دعم
1 دَعَمَهُ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. ـَ (Msb, K,) inf. n. دَعْمٌ, (S, Msb,) He supported it, propped it, or stayed it; (Mgh, Msb,) or he set it up; (K;) namely, a thing, (S, K, *) or a wall, (Mgh, Msb,) that was leaning; (Mgh, Msb, K;) and the trellis of a grape-vine, and the like. (TA.) b2: And [hence], inf. n. as above, (tropical:) He strengthened him, and aided him. (TA.) b3: And [hence also,] دَعَمَهَا (tropical:) He compressed her (جَامَعَهَا); namely, a woman: (K, TA:) or this, (K,) or دعمها بِأَيْرِهِ, (TA,) signifies he thrust [his اير] into her (K, TA) with an agitating action: (TA:) or he inserted it entirely: (K, TA:) and دَحَمَهَا signifies the same: so says ISh. (TA.) 8 اِدَّعَمَ عَلَيْهَا, (S, * Mgh, K, * TA,) originally اِدْتَعَمَ, He supported, propped, or stayed, himself upon it; (S, Mgh, K, TA;) i. e., عَلَى عَصًا [upon a staff, or stick]. (TA.) Hence, اِدَّعَمَ عَلَىرَاحَتَيْهِ فِى السُّجُودِ [He supported himself by resting upon the palms of his hands in prostration]. (Mgh.) b2: [Hence also,] أَنَا أَدَّعِمُ عَلَيْهِ فِى
أُمُورِى (tropical:) [I stay myself upon him in my affairs]. (TA.) دَعْمٌ Strength: (TA:) strength and fatness: (S, TA:) fat and flesh. (TA.) You say, لَا دَعْمَ بِفُلَانٍ There is no strength nor fatness in such a one. (S, TA.) And جَاِرَيَةٌ ذَاتُ دَعْمٍ A girl, or young woman, having fat and flesh. (TA.) b2: Also Much wealth or property. (TA.) دِعْمَةٌ: see دِعَامَةٌ, in two places.
دُعْمِىٌّ A strong thing: (TA:) a thing having a strong support or prop or stay. (K, TA.) A2: A carpenter; syn. نَجَّارٌ. (K.) A3: A horse having a whiteness in his breast: or, in his لَبَّة [app. as meaning the pit above the breast]: and so ↓ أَدْعَمُ: (K:) accord. to AA, this latter term is applied when there is a whiteness in a horse's breast; (TA;) and its pl. is دُعْمٌ. (TA in art. دغم.) A4: The main part of a road: or the middle thereof. (K.) دِعَامٌ: see دِعَامَةٌ, in two places.
دَعَامَةٌ A condition, term, or stipulation. (K.) دِعَامَةٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ دِعَامٌ and ↓ دِعْمَةٌ (K) A support, prop, or stay, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) of a house or the like, (S, K,) or of a leaning wall; (Mgh, Msb;) i. e. a piece of wood used as a support, prop, or stay, of a house [&c.]: (TA:) and the wood that is set up for the constructing [or supporting] of the عَرِيش [or trellis of a grapevine], or for the raising of the shoots of a grapevine: (AHn, K:) pl. (of the first and second, TA) دَعَائِمُ and (of the last, TA) دِعَمٌ. (K, TA.) b2: [Hence,] أَقَامٌ فُلَانٌ دَعَائِمَ الإِسْلَامِ (assumed tropical:) [Such a one set up the supports of El-Islám]. (TA.) And هٰذَا مِنْ دَعَائِمِ الأُمُورِ (assumed tropical:) This is of the things whereby affairs are held together. (TA.) b3: And [hence,] دِعَامَةٌ signifies also (tropical:) A lord, or chief. (S, Msb, K, TA.) One says, هُوَ دِعَامَةُ القَوْمِ (tropical:) He is the lord, or chief, of the people, (Msb, TA,) and their support, or stay; (TA;) like as one says, ↓ هُوَ دِعَامُهُمْ. (Msb.) And هُمْ دَعَائِمُ قَوْمِهِمْ (tropical:) [They are the lords, or chiefs, and the supports, or stays, of their people]. (TA.) 'Omar Ibn-El-Khattáb was called by 'Omar Ibn-'AbdEl-'Azeez دِعَامَةُ الضَّعِيفِ (tropical:) [The support, or stay, of the weak]. (TA.) b4: Also, (K,) or [correctly]
دِعَامَتَانِ (S, TA) and ↓ دِعْمَتَانِ, (TA,) The two [upright] pieces of wood of the pulley [that support the cross piece to which the pulley is suspended]: (S, K, TA:) such as are made of clay are termed زُرْنُوقَانِ. (S.) أَدْعَمُ: see دُعْمِىٌّ.
مَدْعُومٌ, applied to a leaning house or the like, that is about to crack, or fall down, Supported, or propped: differing from مَعْمُودٌ, which is applied to that which presses heavily, such as a roof; meaning “ held [up, or supported,] by columns. ” (TA.) مِدْعَمٌ, app., A means of supporting, propping, or staying. See an ex. voce مِرْجَمٌ.]
مُدَّعَمٌ, originally مُدْتَعَمٌ, A place to which one has recourse for refuge, protection, preservation, concealment, covert, or lodging; a place of refuge; an asylum. (IAar, TA.)