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ضِمَامٌ ذ , (S, KL,) with kesr; (S;) or ↓ ضُمَامٌ , like غُرَابٌ; (K;) [the former app. the right, being agreeable with analogy, like رِبَاطٌ and وِثَاقٌ and إِِسَارٌ and عِقَالٌ &c.;] A thing, (S, K,) or thread, string, cord, or the like, (KL,) by means of which one thing is drawn, and joined, or adjoined, to another thing. (S, K, KL.) One says, التَّقْوَى ضِمَامُ الخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ [Piety is that which draws and attaches to its possessor every good thing]. (TA.) -A2- See also الضِّمُّ, above.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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