دَمَالٌ
Root: دمل
Full Definition
دَمَالٌ
[Dung, such as is called] سِرْجِين or سِرْقِين, and the like; [used for manuring land;] as also دَبَالٌ: (M in art. دبل:) or compost of dung and ashes, or of dust, or earth, and dung: and camels' or similar dung, and dust, or earth, trodden by the beasts.
2 [Hence,]
3 Rotten dates: or rotten, black, old dates: (M, K: [in the CK, الثَّمَرُ is erroneously put for التَّمْرُ:]) [and] such are called تَمْرٌ دَمَالٌ.
4 Refuse that the sea rejects, consisting of dead creatures therein, and the like, such as [the shells, or shell-fish, called] أَصْدَاف and مَنَاقِيف, or صَدَف and مَنَاقِف, and نَبَّاح. (Lth, T, M, TA. [The last word is erroneously written in one place, in the TT, نَبَّاج; and in another place, in the same, سُبَّاح.])
5 An unsoundness, or infection, in the spadix of the palm-tree, so that it becomes black, before it attains to maturity, or before it is fecundated: also termed دَمَانٌ, [q. v.,] from دِمْنٌ meaning سِرْقِين.
2 [Hence,]
3 Rotten dates: or rotten, black, old dates: (M, K: [in the CK, الثَّمَرُ is erroneously put for التَّمْرُ:]) [and] such are called تَمْرٌ دَمَالٌ.
4 Refuse that the sea rejects, consisting of dead creatures therein, and the like, such as [the shells, or shell-fish, called] أَصْدَاف and مَنَاقِيف, or صَدَف and مَنَاقِف, and نَبَّاح. (Lth, T, M, TA. [The last word is erroneously written in one place, in the TT, نَبَّاج; and in another place, in the same, سُبَّاح.])
5 An unsoundness, or infection, in the spadix of the palm-tree, so that it becomes black, before it attains to maturity, or before it is fecundated: also termed دَمَانٌ, [q. v.,] from دِمْنٌ meaning سِرْقِين.
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