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دَمِيمٌ دميم , applied to a قِدْر [or cooking-pot], (S, M, K,) or a بُرْمَة [meaning one of stone, (see دِمَمٌ,]) (T,) Smeared, or done over, with spleen (T, S, M, K) or liver (M, K) or blood [or biestings], (T, M, K,) after being repaired; (T, K;) as also دَمِيمَةٌ (T, Lh, M, K) and ↓ مَدْمُومَةٌ : (T, S:) and ↓ دُمٌّ , with damm, [app. pl. of دَمِيمٌ,] signifies cooking-pots (قُدُورٌ) [so] smeared. (IAar, TA.) -A2- Also, (S, M, K,) applied to a man, (M, Msb,) Foul, or ugly; syn. قَبِيحٌ: (S, M:) or contemptible: (M, K:) or foul, or ugly, (قَبِيح,) in aspect, and small in body: (Msb:) not pleasing to the eyes: (TA in art. بشع:) دَمِيمٌ relates to the stature; and ذَمِيمٌ, to the dispositions: (IAar, T:) app. from دِمَّةٌ signifying “a louse” and “a small ant:” (Msb:) [see also دِمَّةٌ:] fem. with ة: pl. دِمَامٌ and دَمَائِمُ; the former masc. (M, Msb, K) and fem., (M, K,) and the latter fem. (M, Msb, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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