ضَمِيرٌ
Root: ضمر
Full Definition
ضَمِيرٌ
A thing that thou concealest, or conceivest, or determinest upon, (تُضْمِرُهُ,) in thy heart, or mind: a secret; syn. سِرٌّ: a subst. from أَضْمَرَ فِى نَفْسِهِ شَيْئًا: pl. ضَمَائِرُ.
2 [Hence used as meaning A pronoun; which is also termed مُضْمَرٌ , and اِسْمٌ مُضْمَرٌ, lit. a concealed noun, i. e. a noun of which the signification is not shown by itself alone; opposed to مُظْهَرٌ: pl. of the first as above; and of the second مُضْمَرَاتٌ.]
3 See also ضَمْرٌ.
4 And الضَّمِيرُ signifies The heart [itself]; the mind; the recesses of the mind; the secret thoughts; or the soul; syn. قَلْبُ الإِنْسَانِ, and بَاطِنُهُ, or دَاخِلُ الخَاطِرِ: pl. as above, the sing. being likened to سَرِيرَةٌ, of which the pl. is سَرَائِرُ. [See also مُضْمَرٌ. And see an ex. in a verse cited in art. سيح, 7th conj.]
def.2 Also Withered, or shrivelled, grapes, that are neither fresh grapes nor raisins.
2 [Hence used as meaning A pronoun; which is also termed مُضْمَرٌ , and اِسْمٌ مُضْمَرٌ, lit. a concealed noun, i. e. a noun of which the signification is not shown by itself alone; opposed to مُظْهَرٌ: pl. of the first as above; and of the second مُضْمَرَاتٌ.]
3 See also ضَمْرٌ.
4 And الضَّمِيرُ signifies The heart [itself]; the mind; the recesses of the mind; the secret thoughts; or the soul; syn. قَلْبُ الإِنْسَانِ, and بَاطِنُهُ, or دَاخِلُ الخَاطِرِ: pl. as above, the sing. being likened to سَرِيرَةٌ, of which the pl. is سَرَائِرُ. [See also مُضْمَرٌ. And see an ex. in a verse cited in art. سيح, 7th conj.]
def.2 Also Withered, or shrivelled, grapes, that are neither fresh grapes nor raisins.
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