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1 ذَأَمَهُ ذ , (T, S, M, Msb, K,) aor. ذَاَ^َ , (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. ذَأْمٌ, (S, * M,) He blamed, or found fault with, him, or it; (T, S, Msb;) namely, a man, (T, [in which it is said that ذَأَمْتُهُ in the sense of عِبْتُهُ is more common than ذَمَمْتُهُ, ” though the contr. seems to be manifestly the case,]) or a commodity; (Msb;) and he despised him; like ذَأَبَهُ: (S:) and he despised him and beat him: (T:) and he despised him and blamed him: (T, M, K:) or he despised him and drove him away; like ذَأَبَهُ: (M:) and simply he drove him away: (M, K:) or he drove him away and beat him; like ذَأَبَهُ: (M and TA in art. ذأب:) and he repaid him, or requited him; syn. جَزَاهُ: (T and M:) or he overcame him in abasing; syn. خَزَاهُ. (K and TA. [So in my MS. copy of the K and in the CK: but I doubt not that جَزَاهُ is the right reading.])

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