Root

ض م خ

2 verbs · 2 nouns and adjectives

Verbs

Nouns and adjectives

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • ضَمڤخَ Form I Open entry
    see the next paragraph.
  • ضمّخهُ بِالطِّيبِ Form II He daubed, or smeared
    , (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. تَضْمِيخٌ; (S, A, K;) and ↓ ضَمَخَهُ, (ISd, TA,) aor. , (TK,) inf. n. ضَمْخٌ; (ISd, K;) He daubed, or smeared, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) him, (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) or his body, (L, K,) with perfume, or some odoriferous or fragrant substance, (S, A, Mgh, L, Msb, K,) copiously, (L,) so that it seemed to drip. (L, K.) It is said in a trad., كَانَ يُضَمِّخُ رَأْسَهُ بِالطِّيبِ He [Mohammad] used to daub, or smear, his head copiously with perfume. (L.)
  • تضمّخ بِالطِّيبِ Form V He daubed or smeared himself, or he became daubed or smeared
    , (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) and ↓ انضمخ, and ↓ اِضْطَمَخَ, (K,) and ↓ اِضَّمَخَ, (L,) He daubed or smeared himself, or he became daubed or smeared, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) copiously, (L,) with perfume, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) so that it seemed to drip. (L, K.)
  • إِنْضَمَخَ Form VII Open entry
    see what next precedes.
  • اِضْطَمَخَ Form VIII Open entry
    , and its var. اِضَّمَخَ: see 5.
  • ضِمْخَةٌ fat
    A fat woman or she-camel. (K.) ― -b2- And Fresh ripe dates (رُطَب [so in copies of the K, accord. to the TA رَطْب, app. a mistranscription,]) from which something drips.

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