ضِمَارٌ
Root: ضمر
Full Definition
ضِمَارٌ
A place, or a valley, that is depressed, concealing him who is journeying in it. [Accord. to the K, الضِّمَارُ is “ A place; ” i. e. the name of a certain place.]
2 مَالٌ ضِمَارٌ Property of which one hopes not for the return: or absent property of which one hopes not for the return: if not absent, it is not thus called.
3 دَيْنٌ ضِمَارٌ A debt of which the payment is not hoped for: or for the payment of which no period is fixed.
4 عَطَآءٌ ضِمَارٌ A gift that is not hoped for.
5 وَعْدٌ ضِمَارٌ, and عِدَةٌ ضِمَارٌ, (A, K, [من العَذابِ in the CK being a mistranscription for مِنَ العِدَاتِ, as in other copies of the K and in the TA, in which latter is added that عِدَات is pl. of عِدَةٌ, which is syn. with وَعْدٌ,]) A promise of which the fulfilment is not hoped for: or of which the fulfilment is delayed.
6 ضِمَارٌ also signifies Anything of which one is not confident, or sure.
7 And A debt of which the payment is deferred by the creditor to a future period; or a sale upon credit, in which the payment is deferred to a definite period; or a postponement, or delay, as to the time of the payment of a debt or of the prince of a thing sold &c.; syn. نَسِيْئَةٌ.
8 Also Unseen; not apparent; contr. of عِيَانٌ. A poet says, censuring a certain man,
9 ذَهَبُوا بِمَالِى ضِمَارًا means They took away my property by gaming.
def.2 Also A certain idol, which was worshipped by El-Abbás Ibn-Mirdás. (O, K, TA. [It is implied in the K that it is with the art. ال; but it is not so accord. to the O and TA.])
2 مَالٌ ضِمَارٌ Property of which one hopes not for the return: or absent property of which one hopes not for the return: if not absent, it is not thus called.
3 دَيْنٌ ضِمَارٌ A debt of which the payment is not hoped for: or for the payment of which no period is fixed.
4 عَطَآءٌ ضِمَارٌ A gift that is not hoped for.
5 وَعْدٌ ضِمَارٌ, and عِدَةٌ ضِمَارٌ, (A, K, [من العَذابِ in the CK being a mistranscription for مِنَ العِدَاتِ, as in other copies of the K and in the TA, in which latter is added that عِدَات is pl. of عِدَةٌ, which is syn. with وَعْدٌ,]) A promise of which the fulfilment is not hoped for: or of which the fulfilment is delayed.
6 ضِمَارٌ also signifies Anything of which one is not confident, or sure.
7 And A debt of which the payment is deferred by the creditor to a future period; or a sale upon credit, in which the payment is deferred to a definite period; or a postponement, or delay, as to the time of the payment of a debt or of the prince of a thing sold &c.; syn. نَسِيْئَةٌ.
8 Also Unseen; not apparent; contr. of عِيَانٌ. A poet says, censuring a certain man,
[And his present gift is a thing not hoped for, like the unseen debt of which the payment is deferred by the creditor:] meaning, his present gift is like the absent that is not hoped for.وَعَيْنُهُ كَالكَالِئِ الضِّمَارِ
9 ذَهَبُوا بِمَالِى ضِمَارًا means They took away my property by gaming.
def.2 Also A certain idol, which was worshipped by El-Abbás Ibn-Mirdás. (O, K, TA. [It is implied in the K that it is with the art. ال; but it is not so accord. to the O and TA.])
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