اذمّ

Root: ذم

Form: 4

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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 His riding-camel ceased going on; as though she made the people to blame her. And أَذَمَّتْ رِكَابُهُمْ Their camels upon which they were riding became jaded, and lagged behind, not keeping up with the main body of camels; [as though they made their riders to blame them; or] as though [the idea of] their strength in journeying were derived from ذَمَّةٌ meaning “ a well having little water. ” And اذمّ بِهَ بَعِيرُهُ [His camel became jaded, and lagged behind with him]. And أَذَمَّتْ بِالرَّكْبِ, said of a she-ass, She kept back the company of riders upon camels by her weakness and her ceasing to go on.

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 assurance, of security or safety, and a compact, or covenant, for him, or in his favour, of, or against, him [i. e. another person, making the latter responsible for his security, or safety, &c.].

def.4 See also the next paragraph.

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