ضمر
Root: ضمد
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
ضمر ḍamara, ḍamura u (ḍumr, ضمور ḍumūr) to be or become lean, emaciated, skinny, thin, slim, slander; to contract, shrink II to emaciate, make lean, thin, or slender (هـ s.th.) IV = II; to secrete, conceal, hide, keep secret (هـ في نفسه s.th. in one’s heart), keep (هـ s.th.) to o.s. (في نفسه); to harbor, entertain (هـ ل a feeling toward, against) │اضمر له الشر (šarra) to boar s.o. a grudge, harbor ill will against s.o. V to become lean, emaciated VII to dry up, wither, wilt, shrivel
Entry 2
ضمر ḍumr emaciation; leanness, skinniness, thinness, slenderness, slimness
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