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دَسِمٌ

Root: دسم

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دَسِمٌ A thing greasy; or having in it, or upon it, grease or gravy, of flesh-meat or of fat: [and dirty, or filthy: pl. دُسْمٌ; like as ذُرْبٌ is pl. of ذَرِبٌ.] You say مَرَقَةٌ دَسِمَةٌ [Greasy broth]. And ثِيَابٌ دُسْمٌ, Dirty, or filthy, garments. And دَسِمَ الثَّوْبِ, applied to a man, [Dirty in the garment: and hence, going on foot;] not riding; as also الثَّوْبِ. [Hence also,] Defiled by culpable dispositions. A rájiz says, لَاهُمَّ إِنَّ عَامِرَ بْنَ جَهْمِ أَوْذَمَ حَجًّا فِى ثِيَابٍ دُسْمِ meaning [O God, verily 'Ámir Ibn-Jahm] hath imposed upon himself, (S in art. وذم,) or hath performed, pilgrimage being defiled by sins. (S in art. وذم, and M.)
2 عِمَامَةٌ دَسِمَةٌ signifies A black turban; as also عمامة. And دَسِمٌ occurs in a trad. as meaning Strict, or pious, [though] black, (أَسْوَدُ, [or this may here mean a genuine Arab, as opposed to أَحْمَرُ meaning a foreigner,]) and religious.
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