اذمّ
Root: ذم
Form: 4
Full Definition
اذمّIV
He did [or said] that for which he should be blamed, dispraised, discommended, found fault with, censured, or reprehended; contr. of
أَحْمَدَ. (A in art. حمد.) And استذمّ إِلَيْهِ, or إِلَى النَّاسِ, He did to him, or to the people, that for which he should be blamed, &c.
2 [Hence,] أَذَمَّتْ رَاحِلَتُهُ
def.2 اذمّهُ He found him, or it, to be such as is blamed, dispraised, &c.; contr. of أَحْمَدَهُ. One says, أَتَيْتُ مَوْضِعَ كَذَا فَأَذْمَمْتُهُ, i. e. [I came to such a place, and] I found it to be such as is discommended.
2 اذّم بِهِ, or بِهِمْ, He held him, or them, in little, or light, or mean, estimation, or in contempt: or he left [him or] them blamed, dispraised, &c., among the people.
def.3 Also, اذمّهُ, He protected him; granted him protection, or refuge.
2 And اذمّ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ He took, or obtained, a promise, or an
def.4 See also the next paragraph.
2 [Hence,] أَذَمَّتْ رَاحِلَتُهُ
def.2 اذمّهُ He found him, or it, to be such as is blamed, dispraised, &c.; contr. of أَحْمَدَهُ. One says, أَتَيْتُ مَوْضِعَ كَذَا فَأَذْمَمْتُهُ, i. e. [I came to such a place, and] I found it to be such as is discommended.
2 اذّم بِهِ, or بِهِمْ, He held him, or them, in little, or light, or mean, estimation, or in contempt: or he left [him or] them blamed, dispraised, &c., among the people.
def.3 Also, اذمّهُ, He protected him; granted him protection, or refuge.
2 And اذمّ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ He took, or obtained, a promise, or an
def.4 See also the next paragraph.
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