دمث
1 دَمِثَ, (
S,
M,
A, &c.,)
aor. ـَ (
S,
A,
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. دَمَثٌ, (
S,
M,
Mgh,
Msb,) sometimes contracted into دَمَثٌ, (
Msb,) It (a place,
A,
Mgh,
Msb,
K, or other thing,
A,
K) was, or became, soft and even: (
M,
A,
Mgh,
Msb,
K:) or it (a place) was, or became, soft and sandy. (
S.)
b2: And دمث, (
Msb,) [i. e. دَمُثَ, or دَمِثَ as above,]
inf. n. دَمَاثَةٌ (
S,
M,
A,
Mgh,
Msb,
K) and دُمُوثَةٌ (
M,
TA) and دَمَثٌ, (
A,) or دَمْثٌ, (
Mgh,) (
tropical:) He (a man) was, or became, easy in nature, or disposition. (
S,
M,
A,
Mgh,
Msb,
K.) 2 دمّثهُ, (
T,
M,
A,
Msb,)
inf. n. تَدْمِيثٌ, (
S,
K,) He made it even, (
T,
A,) or soft, (
S,
K,) or soft and even; (
Msb;) namely, a place, (
T,
A,
Msb,) or a bed, or place on which to lie: (
S:) and (A) he macerated it, namely, a thing, and mashed it, (
M,
A,) with his hand, (
A,) in order that it might become soft. (
M, A.) [Hence,] دَمِّثْ لِجَنْبِكَ قَبْلَ اللَّيْلِ مُضْطَجَعَا (
T,) or قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ, (
A,) [
lit. Make soft and even for thy side a bed, or place on which to lie, before night, or before sleeping;] a
prov., meaning (
tropical:) prepare for an event before its happening. (
T, * A.) [Hence also,] مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَىَّ فَإِنَّمَا يُدَمِّثُ مَجْلِسَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ, i. e. [Whoso lieth against me, verily] he will make even, meaning will prepare, his sitting-place in the fire [of Hell]; a saying of Mohammad. (
Mgh.)
b2: [And hence,] دمّث الحَدِيثَ, (
T,
A,)
inf. n. as above, (
K,) (
tropical:) He mentioned (
T,
A,
K) the beginning of (
T, A) the tradition, or story. (
T,
A,
K.) You say, دَمِّثْ لِى ذٰلِكَ الحَدِيثَ حَتَّى أَطْعُنَ فِى خَوْضِهِ (
tropical:) Mention thou to me the beginning of that tradition, or story, in order that I may know the manner thereof (
T, A) and how I should enter upon it [so that I may push on in it]. (
A.) 4 مَا كَانَ أَدْمَثَ فُلَانًا وَأْلْيَنَهُ (
tropical:) How easy in nature, or disposition, was such a one! [and how gentle was he!]. (
S,
TA.) دَمْثٌ: see دمِثٌ, in two places.
دَمَثٌ: see the next paragraph, in three places.
دَمِثٌ Even, or soft; applied to a valley, and to anything: (
T:) or a place soft and even; (
Mgh,
TA;) as also ↓ دَمِيثٌ, (
A,) and ↓ دَمْثٌ, or ↓ دَمَثٌ; the last also explained as a
subst., meaning an even, or a soft, tract of land;
app. an
inf. n. used as a
subst.: (
Mgh:) or دَمِثٌ [in one copy of the
S erroneously written دِمِثٌ, and in another دِمْثٌ,] signifies a soft and sandy place; and its
pl. is دِمَاثٌ: (
S:) or a place soft to the tread; as also ↓ دَمَثٌ: and so this last applied to a tract of sand (رَمْلَةٌ); as though it were an
inf. n. used as an اِسْم [here meaning an
epithet; wherefore it is used alike as
masc. and
fem. and
sing. and dual and
pl.]: and [for this reason]
↓ دَمَثٌ signifies also plain, or soft, tracts of land;
pl. [of pauc.] أَدْمَاثٌ and [of mult.] دِمَاثٌ: (
M:) or دِمَاثٌ has this last meaning; and its
sing. is ↓ دَمِثَةٌ [with ة added to transfer the word from the category of epithets to that of substantives]; and دِمَاث consist of sands and of what are not sands: دَمَائِثُ likewise is applied to what is [or are] even and soft; and its
sing. is ↓ دَمِثَةٌ [like as خَرِبَةٌ is
sing. of خَرَائِبُ]: (
T: [but for دَمِثَةٌ, in this last instance, I find ↓ دَمِيثَةٌ: if this be right, the
pl. is agreeable with
analogy; but if دَمِثَةٌ be the
sing., the
pl. is
anomalous:]) and دَمِثٌ is applied to sand, as meaning not cohering. (
TA.) It is said in a
trad., مَالَ إِلَى دَمِثٍ فَبَالَ فِيهِ, (
Mgh,) or ↓ دَمْثٍ, (
A,
Mgh,)
accord. to different readings, i. e. [He turned to] a soft and even place [and made water upon it]. (
Mgh.) and you say, ↓ نَزَلْنَا بِأَرْضٍ مَيْثَآءَ دَمْثَآءَ [We alighted, or alighted and abode, in a tract of land even, or soft, or soft and even]. (
A.)
b2: Hence, (
T,) (
tropical:) A man easy in nature, or disposition, (
T,
M,
TA,) and generous; (
T;) as also ↓ دَمِيثٌ: (
TA:) and in the same sense ↓ دَمِيثَةٌ is applied to a woman; (
T;) or دَمِثَةٌ; (
TA;) she being likened to land so termed, because such is the best, or most productive, of land. (
T,
TA.) And دَمِثُ الأَخْلَاقِ (
tropical:) A man easy in natural dispositions. (
A.) دَمِثَةٌ, as a
subst.: see دَمِثٌ, (of which, also, it is the
fem.,) in two places.
أَرْضٌ دَمْثَآءُ: see دَمِثٌ.
دَمِيثٌ: see دَمِثٌ, in two places.
دَمِيثَةٌ, as a subst, and as
fem. of دَمِيثٌ: see دَمِثٌ, in two places.
أُدْمُوثٌ The place of the مَلَّة [or hot ashes] (
S,
L,
K) when bread has been baked there. (
S,
L.)
