ديمومة

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Arabic

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Root
د و م (d w m)
10 terms

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Noun

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دَيْمُومَة (daymūmaf (plural دَيَامِيم (dayāmīm))

  1. desert where a journey continues long, far-extending wasteland
    Synonyms: فَلَاة (falāh), بَيْدَاء (baydāʔ), صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ), مَفَازَة (mafāza)
    • a. 608, by زُهَيْرُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلْمَى (zuhayru bnu ʔabī sulmā)
      إِذَا تَرَامَت بِهَا الدَيْمُومَةُ الْجَدَدُ / عَوْمَ الْقَوَادِسِ قَفَّى الْأَرْدَمُونَ بِهَا / إِذَا تَرَامَى بِهَا الْمُغْلَوْلِبُ الزَبِدُ / بِفِتْيَةٍ كَسُيُوفِ الْهِنْدِ يَبْعَثُهُم
      ʔiḏā tarāmat bi-hā d-daymūmatu l-jadadu / ʕawma l-qawādisi qaffā l-ʔardamūna bi-hā / ʔiḏā tarāmā bi-hā l-muḡlawlibu z-zabidu / bi-fityatin ka-suyūfi l-hindi yabʕaṯu-hum
      When the wasteland of the hard soil was reached / by floating in the barges, they put up behind them the foresail / And when the luxuriance of foam / hit the young men, it sent them forth like Indian swords.
  2. continuity, permanence, sustainability, verbal noun of دَامَ (dāma) (form I)

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References

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  • الأعشى [al-ʾaʿšā] (a. 625) Geyer, Rudolf, editor, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6)‎[1] (in German), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, pages 109–110