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ذَمَّهُ

Root: ذم

Form: 1

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ذَمَّهُI , Present.T ذَمُمَ Verbal.Noun ذَمٌّ and مَذَمَّةٌ, He blamed, dispraised, discommended, found fault with, censured, or reprehended, him, in respect of evil conduct; الذَّمُّ signifying اللَّوْمُ فِى الإِسَآءَةِ; contr. of المَدْحُ, or of الحَمْدُ: and , Verbal.Noun تَذْمِيمٌ, signifies the same: [or this has an intensive meaning: see its pass. part. n., below.] Hence the saying, اِفْعَلْ كَذَا وخَلَاكَ ذَمٌّ, i. e. خَلَا مِنْكَ ذَمٌّ, meaning [Do thou such a thing, and] thou wilt not be blamed; or thou wilt have an excuse; [lit.] blame will full from thee: (S in art. خلو:) one should not say خَلَاكَ ذَنْبٌ. ذُمَّ, also, signifies He was satirized, particularly in verse. And He was made to suffer loss or diminution [app. in respect of his reputation].
2 ذَمَّ المَكَانُ The place was, or became, affected with drought, or barrenness, and its good things [or produce] became scanty. [But perhaps ذَمَّ is here a mistranscription for ذُمَّ; for] you say of a land, ذَمَّ مَرْعَاهَا [He dispraised, or discommended, its pasture, when its pasture is scanty]. (S and M and K in art. بذأ.)

def.2 ذَمَّ, [Present.T ذَمِمَ ] said of the nose, It flowed [with ذَمِيم, i. e. mucus]; like ذَنَّ. And [the Present.T] يَذِمُّ is said of ذَمِيم; like يَذِنُّ; meaning It flows.
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