Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ض

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1 ضَمَدَ الجُرْحَ ذ , (S, A, L, K,) aor. ضَمُدَ (S, L, K) and ضَمِدَ , (K,) inf. n. ضَمْدٌ; (S, L;) and ↓ ضمّدهُ , (A, K,) inf. n. تَضْمِيدٌ; (TA;) He bound the wound (and in like manner one says of other things, L) with a ضِمَاد or ضِمَادَة i. e. a bandage, or fillet, (S, A, L, K,) or kerchief. (A.) This is the primary signification. (L.) And ضَمَدَ رَأْسَهُ, (L,) or بِضِمَادٍ ↓ ضمّدهُ , (Lth,) He wound a piece of rag round his head, after anointing it, or wetting it with water: (Lth, L:) and ↓ ضمّد رَأْسَهُ, inf. n. تَضْمِيدٌ, He bound his head with a fillet, or bandage, (S, A,) or a kerchief, (A,) or a piece of cloth, not a turban. (S.) And ضَمَدَ الجُرْحَ, inf. n. ضَمْدٌ, also signifies He applied a remedy [or dressing] to the wound, without bandaging it. (L.) And عَيْنَيْهِ بِالصَّبِرِ ↓ ضمّد He applied aloes to his eyes. (L, from a trad.) And ضَمَدَهَ بِالزَّعْفَرَانِ وَالصَّبِرِ He smeared him, or it, over, [or poulticed him, or it,] with saffron and aloes. (Az, L.) ― -b2- And اُضْمُدْ عَلَيْكَ ثِيَابَكَ Bind thou upon thee thy garments, (Ibn-Málik, A,) and عِمَامَتَكَ [thy turban]. (A.) And أُجِدْ ضَمْدَ هٰذَا العِدْلِ Make thou good the binding of this half-load. (L.) ― -b3- And ضَمَدَهُ (assumed tropical:) He struck him, or hit him, on his head with a staff or stick: (S, K:) sometimes used in this sense: (S:) or he cut, or wounded, (A, L,) him (L,) or it, i. e. his head, (A,) in the place of the turban, with a sword; syn. عَمَّمَهُ. (A, L.) ― -b4- ضَمْدٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) The treating with gentleness, or blandishment; soothing, coaxing, wheedling, or cajoling; or striving, endeavouring, or desiring, to do so. (S, L, K,) ― -b5- And ضَمَدَتْ, (A, L,) aor ضَمِدَ and ضَمُدَ , (L,) inf. n. ضَمْدٌ (AA, S, L, K) and ضِمَادٌ, (Fr, A, L,) (tropical:) She (a woman) took to herself two friends, (S, A, L, K,) or secret friends, or amorous associates, (A,) together: (S, A, L, K:) or she took another man beside her husband (AA, A, L) as her friend, or secret friend, or amorous associate; (A;) or two other men: (AA, L;) or she associated as a friend with two or three men in a time of drought, in order that she might eat with one and then with another so as to satiate herself. (Fr.) And ضَمَدَتْهُ, aor, as above, (assumed tropical:) She (a woman having a husband or a friend [or lover]) took him (another man) as her friend [or lover]. (L.) Aboo-Dhu-eyb says, “ تُرِيدِينَ كَيْمَا تَضْمِدِينِى وَخَالِدًا
وَهَلْ يُجْمَعُ السَّيْفَانِ وَيْحَكِ فِى غِمْدِ
” (assumed tropical:) [Thou desirest to take me as thy lover together with Khálid: but can the two swords (mercy on thee) be combined in one scabbard?]. (S, L.) And one says, ضَمَدَاهَا (assumed tropical:) They both associated as friends [or lovers] with her, or made love to her. (L.) -A2- ضَمِدَ, aor. ضَمَدَ , It dried; (Hr, L, K;) said of blood upon the throat of a slaughtered sheep or goat. (Hr, L.) -A3- Also, inf. n. ضَمَدٌ, He acted wrongfully, or injuriously, or unjustly. (L.) ― -b2- And ضَمِدَ عَلَيْهِ, aor. ضَمَدَ , inf. n. ضَمَدٌ, He bore rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite, against him: (S, L, K: *) or held fast rancour, &c., against him in his heart. (L.) And He was angry with him: or vehemently enraged against him and angry with him: or he was enraged against him; i. e. one over whom he had power to vent his rage. (L.)