دَوْمٌ
Root: دوم
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دَوْمٌ
an Verbal.Noun of 1 [q. v.]. — [Hence,] مَا زَالَتِ السَّمَآءُ دَوْمًا دَوْمًا
The sky ceased not to rain [in the manner of the rain termed
دِيمَة]; and so
دَيْمًا ; (M, K; [in the CK, erroneously, دِيْمًا دِيْمًا;]) in which the ى is interchangeable with the و; mentioned by AHn, on the authority of Fr.
2 See also دَائِمٌ, in two places.
def.2 Also [The cucifera Thebaïca; or Theban Palm; so called because abundant in the Thebaïs; a species of fan-palm; by some called gingerbread: accord. to Forskål, Borassus flabelliformis; a name applied by Sonnini to the Theban palm; but now generally used by botanists to designate another species of fan-palm:] the tree of the مُقْل; a well-known kind of tree, of which the fruit is [called] the مُقْل: n. un. with ة: AHn says that the دَوْمَة [is a tree that] becomes thick and tall, and has [leaves of the kind termed] خُوص, like the خوص of the date-palm, and racemes like the racemes of a date-palm. Accord. to Aboo-Ziyád El-Aarábee, The نَبِق [which properly signifies the fruit of the سِدْر, but here app. means, as it does in the present day, the tree called سِدْر, a species of lote-tree, called by Linn. rhamnus spina Christi, and by Forskal rhamnus nabeca,] is also thus called, by some of the Arabs: accord. to 'Omárah, great [trees of the kind termed] سِدْر: and, accord. to IAar, big trees of any kind. [See also دَوْمَةٌ, below.]
2 See also دَائِمٌ, in two places.
def.2 Also [The cucifera Thebaïca; or Theban Palm; so called because abundant in the Thebaïs; a species of fan-palm; by some called gingerbread: accord. to Forskål, Borassus flabelliformis; a name applied by Sonnini to the Theban palm; but now generally used by botanists to designate another species of fan-palm:] the tree of the مُقْل; a well-known kind of tree, of which the fruit is [called] the مُقْل: n. un. with ة: AHn says that the دَوْمَة [is a tree that] becomes thick and tall, and has [leaves of the kind termed] خُوص, like the خوص of the date-palm, and racemes like the racemes of a date-palm. Accord. to Aboo-Ziyád El-Aarábee, The نَبِق [which properly signifies the fruit of the سِدْر, but here app. means, as it does in the present day, the tree called سِدْر, a species of lote-tree, called by Linn. rhamnus spina Christi, and by Forskal rhamnus nabeca,] is also thus called, by some of the Arabs: accord. to 'Omárah, great [trees of the kind termed] سِدْر: and, accord. to IAar, big trees of any kind. [See also دَوْمَةٌ, below.]
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