ضم
1 ضَمَّهُ, [
aor. ـُ
inf. n. ضَمٌّ, He drew it, put it, brought it, or gathered it, together; collected it; or contracted it. (
Msb.) You say, ضَمَّ شَيْئًا
إِلَى شَىْءٌ, (
S,
MA,
K,) [
aor. and]
inf. n. as above, He drew, put, or brought, together [and joined or adjoined] a thing to a thing. (
MA,
K.) And ضَمَمْتُهُ إِلَى صَدْرِى [I drew him, or pressed him, to my bosom;] I embraced him. (
TA.) And أَنْفُسَهُمْ] ضَمَّ القَوْمُ, being
app. understood, or perhaps it is correctly ضُمَّ,] The people, or party, collected themselves together, or became collected. (
TA.) And اَللَّهُمَّ اضْمُمْ نَشَرِى (assumed
tropical:) O God, compose what is discomposed, or disorganized, [
lit. bring together what is scattered,] of my affairs. (
K * and
TA in art. نشر.) And ضُمَّ جَنَاحَكَ عَنِ النَّاسِ (assumed
tropical:) [Contract thy side from men;] meaning be thou gentle, courteous, easy to deal with, or compliant, to men. (
TA.) And ضُمَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الأَنَامِلُ The ends of the fingers were drawn together upon it. (
Ham p. 21. [See also a similar phrase in what follows, with the verb in the
act. form, virtually meaning the same.])
b2: [Also He compacted it: and he compressed it.
b3: And He, or it, comprised it; or enclosed it: and he grasped it: as also ضَمَّ عَلَيْهِ, in both of these senses.] You say, ضَمَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الأَنَامِلُ The ends of the fingers grasped it. (
Ham p. 21. [See a similar phrase above.]) And ضَمَّ عَلَى المَالِ He took [or grasped] all the property. (
TA.) and ضَمَّ مِنْ مَالِهِ He took of his property. (
TA.)
b4: [ضَمَّ الحَرْفَ,
aor. and
inf. n. as above, a conventional phrase in lexicology and grammar, He pronounced the letter with the vowel-sound termed ضَمّ: and he marked the letter with the sign of that vowel-sound.]
3 ضامّهُ, (
S,
MA,
K,
TA,)
inf. n. مُضَامَّةٌ, (
TA,) He became, or drew, near, or close, to him; he became conjoined with him; (
MA;)
i. q. إِلَيْهِ ↓ انضمّ; (
S, *
MA,
K; *) and ↓ تضامّ. (
K.) And ضَامَمْتُ الرَّجُلَ I continued conjoined with the man occupied in one affair. (
TA.) and ضامّ الشَّىْءُ إِلَى الشَّىْءِ The thing became [adjoined to the thing, or] conjoined with the thing. (
TA.) See also 6.
4 أَضْمَمْتُهُ كِتَابًا إِلَى أَخِى [
app. I made him, or it, to be accompanied by, or I made it to comprise, a letter to my brother]. (
TA.) 5 تَضَمَّمْتُهُ I took it, or devoured it, altogether. (
TA in art. عب.) [See also
R.
Q. 1.]
6 تَضَامُّوا They became, or drew, near, or close, together, or one to another; or became conjoined, one with another. (
S,
MA,
TA. [See also 8.]) Hence the saying in a
trad., لَا تَضَامُّونَ فِى رُؤْيَتِهِ [originally تَتَضَامُّونَ]; but some relate it otherwise, saying ↓ لا تُضَامُّونَ; and some, لا تُضَامُونَ, from الضَّيْمُ; (
TA in this art.;) and some, لا تُضَارُّونَ; and some, لا تُضَارُونَ, from الضَّيْرُ. (
TA in art. ضر: for explanations, see 3 in that art.) See also 3 above. [Hence,] تضامّ فِى
سُجُودِهِ وَجُلُوسِهِ [He drew himself together in his prostration and his sitting, in prayer]. (
S, * and
K in art. حفز.) 7 انضمّ It was, or became, drawn, put, brought, or gathered, together; collected; or contracted. (
Msb.) انضمّ إِلَيْهِ is
syn. with ضَامَّهُ,
q. v. (
S, *
MA,
K. *) [And it signifies also He adjoined himself, got him or got himself, betook him or betook himself, repaired, or resorted, to him, or it. And انضمّ عَلَيْهِ It became drawn together upon it. انضمّ الى كَذَا is
expl. in the
TA as meaning اِنْطَوَى: but I think that الى is evidently a mistranscription for عَلَى; and that the meaning therefore is, It infolded such a thing, or enclosed it, like اضطمّ عليه,
q. v.]
8 اضطمّ الشَّىْءَ He drew, brought, or gathered, the thing to himself: (
K:) the ط is substituted for ت because of the ض. (
Az,
TA.)
b2: Hence, in a
trad., اضطمّ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ [They drew near, or close, one to another]. (
TA. [See also 6.]) And, in another
trad., اضطمّ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ The people, or men, pushed, pressed, crowded, or thronged, together upon him. (
TA.)
b3: and اضطمّ عَلَيْهِ It comprised it, or enclosed it. (
K.) You say, اِضْطَمَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الضُّلُوعُ The ribs comprised it, or enclosed it. (
S. [See also 7.])
R.
Q. 1 ضَمْضَمَ عَلَى المَالِ He took all the property; (
K;) as though he drew it, or gathered it, (ضَمَّهُ,) to himself. (
TA.) [See also 5.]
b2: And ضَمْضَمَ He (a man,
TA) encouraged his heat; or became courageous in heart. (
K,
accord. to different copies.)
b3: And, said of a lion, He [roared, or] uttered a cry: (
K,
TA:)
inf. n. ضَمْضَمَةٌ. (
TA.) ضَمٌّ
inf. n. of 1 [
q. v.]. (
Msb, &c.)
b2: [
As a conventional term of lexicology and grammar, A certain vowel-sound, well known.]
الضِّمُّ and ↓ الضِّمَامُ Severe calamity or misfortune; (
K,
TA;)
accord. to
Lth: (
TA:) but
app. mistranscriptions, and correctly with ص [i. e. الصِّمُّ and, by implication, الصِّمَامُ, but the latter is
app. only صَمَامِ, without the art., like قَطَامِ]; (
K,
TA;) so says
Az. (
TA.) ضَمَّةٌ [
inf. n. un. of 1 (
q. v.): and as such signifying] An embracing. (
TA.)
b2: Also A number of horses assembled from every quarter for a race: (
K,
TA:) thus called because so assembled. (
TA.)
b3: [And, as a conventional term in lexicology and grammar, The sign of the vowel-sound termed ضَمّ.]
ضُمَامٌ: see what next follows.
ضِمَامٌ, (
S,
KL,) with kesr; (
S;) or ↓ ضُمَامٌ, like غُرَابٌ; (
K;) [the former
app. the right, being agreeable with
analogy, like
رِبَاطٌ and وِثَاقٌ and إِسَارٌ and عِقَالٌ &c.;] A thing, (
S,
K,) or thread, string, cord, or the like, (
KL,) by means of which one thing is drawn, and joined, or adjoined, to another thing. (
S,
K,
KL.) One says, التَّقْوَى ضِمَامُ الخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ [Piety is that which draws and attaches to its possessor every good thing]. (
TA.)
A2: See also الضِّمُّ, above.
ضَمُومٌ Any valley along which one goes between two long hills of the kind termed أَكَمَة: or any valley flowing [with water] between two long hills of that kind: (so
accord. to different copies of the
K:) [the former explanation is
app. the right; for]
AHn says, when one goes along a valley between two long hills of the kind termed أَكَمَة, that places is termed الضَّمُوم. (
TA.) ضَمِيمٌ [
i. q. ↓ مَضْمُومٌ]. One says, أَرْسَلْتُ فُلَانًا وَجَعَلْتُ ضَمِيمَهُ فُلَانًا [I sent such a one, and made such a one his adjunct]. (
TA.) ضِمَامَةٌ: see إِضْمَامَةٌ.
b2: ضِمَامَتَا المُصْحَفِ meansThe two sides [or boards] of the book, that embrace it between them. (
T and
M and
TA voce دَفَّةٌ.) And in like manner, ضِمَامَتَا السَّرْجِ and الرَّحْل [The two boards of the horse's saddle and of the camel's saddle, that embrace it between them]. (
M ibid.) ضَمَّامٌ One who collects together the seed-produce. (
TA.) ضَامٌّ
act. part. n. of 1 [
q. v.]. (
TA.) ضَامَّةٌ [a
subst. from ضَامٌّ, rendered such by the affix ة]. You say, نَهَضَ فُلَانٌ لِلْقِتَالِ وَهُوَ ضَامَّةُ قَوْمِهِ [Such a one rose and sped to fight, or to the fight, he being the musterer of his people, or party]. (
TA.)
b2: Also A want, or an object of want, that brings one and causes him to have recourse [to a thing]. (
Meyd, in explanation of a
prov. cited
voce ضَائِمٌ, in art. ضيم,
q. v.) ضَمْضَمٌ A lion that grasps everything; as also ↓ ضُمَاضِمٌ. (
S.) [See also ضَمْضَامٌ: and see what here follows.]
b2: Also, (
S,) Angry; (
S,
K;) applied to a man: (
S:) and, as also ↓ ضُمَاضِمٌ and ↓ صُمَضِمٌ, an angry lion: (
K,
TA:) or simply a lion: (
TA:) and bold, or daring; (
K,
TA;) applied to a man. (
TA.)
b3: and Big, bulky, or corpulent: (
K,
TA:) but it is mentioned by
IAar as with the unpointed ص. (
TA.) ضُمَضِمٌ: see ضَمْضَمٌ.
b2: Also Niggardly in the utmost degree. (
IAar,
TA.) [See also ضُمَاضِمٌ.]
ضِمْضِمَةٌ: see زِمْزِمَةٌ and صِمْصِمَةٌ.
ضَمْضَامٌ One who takes, or gets, everything within his grasp; (
K,
TA;) drawing it to him self. (
TA.) [See also ضَمْضَمٌ.]
ضُمَاضِمٌ: see ضَمْضَمٌ, in two places.
b2: Also One who eats much; who has an inordinate appetite for food; who appropriates to himself exclusively of others: or who eats much, and does not become satiated. (
TA.)
b3: And A niggardly man. (
TA.) [See also ضُمَضِمٌ.]
إِضْمَامَةٌ A bundle, (حُزْمَةٌ,
Msb,) or number put, or joined, together, (
TA,)
i. q. إِضْبَارَةٌ, (
S,
TA,) of books or writings; (
S,
Msb,
TA;) as also ↓ ضِمَامَةٌ: (
TA:)
pl. of the former أَضَامِيمُ. (
S.) You say, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ بِإِضْمَامَةٍ مِنْ كُتُبٍ
[Such a one brought a bundle of books or writings]. (
S.)
b2: And A company, or collection, (
S,
K,
TA,) of men, or people, not of one stock, but of different tribes mixed together; [and of horses;] as though collected and joined, one to another:
pl. as above. (
TA.) One says, فَرَسٌ سَبَّاقُ الأَضَامِيمِ i. e. [A horse that often outstrips] the collections (
S,
K) of horses. (
K.)
b3: And its
pl. أَضَامِيمُ signifies also Stones: (
TA:) or collections of stones: (
Mgh in art. صقع:) occurring in a
trad. respecting the stoning of an adulterer. (
Mgh,
TA.) مَضَمٌّ A place of assembling of military forces. (
TA.) مَضْمُومٌ
pass. part. n. of 1 [
q. v.]. (
TA.) See also ضَمِيمٌ.
مُنْضَمٌّ [part.
n. of 7,
q. v. b2: Hence,] Lean; or slender and lean; or lean, and lank in the belly; as though one part thereof were drawn and adjoined to another. (
TA.)
