previous next

مَدْمُومٌ مدموم [Smeared, or done over, with any kind of dye &c.: fem. with ة]: see دَمِيمٌ. ― -b2- [Hence,] Red. (S.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) Fat in the utmost degree; (M, K;) full of fat; (S, M, K;) as though smeared therewith: (M:) applied to a camel &c.; (S;) or to a human being, and an ass, and a bull, and a sheep or goat, and any beast. (TA.) [Accord. to the KL, it signifies also Heavily laden: but the right explanation is probably laden with fat: see دُمَّ بِالشَّحْمِ, in the first paragraph of this art.]

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: