Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

دَسِمَ, (Ṣ, M, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَدْسَمُ}, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. دَسَمٌ, (Mṣb, TA,) or دُسُومَةٌ, (Mgh, in which the verb is not mentioned,) It (a thing, Ṣ, M, Mgh, or food, Mṣb) was, or became, greasy; or had in it, or upon it, grease, or gravy, or dripping of flesh-meat or of fat; (M, Ḳ,* Mgh;) as alsoتدسّم↓: (M:) and it (a garment, or some other thing,) was, or became, dirty, or filthy. (Ḳ.)

And دَسِمَ, (inf. n. دَسَمٌ, TḲ,) He, or it, was, or became, of the colour termed دُسْمَة, i. e., dust-colour inclining to blackness. (M, Ḳ.)

دَسَمَ, (Z, Ḳ, and so in some copies of the Ṣ,) [aor., app., ـِ,] inf. n. دَسْمٌ; (TA;) orدسّم↓; (so in some copies of the Ṣ;) said of rain, It moistened the earth (Ṣ, Z, Ḳ) a little, (Ḳ,) not much, (Ṣ,) or so as not to reach the moist soil. (Z, TA.)

And دَسَمَ, aor. ـِ {يَدْسِمُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. دَسْمٌ, (TA,) He smeared a camel with tar. (Ḳ.)

Also, (Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) aor. ـُ {يَدْسُمُ} (Ṣ, Ḳ,*) or ـِ, (M,) inf. n. دَسْمٌ, (Ṣ, M,) He stopped up (Ṣ, M, Ḳ) a thing, (M,) such as a wound, (Ṣ, M,) and an ear, (Ṣ,) and a flask, or bottle; as alsoادسم↓; (Ḳ;) or دَسَمَ القَارُورَةَ signifies شَدَّ رأْسَهَا [i. e. he bound the head of the flask, or bottle: or the right reading, as the context seems to indicate, is سَدَّ رَأْسَهَا i. e. he stopped up the head of the flask, or bottle]; (M;) and دَسَمَ الجُرْحَ he put the tent (الفَتِيلَ) into the wound. (TA.)

And hence, i. e. from دَسَمَ الجُرْحَ or from دَسَمَ القَارُورَةَ, (TA,) ‡ Inivit feminam. (Kr, M, Ḳ, TA.) [And hence also,] one says to the مُسْتَحاَضَة, [see this word,] اُدْسُمِى وَصَلِّى † [Stuff thy vagina with cotton, to arrest the blood, and say thy prayers]. (TA.)

Also, (Ḳ,) inf. n. دَسْمٌ, (TA,) He closed, or locked, a door; syn. أَغْلَقَ. (Ḳ.)

Also, (i. e. دَسَمَ,) i. q. طَسَمَ, [in some copies of the Ḳ, and in the TA, طَمَسَ, which signifies the same, i. e. It became effaced, or obliterated,] said of a relic, trace, mark, or the like. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

تَدْسِيمٌ, (Ṣ,) inf. n. of دسّم, (Mṣb,) signifies The smearing (Ṣ, Mṣb) a thing, (Ṣ,) or a morsel, or mouthful, (Mṣb,) [or seasoning it, imbuing it, or soaking it,] with دَسَم [i. e. grease, or gravy, or dripping]. (Ṣ, Mṣb.)

دَسِّمُوا نُونَتَهُ, (Mgh, Ḳ,) said by ʼOthmán respecting a beautiful boy, (Mgh,) means Blacken ye his dimple in the chin, in order that the evil eye may not have effect upon it. (Mgh, Ḳ.*) [Accord. to another explanation, mentioned in the TA, the blackness denoted by this phrase is behind the ear: but this is evidently a mistake.]

See also 1.

see 1.

تدسّموا also signifies They ate [food] with دَسَم [i. e. grease, or gravy, or dripping] دَسَم (TA.)

دَسْمٌ: see دَسَمٌ.

أَنَا عَلَى دَسْمِ الأَمْرِ means على طَرَفٍ مِنْهُ [app. I am beside, or out of, the case, or affair]. (Ḳ.)

دَسَمٌ a word of well-known meaning; (Ṣ;) i. q. وَدَكٌ; (M, Ḳ;) both signifying Grease, or gravy; i. e. the dripping that exudes from flesh-meat and from fat; (Mṣb in art. ودك;) the وَدَك of flesh-meat and of fat: (Mgh: [in the CK, الوَرَكُ is erroneously put for الوَدَكُ:]) or, accord. to the T, anything that has وَدَك, of flesh-meat and of fat: (TA:) and dirt, or filth: (M, Ḳ:) andدَسْمٌ↓ signifies the same as دَسَمٌ, accord. to El-Kurtubee; but El-Welee El-'Irákee says, I have not seen this on the authority of any other lexicologist. (TA.) You say, يَدُهُ مِنَ الدَّسَمِ سَلِطَةٌ [app. meaning, if correctly transcribed, His hand is hard by reason of dirt adhering to it: in my MṢ. copy of the Ḳ, the last word is written سَطِلَةٌ; a word which I do not find in any sense: in the TḲ, سطلة: this Freytag thinks to be the right reading, though I know of no such word; and he renders the phrase, “manus ejus propter sordes inhaerentes catinus est;” evidently assuming that سطلة is a dial. var. of سَطْلٌ]. (Ḳ.) [It seems that you say also, مَا فِيهِ دَسَمٌ meaning † There is not in him, or it, any profit, or good: a sense assigned in the TA to the phrase ما فيه ديسم دسم; in which I think it evident that the transcriber has written ديسم by mistake, and forgotten to erase it after adding دسم.]

Also The bowels, or intestines. (TA.)

Accord. to IAạr, it means also كَثِيرُ الذِّكْرِ [Praising, or glorifying, God, much]; a sense in which it is incorrectly said in the Ḳ to be دَسِيمٌ↓, like أَمِيرٌ: (TA:) and hence the trad., of weak authority, لَا يَذْكُرُونَ ٱللّٰهَ إِلَّا دَسَمًا: (Ḳ:) or, accord. to Z, this is from دَسَمَ said of rain: and, as related by Abu-d-Dardà, the words are أَرَضِيتُمْ إِنْ شَبِعْتُمْ عَامًا أَلَّا تَذْكُرُونَ ٱللّٰهَ إِلَّا دَسَمًا, meaning [Do ye approve, if ye be satisfied in your stomachs throughout a year,] that ye should not praise, or glorify, God, save a little? (TA:) or it may denote commendation; so that the meaning of لا يذكرون ٱللّٰه الّا دسمًا is, that praise, or glorification, is the stuffing of their hearts and of their mouths: and it may denote discommendation; as meaning that they praise, or glorify, little; from تَدْسِيمُ نُونَةِ الصَّبِىِّ; (Ḳ, TA;) the blackness denoted by this phrase being small in quantity: or, as some say, the meaning is, that they do not praise, or glorify, God for anything but eating, and the grease, or gravy, in their insides. (TA.)

دَسِمٌ A thing greasy; or having in it, or upon it, grease or gravy, (M, Mgh,) of flesh-meat or of fat: (Mgh:) [and dirty, or filthy: pl. دُسْمٌ; like as ذُرْبٌ is pl. of ذَرِبٌ.] You say مَرَقَةٌ دَسِمَةٌ [Greasy broth]. (TA.) And ثِيَابٌ دُسْمٌ, Dirty, or filthy, garments. (Ṣ, TA.) And دَسِمَ الثَّوْبِ, applied to a man, [Dirty in the garment: and hence, going on foot;] not riding; as alsoأَدْسَمُ↓ الثَّوْبِ. (TA.) [Hence also,] † Defiled by culpable dispositions. (TA.) A rájiz says,

* لَاهُمَّ إِنَّ عَامِرَ بْنَ جَهْمِ *

* أَوْذَمَ حَجًّا فِى ثِيَابٍ دُسْمِ *

meaning † [O God, verily 'Ámir Ibn-Jahm] hath imposed upon himself, (Ṣ in art. وذم,) or hath performed, (M,) pilgrimage being defiled by sins. (Ṣ in art. وذم, and M.)

عِمَامَةٌ دَسِمَةٌ signifies A black turban; (TA;) as alsoدَسْمَآءُ↓ عمامة. (Az, Mgh, TA.) And دَسِمٌ occurs in a trad. as meaning † Strict, or pious, [though] black, (أَسْوَدُ, [or this may here mean a genuine Arab, as opposed to أَحْمَرُ meaning a foreigner,]) and religious. (TA.)

أُمُّ دَسْمَة [probably a mistranscription forأُمُّ دُسْمَةٍ↓, lit. “the mother of blackness;”] † The cooking-pot. (T in art. ام.)

آخِرُ دَسْمَةٍ i. q. آخِرُ عَهْدٍ [The last time]; like آخِرُ مَخْطَرٍ. (TA in art. خطر. [See خَطْرَةٌ, last sentence.])

دُسْمَةٌ A thing with which a hole in a skin for water or milk is stopped up. (M, Ḳ.)

Blackness; (IAạr, TA;) [and] so دَيْسَمٌ↓: (Ḳ:) or dust-colour inclining to blackness. (M, Ḳ.) Hence the Abyssinian is called أَبُو دُسْمَةٍ. (IAạr, TA.) See also أُمُّ دَسْمَة, above.

Applied to a man, † Low, or ignoble; base; vile; mean, or sordid: (Ṣ, TA:) or bad, corrupt, base, or vile. (M, Ḳ. [Freytag erroneously assigns the meaning “vilis” to أَدْسَمُ.]) One says, مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا دُسْمَةٌ ‡ Thou art none other than one in whom is no good. (TA.)

دِسَامٌ A stopper; (M, Ḳ;) a thing with which one stops up the ear, and a wound, and the like, and the head of a flask or bottle, and the like. (Ṣ.) It is said in a trad. that the Devil has a دِسَام; meaning that he has a stopper by which he prevents one from seeing the truth (M, TA) and from keeping in mind admonition. (TA.)

دَيْسَمٌ Darkness. (M, Ḳ.)

See also دُسْمَةٌ.

The fox: (Ḳ:) [or] the young one of the fox: (M:) or, as some say, (M,) the young one of the fox from the bitch: (M, Ḳ:) and (so in the M, but in the Ḳ “or”) of the wolf from the bitch: (Ṣ, M, Ḳ:) and the bear: (Ḳ:) or the young one of the bear; (Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) which is the only meaning allowed by Abu-l-Ghowth. (Ṣ.) Also, (Ḳ,) or as some say, (M,) The young one of the bee. (M, Ḳ.) And, accord. to Abu-lFet-h, (TA,) whose name was دَيْسَمٌ, (Ḳ,* TA,) the companion of Ḳuṭrub, A [young ant, such as is termed] ذَرَّةٌ: (TA:) orدَيْسَمَةٌ↓ [in the CK erroneously written دَسَمَة] has this last signification. (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA.)

Also A certain plant, (Ṣ, Ḳ, KL,) called in Pers. بستان افروز [which is said to be a name applied to the amaranth, anemone, and the like]. (KL.)

And [A man] gentle, nice, or skilful, in work; careful, or solicitous [therein]; as alsoدَاسِمٌ↓. (Ḳ.)

أَدْسَمٌ, and its fem. دَسْمَآءُ: see دَسِمٌ.

دَسْمَآءُ also signifies A kind of milking-vessel; i. q. عُلْبَةٌ and جَنْبَةٌ and سَمْرَآءُ. (T and TA in art. علب.)

Also [Black: see دُسْمَةٌ: or] of a dust-colour inclining to blackness: (M, Ḳ:) fem. as above. (Ḳ.)

[Freytag assigns to it also the significations “Multum pinguis” and “Oleo conspurcatus;” both as on the authority of the Ḳ, in which I do not find either of them: also that of “Vilis,” as applied to a man; a signification belonging to دُسْمَةٌ.]