دَمِيمٌ
Root: دم
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دَمِيمٌ
, applied to a قِدْر [or cooking-pot], or a بُرْمَة [meaning one of stone, (see دِمَمٌ,]) Smeared, or done over, with spleen or liver or blood [or biestings], after being repaired; as also دَمِيمَةٌ and
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دُمٌّ , with damm, [app. pl. of دَمِيمٌ,] signifies cooking-pots (قُدُورٌ) [so] smeared.
def.2 Also, applied to a man, Foul, or ugly; syn. قَبِيحٌ: or contemptible: or foul, or ugly, (قَبِيح,) in aspect, and small in body: not pleasing to the eyes: (TA in art. بشع:) دَمِيمٌ relates to the stature; and ذَمِيمٌ, to the dispositions: app. from دِمَّةٌ signifying “a louse” and “a small ant:” [see also دِمَّةٌ:] fem. with ة: pl. دِمَامٌ and دَمَائِمُ; the former masc. and fem., and the latter fem.
def.2 Also, applied to a man, Foul, or ugly; syn. قَبِيحٌ: or contemptible: or foul, or ugly, (قَبِيح,) in aspect, and small in body: not pleasing to the eyes: (TA in art. بشع:) دَمِيمٌ relates to the stature; and ذَمِيمٌ, to the dispositions: app. from دِمَّةٌ signifying “a louse” and “a small ant:” [see also دِمَّةٌ:] fem. with ة: pl. دِمَامٌ and دَمَائِمُ; the former masc. and fem., and the latter fem.
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