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ضَمَّهُ

Root: ضم

Form: 1

Full Definition

ضَمَّهُI , [Present.T ضَمُمَ ] Verbal.Noun ضَمٌّ, He drew it, put it, brought it, or gathered it, together; collected it; or contracted it. You say, ضَمَّ شَيْئًا إِلَى شَىْءٌ, [Present.T and] Verbal.Noun as above, He drew, put, or brought, together [and joined or adjoined] a thing to a thing. And ضَمَمْتُهُ إِلَى صَدْرِى [I drew him, or pressed him, to my bosom;] I embraced him. And ضَمَّ القَوْمُ, [أَنْفُسَهُمْ being app. understood, or perhaps it is correctly ضُمَّ,] The people, or party, collected themselves together, or became collected. And اَللَّهُمَّ ٱضْمُمْ نَشَرِى O God, compose what is discomposed, or disorganized, [lit. bring together what is scattered,] of my affairs. (K * and TA in art. نشر.) And ضُمَّ جَنَاحَكَ عَنِ النَّاسِ [Contract thy side from men;] meaning be thou gentle, courteous, easy to deal with, or compliant, to men. And ضُمَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الأَنَامِلُ The ends of the fingers were drawn together upon it.
2 [Also He compacted it: and he compressed it.
3 And He, or it, comprised it; or enclosed it: and he grasped it: as also ضَمَّ عَلَيْهِ, in both of these senses.] You say, ضَمَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الأَنَامِلُ The ends of the fingers grasped it. And ضَمَّ عَلَى المَالِ He took [or grasped] all the property. And ضَمَّ مِنْ مَالِهِ He took of his property.
4 [ضَمَّ الحَرْفَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, a conventional phrase in lexicology and grammar, He pronounced the letter with the vowel-sound termed ضَمّ: and he marked the letter with the sign of that vowel-sound.]


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