دمع

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /damʕ/

Noun

دَمْع • (damʕ) m (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
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      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

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /da.ma.ʕa/

Verb

دَمَعَ • (damaʕa) I, non-past يَدْمَعُ‎‎ (yadmaʕu)

  1. to tear (to produce tears)
Conjugation

References

Moroccan Arabic

Root
د م ع‎
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَمَعَ‎ (damaʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dmaʕ/

Verb

دمع • (dmaʕ) (form I, non-past يدمع‎ (yidmaʕ))

  1. to tear (to produce tears)

Conjugation

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