دمع

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

From the root د م ع (d-m-ʕ). Compare Hebrew דִּמְעָה (dim'á, dimʿā) and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎎𐎓 (dmʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

دَمْع (damʕm (collective, singulative دَمْعَة f (damʕa), plural دُمُوع (dumūʕ) or أَدْمُع (ʔadmuʕ))

  1. tears
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:83:
      وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا مَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ تَرَىٰ أَعْيُنَهُمْ تَفِيضُ مِنَ ٱلدَّمْعِ مِمَّا عَرَفُوا مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ
      waʔiḏā samiʕū mā ʔunzila ʔilā r-rasūli tarā ʔaʕyunahum tafīḍu mina d-damʕi mimmā ʕarafū mina l-ḥaqqi
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    • a. 965, Al-Mutanabbi, ضَيْفٌ أَلَمَّ بِرَأْسِي غَيْرَ مُحْتَشِمِ (ḍayfun ʔalamma biraʔsī ḡayra muḥtašimi):
      قَبَّلْتُهَا وَدُمُوعِي مَزْجُ أَدْمُعِهَا // وَقَبَّلَتْنِي عَلَى خَوْفٍ فَمًا لِفَمِ
      فَذُقْتُ مَاءَ حَيَاةٍ مِنْ مُقَبَّلِهَا // لَوْ صَابَ تُرْبًا لَأَحْيَا سَالِفَ الْأُمَمِ
      qabbaltuhā wadumūʕī mazju ʔadmuʕihā // waqabbalatnī ʕalā ḵawfin faman lifami
      faḏuqtu māʔa ḥayātin min muqabbalihā // law ṣāba turban laʔaḥyā sālifa l-ʔumami
      I kissed her, and my tears mixed with hers, // and she kissed me timidly, mouth to mouth.
      I tasted the water of life from her kiss, // which may revive the ancestors, if it hit the earth.
    • 13th Century CE, Al-Busiri, Qasīdat al-Burda:
      أَمِنْ تَذَكُّرِ جِيرَانٍ بِذِي سَلَمِ مَزَجْتَ دَمْعًا جَرَى مِنْ مُقْلَةٍ بِدَمِ
      ʔamin taḏakkuri jīrānin biḏī salami mazajta damʕan jarā min muqlatin bidami
      Is it because of your remembrance of the neighbours of Dhi-salam that tears mixed with blood are flowing
Declension

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Verb

دَمَعَ (damaʕa) I (non-past يَدْمَعُ (yadmaʕu), verbal noun دَمْع (damʕ) or دَمَعَان (damaʕān))

  1. to tear (to produce tears)
Conjugation

References

Hijazi Arabic

Root
د م ع
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic دَمَّعَ (dammaʕa).

Pronunciation

Verb

دَمَّع (dammaʕ) II (non-past يِدَمِّع (yidammiʕ))

  1. to tear (to produce tears)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of دمع (dammaʕ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m دمعت (dammaʕt) دمعت (dammaʕt) دمع (dammaʕ) دمعنا (dammaʕna) دمعتوا (dammaʕtu) دمعوا (dammaʕu)
f دمعتي (dammaʕti) دمعت (dammaʕat)
non-past m أدمع (ʔadammiʕ) تدمع (tidammiʕ) يدمع (yidammiʕ) ندمع (nidammiʕ) تدمعوا (tidammiʕu) يدمعوا (yidammiʕu)
f تدمعي (tidammiʕi) تدمع (tidammiʕ)
imperative m دمع (dammiʕ) دمعوا (dammiʕu)
f دمعي (dammiʕi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic دَمْع (damʕ).

Pronunciation

Noun

دمع (damʕm (collective, singulative دَمْعة f (damʕa), plural دَمْعات (damʕāt))

  1. tears

Moroccan Arabic

Root
د م ع
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَمَعَ (damaʕa).

Pronunciation

Verb

دمع (dmaʕ) I (non-past يدمع (yidmaʕ))

  1. to tear (to produce tears)

Conjugation

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