hand.

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, (T, S, M, MA, Msb, K,) [held by some to be originally دَمِوَ ,] like رَضِىَ , (S, K,) which is from الرِّضْوَانُ , being thus [with ى ] because of the kesreh, (S,) [but most hold the last radical to be ى ,] and دَمَى , (TA as from the Msb, [but not in my copy of the latter work,]) aor. يَدْمَى , inf. n. دَمًا or دَمًى (T, S, M, MA, Msb, K) and دُمِىٌّ , (S, MA, [but in the Msb it seems to be indicated that it is دَمَىٌ ,]) said of a thing, (S,) or of a wound, (Msb,) and دَمِيَتْ said of the arm or hand, (T,) It bled; blood issued from it: (Msb:) [and] it was, or became, bloody; i. e., smeared, or defiled, with blood. (MA.)

Form 2دَمَّيْتُهُ5 senses · 1 main

maṣdarتَدْمِيَةٌ

Core sense — I made him bleed; I made him bloody; I made a way easy to himgenerated

2.1your son is the one who made your two heels smeared with blood—وُلْدُكِ مَنْ دَمَّى عَقَبَيْكِ

. Same as أَدْمَيْتُهُ: I made him bleed; I struck him so that blood came from him. And I made him bloody, for دَمَّاهُ also means he smeared him, or defiled him, with blood.

A proverb, mentioned under ولد: the son you yourself gave birth to is really your son, not one you have taken from another and adopted.

2.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredit fattened the cattle—دمّى المَاشِيَةَ

Said of pasture or herbage: so as to make them like what are termed دُمًى [plural of دُمْيَةٌ].

2.1.2figurative · مجازI made a way easy to him—دَمَّيْتُ لَهُ

Maṣdar as above.

2.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe brought near to him [some object of desire in such and such cases]—دَمَّى لَهُ فِى كَذَا وَ كَذَا

I brought [a thing] near to him.

2.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredtake what has appeared to you—خُذْ مَا دَمَّى لَكَ

I appeared to him.

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, (S, M, K,) inf. n. تَدْمِيَةٌ , (S,) i. q. أَدْمَيْتُهُ , (S, M, K,) i. e. [I made him to bleed;] I struck him, or smote him, so that blood issued from him: (S:) [and I made him bloody; for] دَمَّاهُ signifies [also] he smeared him, or defiled him, or made him to be smeared or defiled, with blood. (MA.) Hence the prov., وُلْدُكِ مَنْ دَمَّى عَقَبَيْكِ , (M, TA,) Thy son is he who made thy two heels to be smeared with blood; (TA in art. ولد ;) i. e., whom thou thyself broughtest forth; (K and TA in that art.;) he is thy son really; not he whom thou hast taken from another, and adopted. (TA in that art.) دمّى المَاشِيَةَ It (pasture, or herbage,) fattened the cattle so as to make them like what are termed دُمًى [pl. of دُمْيَةٌ ]. (M.) دَمَّيْتُ لَهُ , inf. n. as above, I made a way easy to him. (K, TA.) I made, or brought, [a thing] near to him. (K.) You say, دَمَّى لَهُ فِى كَذَا وَ كَذَا He made, or brought, near to him [some object of desire in such and such cases]. (Th, M.) I appeared to him. (K.) One says, خُذْ مَا دَمَّى لَكَ Take thou what has oppeared to thee. (Th, M.)

Form 4أَدْمَوَ1 sense

Core sense — he made him bleed; he made him bloodygenerated

4.1

See form 2.

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see 2.

Form 10استدمى3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he stooped his head with blood dropping from it; he acted gently with his debtorgenerated

10.1

He (a man) stooped his head, blood dropping from it; also اِسْتَدَامَ, formed by transposition from استدمى; so Kr, under دوم.

10.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe acted gently with his debtor—استدمى غَرِيمَهُ

اِسْتَدَامَهُ means the same, mentioned by Fr and in the M and K under دوم; ISd judged this verb to be formed by transposition from it.

10.2.1he watched, or waited, for his love, or affection—استدمى مَوَدَّتَهُ

Formed by transposition from اِسْتَدَامَ, as in the M under دوم.

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He (a man) stooped his head, blood dropping from it; (M;) as also اِسْتَدَامَ , formed by transposition from استدمى . (Kr, TA in art. دوم .) استدمى غَرِيمَهُ He acted gently with his debtor; as also اِسْتَدَامَهُ : (Fr, M and K in art. دوم :) judged [by ISd] to be formed by transposition from the latter. (M in that art.) استدمى مَوَدَّتَهُ He looked, or watched, or waited, for his love, or affection: [formed by transposition] from اِسْتَدَامَ . (M in art. دوم .)

Derived nouns 16

Nounدَمٌ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — blood; dragon's blood; a certain red plantgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferreda man seeking, or prosecuting for, [the revenge of] blood—رَجُلٌ ذُو دَمٍ

[Blood;] one of the [four] أَخْلَاط [or humours]; well known.

Some say it is originally دَمَوٌ; others (Zj, Mbr) that it is originally دَمًى, as in the correct copies of the K, [some copies having دَمْىٌ, and the CK دَمَىٌ], though it differs from other words of the same shape in its plural (Mbr).

Mbr: this is shown by its dual, دَمَيَانِ, which also shows that the letter lost from it is ى. But it has also the dual دَمَانِ, and some of the Arabs say دَمَوَانِ, where, according to ISd, و is substituted for ى, though generally و is changed into ى.

This original form is used by a poet, [namely Hoseyn Ibn-El-Homám,] in his saying: [And we do not have our wounds bleeding upon the heels; but upon our feet the blood drops]

shāhid

فَلَسْنَا عَلَى الأَعْقَابِ تَدْمَى كُلُومُنَاوَلٰكِنْ عَلَى أَقْدَامِنَا يَقْطُرُ الدَّمَى

Or it is originally دَمْىٌ, as is shown by its plurals دِمَآءُ and دُمِىٌّ, also pronounced دِمِىٌّ, just as ظَبْىٌ and دَلْوٌ have the plurals ظِبَآءُ and ظُبِىٌّ and دِلَآءٌ and دُلِىٌّ; for if it were like قَفًا and عَصًا it would not have such plurals.

دَمٌّ is not recognized by Ks, but is used by poetic licence; or it is a dialectal variant of دَمٌ, as in the K under دم.

دَمَةٌ is more specific than دَمٌ, the two words being like بَيَاضَةٌ and بَيَاضٌ: it means a portion of blood; or, according to IJ, it is a dialectal variant of دَمٌ.

The diminutive of دَمٌ is دُمَىٌّ.

such a one is the slayer of such a one—دَمُ فُلَانٍ فِى ثَوْبِ فُلَانٍ

if your blood is sought, my blood will be sought; and if your blood goes for nothing, my blood will go for nothing—الدَّمُ الدَّمُ وَالهَدْمُ الهَدْمُ

A saying of the Arabs.

Also a saying of the Arabs, related as وَالهَدَمَ الهَدَمَ; on that reading it means: and where you are buried, I will be buried; or: your abode will be my abode. So in the JM, under هدم.

See also an example under دُمْيَةٌ.

1.1[the red, resinous, inspissated juice called dragon's blood]—دَمُ الأَخَوَيْنِ

What is called العَنْدَمُ, the same as دَمُ الغَزَالِ, now called القَاطِرُ الَمِكّىُّ, or a species of it; [vulgarly قَطْر مَكَّة, and also called دَمُ الثُّعْبَانِ]; in Persian, خُون سِيَاوُشَان.

1.2a certain herb, or leguminous plant, with a beautiful blossom—دَمُ الغِزْلَانِ

Lth: دُمْيَةُ الغِزْلَانِ is the name of a certain herb, or leguminous plant, having a blossom.

1.3a certain well-known plant; a certain red plant—بَنَاتُ دَمٍ

Mentioned under بنى.

2the cat—الدَّمُ

Mentioned by En-Nadr in “The Book of Wild Animals.”

Qur’ānic occurrences دَم 5 shown of 10

2:84

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَكُمْ لَا تَسْفِكُونَ دِمَآءَكُمْ وَلَا تُخْرِجُونَ أَنفُسَكُم مِّن دِيَـٰرِكُمْ ثُمَّ أَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ

And remember We took your covenant (to this effect): Shed no blood amongst you, nor turn out your own people from your homes: and this ye solemnly ratified, and to this ye can bear witness.

7:133

فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلْجَرَادَ وَٱلْقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَايَـٰتٍ مُّفَصَّلَـٰتٍ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ

So We sent (plagues) on them: Wholesale death, Locusts, Lice, Frogs, And Blood: Signs openly self-explained: but they were steeped in arrogance,- a people given to sin.

12:18

وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ ۚ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

They stained his shirt with false blood. He said: "Nay, but your minds have made up a tale (that may pass) with you, (for me) patience is most fitting: Against that which ye assert, it is Allah (alone) Whose help can be sought"..

16:66

وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ لَعِبْرَةً ۖ نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِى بُطُونِهِۦ مِنۢ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَّبَنًا خَالِصًا سَآئِغًا لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ

And verily in cattle (too) will ye find an instructive sign. From what is within their bodies between excretions and blood, We produce, for your drink, milk, pure and agreeable to those who drink it.

16:115

إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦ ۖ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

He has only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and any (food) over which the name of other than Allah has been invoked. But if one is forced by necessity, without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- then Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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[Blood;] one of the [four] أَخْلَاط [or humours], (M,) well known: (T, M, K:) accord. to some, (Msb,) it is originally دَمَوٌ : (S, Msb:) or it is originally دَمًى ; (Zj, Mbr, S, M, Msb, K;) thus in the correct copies of the K; (TA; [in some copies دَمْىٌ , and in the CK دَمَىٌ ;]) though deviating from other words of the same form in respect of its pl. [which see below]; (Mbr, S;) as is shown by its dual, (Zj, M,) which is دَمَيَانِ , (T, S, M, Msb, K,) whereby [also] the letter gone from it is shown to be ى ; (Mbr, S;) but it has also for its dual دَمَانِ ; (T, M, Msb, K;) and some of the Arabs say دَمَوَانِ ; (S, M;) in which last, however, [accord. to ISd,] the و is substituted for ى , though generally و is changed into ى : (M:) and this original form is used by a poet, [namely, Hoseyn Ibn-El-Homám, accord. to one of my copies of the S,] in his saying, 1 [And we have not our wounds bleeding upon the heels; but upon our feet the blood drops]: (S:) or it is originally دَمْىٌ ; (Sb, T, S, M, Msb;) as is shown by its pls., (Sb, S,) which are دِمَآءُ (Sb, T, S, M, K) and دُمِىٌّ , (Sb, S, M, K,) also pronounced دِمِىٌّ ; (TA;) like as ظَبْىٌ and دَلْوٌ have for their pls. ظِبَآءُ and ظُبِىٌّ and دِلَآءٌ and دُلِىٌّ ; for if it were like قَفًا and عَصًا , it would not have such pls. (Sb, S.) دَمٌّ is ignored by Ks; but is used by poetic license; (M;) or it is a dial. var. of دَمٌ . (K in art. دم .) دَمَةٌ has a more special signification than دَمٌ , the two words being like بَيَاضَةٌ and بَيَاضٌ ; (S;) [i. e.] it signifies A portion of blood: (T, M, K:) or it is a dial. var. of دَمٌ , (M, K,) accord. to IJ. (M.) The dim. of دَمٌ is دُمَىٌّ . (S.) [Hence,] رَجُلٌ ذُو دَمٍ A man seeking to obtain, or prosecuting for, [the revenge of] blood. (TA.) دَمُ فُلَانٍ فِى ثَوْبِ فُلَانٍ is a saying of the Arabs, meaning Such a one is the slayer of such a one. (Ham p. 632.) الدَّمُ الدَّمُ وَالهَدْمُ الهَدْمُ , or وَالهَدَمَ الهَدَمَ , is a saying of the Arabs, meaning If thy blood be sought, my blood shall be sought; and if thy blood go for nought, my blood shall go for nought: or, accord. to the latter reading, as is said in the Nh, and where thou shalt be buried, I will be buried: or thine abode shall be mine abode. (JM in art. هدم , q. v.) See also an ex. voce دُمْيَةٌ . فَلَسْنَا عَلَى الأَعْقَابِ تَدْمَى كُلُومُنَا | وَلٰكِنْ عَلَى أَقْدَامِنَا يَقْطُرُ الدَّمَى دَمُ الأَخَوَيْنِ [The red, resinous, inspissated juice called dragon's blood;] what is called العَنْدَمُ ; (S;) i. q. دَمُ الغَزَالِ ; (K voce مَظٌّ ;) now called القَاطِرُ الَمِكّىُّ ; or a species thereof; (TA;) [vulgarly قَطْر مَكَّة ; and also called دَمُ الثُّعْبَانِ ;] what is called in Pers. خُون سِيَاوُشَان (K.) دَمُ الغِزْلَانِ A certain herb, or leguminous plant, having a beautiful blossom: (M, K:) accord. to Lth, دُمْيَةُ الغِزْلَانِ is the name of a certain herb, or leguminous plant, having a blossom. (T.) بَنَاتُ دَمٍ A certain plant, (M, K,) well known; (K;) a certain red plant. (T in art. بنى .) الدَّمُ The cat: (M, K:) mentioned by En-Nadr in “ The Book of Wild Animals. ” (M.)

Nounدَمَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a portion of bloodgenerated

See the preceding entry.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.

Nounالدَّمَى1 sense

Core sense — bloodgenerated

Said to be the original form of الدَّمُ; see دَمٌ.

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, said to be the original form of الدَّمُ : see دَمٌ .

Nounدَمٍ1 sense

Core sense — bleeding; bloody, smeared with bloodgenerated

Bleeding; with blood coming from it; and bloody, that is, smeared or defiled with blood.

دَامٍ has the same two meanings.

Qur’ānic occurrences دَم 1 shown of 10

2:84

And remember We took your covenant (to this effect): Shed no blood amongst you, nor turn out your own people from your homes: and this ye solemnly ratified, and to this ye can bear witness.

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Bleeding; having blood issuing from it: (S, * Msb:) [and] bloody; i. e. smeared, or defiled, with blood: and دَامٍ signifies the same [in both senses]. (MA.)

Nounدُمْيَةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — an image, or effigy; an idol; a beautiful womangenerated

1figurative · مجازmore beautiful than the image of ivory—أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الدُّمْيَةِ

An image, or effigy, of ivory and the like, or of marble, variegated, decorated, or coloured, with redness in it like blood; or an image, or effigy, in a general sense.

Abu-l-'Alà: so called because it was originally painted with red, as though from الدَّمُ; and any beautiful woman is likened to it, because she is adorned.

Applied metonymically to a woman; or to anything thought beautiful for its whiteness; and an idol.

The R says it is so called because of the blood shed at its place for the purpose of seeking favour; but MF says that this derivation needs consideration — more probably it is because the image is decorated.

Plural دُمًى. MF: it is also pronounced دِمْيَةٌ.

no, by the idols—لَاوَ الدُّمَى

An oath of the Pagan Arabs. Some relate it as لَا وَ الدِّمَآءِ, meaning: no, by the blood of what is sacrificed upon the stones set up to be worshipped; so in the Nh.

1.1garments with pictures or figures on them—دُمًى

This is the plural.

1.2

See also دَمٌ, third sentence from the end.

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An image, or effigy, (S, M, Mgh, K,) of ivory and the like, (S,) or of marble, (M, K,) variegated, decorated, embellished, or coloured, (M, Mgh, K,) in which is redness like blood: (Mgh:) or an image, or effigy, in a general sense: (Kr, M, K:) accord. to Abu-I-'Alà, because originally painted with red, as though from الدَّمُ : and any beautiful female is likened thereto, because adorned: (TA:) metonymically applied to a woman: (IAar, T:) or anything that is deemed beautiful in respect of whiteness: (TA:) and an idol: (Lth, S, K:) said in the R to be so called because of the shedding of blood at the place thereof for the purpose of propitiation; but MF says that this derivation requires consideration: more probably because it is decorated: (TA:) pl. دُمًى . (S, Mgh, K.) Accord. to MF, it is also pronounced دِمْيَةٌ . (TA.) One says, أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الدُّمْيَةِ , meaning More beautiful than the image of ivory. (Har p. 611.) And لَاوَ الدُّمَى is an oath of the Pagan Arabs, meaning No, by the idols: or, as some relate, it is لَا وَ الدِّمَآءِ meaning No, by the blood of what is sacrificed upon the stones set up to be worshipped: so in the Nh. (TA.) The pl., دُمًى , also signifies Garments upon which are pictures or effigies. (S.) See also دَمٌ , last sentence but two.

Nounدِمْيَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — an image, or effigy; an idolgenerated

See the preceding entry.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.

Nounدَمْيَآءُ1 sense

Core sense — good, or good fortune, and prosperitygenerated

Good, or good fortune, and prosperity.

So in the Tekmileh; in the K, wrongly, دَامِيَآء.

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, as in the Tekmileh; in the K, erroneously, دَامِيَآء , (TA,) Good, or good fortune, and prosperity. (K, * TA.)

Nounدَمِىٌّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — of, or relating to, bloodgenerated

[Of, or relating to, blood;] relative noun from دَمٌ, as also دَمَوِىٌّ.

1.1

[In the phrase خذ ما دمّى in Freytag's Lexicon, دمىّ is a mistake for دَمَّى; see form 2, last sense.]

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[Of, or relating to, blood;] rel. n. from دَمٌ ; as also دَمَوِىٌّ . (S.) [In the phrase خذ ما دمّى , in Freytag's Lex., دمىّ is a mistake for دَمَّى : see 2, last sentence.]

Nounدُمَىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a small quantity of bloodgenerated

Diminutive of دَمٌ.

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dim. of دَمٌ , q. v. (S.)

Nounدَمَوِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — of, or relating to, bloodgenerated

See دَمِىٌّ.

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: see دَمِىٌّ .

Nounالدَّمَوِيَّةُ1 sense

Core sense — hectic fevergenerated

Hectic fever: a vulgar word of the dialect of Egypt.

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, meaning Hectic fever ( حُمَّى الدِّقِّ ) is a vulgar word of the dial. of Egypt. (TA.)

Nounدَامٍ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — bleeding; bloody, smeared with bloodgenerated

See دَمٍ. [And see the following entry.]

1.1figurative · مجازpoor—دَامِى الشَّفَةِ

Applied to a man; literally, having a bleeding lip.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferreda beautiful tree—شَجَرَةٌ دَامِيَةٌ

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: see دَمٍ . [And see the next paragraph.] دَامِى الشَّفَةِ , (M, K,) applied to a man, (M,) [lit. Having a bleeding lip,] means poor. (M, K, TA.) شَجَرَةٌ دَامِيَةٌ A beautiful tree. (TA.)

Nounدَامِيَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a head wound that bleeds but does not yet flow with bloodgenerated

1a wound in the head that bleeds but does not flow with blood as yet—شَجَّةٌ دَامِيَةٌ

This is also the form of the headword. One that flows with blood is termed دَامِعَةٌ. [See شَجَّةٌ.]

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, (S, K,) or شَجَّةٌ دَامِيَةٌ , (T, * M, * Msb,) A wound in the head that bleeds but does not flow with blood (T, S, M, Msb, K) as yet: (M:) such as flows with blood is termed دَامِعَةٌ . (T, Msb.) [See شَجَّةٌ .]

Nounدَامِيَآء1 sense

Core sense — good fortune and prosperitygenerated

See دَمْيَآءَ.

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: see دَمْيَآءَ .

Nounمُدَمًّى1 sense

Core sense — red, of a dark blood-red colour; an arrow stained with bloodgenerated

1of an intensely red bay colour—كُمَيْتٌ مُدَمًّى

Red; applied to a garment, or piece of cloth; or anything in whose colour there is blackness and redness, [of a dark red colour, like blood;] or anything intensely red.

In this last sense applied particularly to a horse and the like; or, said of a horse, of a sorrel colour intensely red, like the colour of blood; or, so applied, of an intense sorrel colour.

Or of an intense red colour like that of blood; or intensely red in the back [and] as far as the thin and soft parts of the belly.

whose sorrel colour is overspread, in its upper part, with a yellowness like the colour of the yellow [or gilded] bay—أَشْقَرُ مُدَمًّى

So says A 'Obeyd.

a colour with blackness in it—لَوْنٌ مُدَمًّى

an arrow on which is the redness of blood that has stuck to it so that it inclines to blackness—سَهْمٌ مُدَمًّى

When a man shot at the enemy with an arrow and hit, and the enemy then shot it back at him with blood on it, he used to put it in his quiver, taking it as a good omen.

Or, as some say, it means an arrow that the archers shoot by turns, one at another — an explanation that comes back to the one just given; or an arrow that one shoots at his enemy and the enemy then shoots at him; or an arrow shot once.

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Red; applied to a garment, or piece of cloth: (M:) or anything in the colour of which is blackness and redness: (T:) [of a dark red colour, like blood:] or anything intensely red: (S:) applied in this last sense [particularly] to a horse &c.: (S, K:) or, applied to a horse, of a sorrel colour ( أَشْقَرُ ) intensely red, like the colour of blood: (T:) or, so applied, of an intense sorrel colour: (M:) and كُمَيْتٌ مُدَمًّى of an intensely red bay colour: (S, TA:) or of an intense red colour like that of blood: (TA:) or intensely red in the back [and] as far as the thin and soft parts of the belly: and أَشْقَرُ مُدَمًّى of which the sorrel colour is overspread, in its upper portion, with a yellowness like the colour of the yellow [or gilded] bay: (A 'Obeyd, T:) and لَوْنٌ مُدَمًّى a colour in which is blackness. (M.) سَهْمٌ مُدَمًّى An arrow upon which is the redness of blood (S, K) that has adhered to it so that it inclines to blackness: a man, when he shot at the enemy with an arrow, and hit, and the enemy then shot it at him with blood upon it, used to put it in his quiver, auguring good from it: or, as some say, it means an arrow which the archers shoot by turns, one at another; an explanation reducible to that before mentioned: (S:) or an arrow which one shoots at his enemy and the latter then shoots at the former: (M:) or an arrow shot once. (T.)

Nounمُسْتَدْمٍ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one with blood dripping from the nose while stooping; one who collects a debt gentlygenerated

Having blood dropping from the nose, while stooping the head.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

One who draws his debt out of his debtor gently.

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Having blood dropping from the nose, while stooping the head. (As, S, K.) One who draws forth his debt from his debtor with gentleness. (As, S, K.)