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دمر

1 دَمَرَ دمر , aor. دَمُرَ , (T, M, A, Msb, &c.,) inf. n. دَمَارٌ (T, M, MF, TA) and دَمَارَةٌ (MF, TA) and دُمُورٌ, (MF,) or دَمَارٌ is a simple subst., (Msb,) and دُمُورٌ is an inf. n. of دَمَرَ in a trans. sense, (TA,) It (a people, T, M, A, or a thing, Msb) perished: (T, M, A, Msb, TA:) or perished utterly. (TA.) -A2- See also 2. -A3- دَمَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ, (S, * M, A, K,) aor. دَمُرَ , (S, M,) inf. n. دُمُورٌ (S, M, A, K) and دَمْرٌ, (M,) He intruded upon them; went, or came, in to them without permission: (S, * M, A, K: *) or intruded upon them in an evil manner. (K.) It is said in a trad., مَنْ سَبَقَ طَرْفُهُ ا@سْتِئْذَانَهُ فَقَدْ دَمَرَ He whose look precedes his asking permission [does that which is as bad as the act of him who] enters without permission. (S, * TA.) And it is said, إِِذَا دَخَلْتَ الدُّورَ إِِيَّاكَ وَ الدُّمُورَ When thou enterest houses, [meaning, desirest to enter them,] beware of entering without permission. (A.) 2 دمّرهُ دمر دمره دمرة , (S, Msb,) and دمّرهُمْ, (T, M, A,) and دمّر عَلَيْهِ, (T, S, Mgh, Msb,) and عَلَيْهِمْ, (M, A,) inf. n. تَدْمِيرٌ; (T, S, M, K;) and ↓ دَمَرَهُمْ , (M, TA,) inf. n. دُمُورٌ, (K, TA,) and, accord. to the K دَمَارٌ [which is omitted in the CK] and دَمَارَةٌ, but this is wrong, (MF, TA,) for the second and third of these three inf. ns., (TA,) or all of them, (MF,) are of دَمَرَ in the intrans. sense explained above; (MF, TA;) He (God, M, TA) destroyed, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K, *) or destroyed utterly, (A, TA,) him, or it, or them. (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, TA.) And دمّر السَّيْلُ المَكَانَ The torrent destroyed the place. (TA from a trad.) -A2- دمّر, (TK,) inf. n. as above, (S, K,) He (a sportsman) fumigated his قُتْرَة [or lurking-place] with fur, or soft hair, [of camels,] in order that the wild animals might not perceive his smell. (S, K.) [See also the act. part. n., below.] 3 دامر اللَّيْلَ دامر الليل (tropical:) He passed the night sleepless: (A:) or he endured, or braved, the difficulty, or trouble, of the night, and passed it sleepless. (K.) دَمِرٌ دمر : see دَامِرٌ, in two places. دَمْرَآءُ دمرآء A ewe, or she-goat, having little milk. (K.) ― -b2- And One short in make. (TA.) -A2- Applied to a woman, and to others, [i. e. applied also to a company of people, جَمَاعَةٌ, (TK,)] Wont to intrude upon others; to go, or come, in to them without permission. (K, * TA.) دَمَارٌ دمار , (S, A, Msb,) a simple subst., (Msb,) and ↓ دَمَارَةٌ (MF, TA) and ↓ دُمُورٌ , (MF, [but see 1,]) Perdition: (S, A, Msb, &c.:) or utter perdition. (TA.) You say, حَلَّ بِهِمُ الدَّمَارُ Perdition [or utter perdition] befell them. (A.) And مَارَأَيْتَ وَدَبَارَتِهِ ↓ مِنْ خَسَارَتِهِ وَدَمَارَتِهِ [What sawest thou of his error and his perdition and his state of destruction?]. (T.) دُمُورٌ دمور : see the next preceding paragraph. دَمَارَةٌ دمار دماره دمارة : see دَمَارٌ, in two places. دُمَارِىٌّ دمار دمارى دماري : see تَدْمُرِىٌّ. دَامِرٌ دامر A man in a state of perdition, in whom is no good. (M.) And رَجُلٌ خَاسِرٌ دَامِرٌ (Yaakoob, T, M, A) and ↓ خَسِرٌ وَدَمِرٌ (Lh, T, M) [A man erring and perishing]: Lh says that ↓ دَمِرٌ in the latter phrase is an imitative sequent to خَسِرٌ: but [ISd says,] I think that خَسِرٌ is a verbal epithet, and دَمِرٌ a possessive epithet. (M.) [See also art. خسر.] دَامِرِىٌّ دامرى دامري : see تَدْمُرِىٌّ. دَيْمُرِىٌّ ديمرى ديمري A sharp and pertinacious man. (K.) [And so ذَيْمُرِىٌّ, q. v.] تَدْمُرِىٌّ دمر تدمرى تدمري , applied to a man, Ignoble, or mean. (M.) ― -b2- يَرْبُوعٌ تَدْمُرِىٌّ (T, S, M) and تُدْمُرِىٌّ and ↓ دُمَارِىٌّ (M) A jerboa that is small and short: (S:) or of vile make, (T, M,) with broken nails, (M,) and tough flesh: (T, TA:) or the kind called the مَاعِز of jerboas, (T, M,) short and small, without nails to its legs, and not quickly overtaken: it is smaller than the شُفَارِىّ: (M:) this latter is the ضَأْن thereof, and is characterized by its having a nail in the middle of its leg, in the place of the spur of the cock. (T.) ― -b3- Hence, (TA,) أُذُنٌ تَدْمُرِيَّةٌ (assumed tropical:) A small ear. (K.) -A2- Any one: so in the saying, مَا فِى الدَّارِ تَدْمُرِىٌّ (Fr, T, K *) and تُدْمِرِىٌّ (K) and ↓ دَامِرِىٌّ (A, TA) [There is not in the house any one]; like تَأْمُرِىٌّ &c. (TA.) One says also of a beautiful woman, مَا رَأَيْتُ تَدْمُرِيًّا أَحْسَنَ مِنْهَا, (K, TA,) i. e. [I have not seen] any one [more beautiful than she]. (TA.) -A3- تَدْمُرَيَّةٌ an appellation of Certain dogs, not such as are called سَلُوقِيَّة nor such as are called كُرْدِيَّة. (M.) مُدَمَّرٌ مدمر A sportsman who fumigates his قُتْرَة [or lurking-place] with fur, or soft hair, (M, A,) of camels, (M,) in order that the wild animals may not perceive his smell. (M, A.) ― -b2- And hence, or because he rushes upon the game unperceived, and [as it were] without permission, (tropical:) A skilful, or skilled, sportsman. (A.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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