ديمومة

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • دَيْمُوم (daymūm)

Etymology

From the root د و م (d-w-m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daj.muː.ma/

Noun

دَيْمُومَة (daymūma) f (plural دَيَامِيم (dayāmīm))

  1. desert where a journey continues long, far-extending wasteland
    Synonyms: فَلَاة (falāh), بَيْدَاء (baydāʾ), صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʾ), مَفَازَة (mafāza)
    • a. 608, by زُهَيْرُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلْمَى (zuhayru bnu ʾabī sulmā)
      إِذَا تَرَامَت بِهَا الدَيْمُومَةُ الْجَدَدُ / عَوْمَ الْقَوَادِسِ قَفَّى الْأَرْدَمُونَ بِهَا / إِذَا تَرَامَى بِهَا الْمُغْلَوْلِبُ الزَبِدُ / بِفِتْيَةٍ كَسُيُوفِ الْهِنْدِ يَبْعَثُهُم
      ʾiḏā tarāmat bi-hā d-daymūmatu l-jadadu / ʿawma l-qawādisi qaffā l-ʾardamūna bi-hā / ʾiḏā tarāmā bi-hā l-muḡlawlibu z-zabidu / bi-fityatin ka-suyūfi l-hindi yabʿaṯu-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)

Declension

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