دُعْمُوصٌ
Root: دعمص
Full Definition
دُعْمُوصٌ
A certain animalcule (دُوَيْبَّةٌ), that dives in water: or a certain black animalcule that swims upon water: or a certain worm (دُودَةٌ), that is in pools left by torrents when their water sinks into the earth: or a certain worm (دودة) having two heads, seen in water when it becomes little in quantity: pl. دَعَامِيصُ and دَعَامِصُ.
2 [Hence, app.,]
3 Also The embryo in the belly of a mare until the fortieth day: then its make becomes apparent, and it is called دُودَةٌ, until three months old: when it is called سَلِيلٌ.
2 [Hence, app.,]
3 Also The embryo in the belly of a mare until the fortieth day: then its make becomes apparent, and it is called دُودَةٌ, until three months old: when it is called سَلِيلٌ.
Lane's Lexicon
+
Hans Wehr
+
Mawrid
Three dictionaries. One search.
"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."
47,000+ classical entries
Root-based navigation
Full text search
Hyperlinked definitions
Try Free
Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more