Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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ضمحن ضمخ ضمد


1. ⇒ ضمخ


2. ⇒ ضمّخ

ضمّخهُ بِالطِّيبِ, (Ṣ, A, Mgh, Mṣb,) inf. n. تَضْمِيخٌ; (Ṣ, A, Ḳ;) andضَمَخَهُ↓, (ISd, TA,) aor. ـُ {يَضْمُخُ}, (TḲ,) inf. n. ضَمْخٌ; (ISd, Ḳ;) He daubed, or smeared, (Ṣ, A, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) him, (Ṣ, A, Mgh, Mṣb,) or his body, (L, Ḳ,) with perfume, or some odoriferous or fragrant substance, (Ṣ, A, Mgh, L, Mṣb, Ḳ,) copiously, (L,) so that it seemed to drip. (L, Ḳ.) It is said in a trad., كَانَ يُضَمِّخُ رَأْسَهُ بِالطِّيبِ He [Moḥammad] used to daub, or smear, his head copiously with perfume. (L.)


5. ⇒ تضمّخ

تضمّخ بِالطِّيبِ, (Ṣ, A, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) andانضمخ↓, andاِضْطَمَخَ↓, (Ḳ,) andاِضَّمَخَ↓, (L,) He daubed or smeared himself, or he became daubed or smeared, (Ṣ, A, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) copiously, (L,) with perfume, (Ṣ, A, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) so that it seemed to drip. (L, Ḳ.)


7. ⇒ انضمخ


8. ⇒ اضتمخاضطمخاضّمخ

اِضْطَمَخَ, and its var. اِضَّمَخَ: see 5.


ضِمْخَةٌ

ضِمْخَةٌ A fat woman or she-camel. (Ḳ.)

Root: ضمخ - Entry: ضِمْخَةٌ Signification: A2

And Fresh ripe dates (رُطَب [so in copies of the Ḳ, accord. to the TA رَطْب, app. a mistranscription,]) from which something drips.


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