Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

دَامَآءُ

Root: دوم

Full Definition

دَامَآءُ (in the CK [erroneously] دَأْماءُ) The sea, or a great river; syn. بَحْرٌ; because of the continuance of its water: originally دَوَمَآءُ, or دَوْمَآءُ: if the latter, the change of the و into ا is anomalous.


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