Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
دمع
Parts of Speech
Noun (2×)
Qur'an Occurrences
2 times across 2 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root دمع across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root دمع (dmE) primarily describes an eye shedding tears. It can also tropically refer to a wound flowing with blood or a bowl overflowing with grease.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: d-m-ʿ
Listen: ٱلدَّمْعِ 9:92
Root letters: د — م — ع

Word Family Tree (1 forms)

All word forms derived from the root دمع as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Noun

Concordance — 2 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root دمع appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (2)

Noun (2 verses — showing first 5)

The Table, The Table Spread 5:83 Noun
وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا۟ مَاۤ أُنزِلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ تَرَىٰۤ أَعۡیُنَهُمۡ تَفِیضُ مِنَ ٱلدَّمۡعِ مِمَّا عَرَفُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّۖ یَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَاۤ ءَامَنَّا فَٱكۡتُبۡنَا مَعَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِینَ ۝٨٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And when they hear what has been revealed to the Messenger, you see their eyes overflowing with tears because of what they have recognized of the truth. They say, "Our Lord, we have believed, so register us among the witnesses
Repentance 9:92 Noun
وَلَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِینَ إِذَا مَاۤ أَتَوۡكَ لِتَحۡمِلَهُمۡ قُلۡتَ لَاۤ أَجِدُ مَاۤ أَحۡمِلُكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِ تَوَلَّوا۟ وَّأَعۡیُنُهُمۡ تَفِیضُ مِنَ ٱلدَّمۡعِ حَزَنًا أَلَّا یَجِدُوا۟ مَا یُنفِقُونَ ۝٩٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Nor [is there blame] upon those who, when they came to you that you might give them mounts, you said, "I can find nothing for you to ride upon." They turned back while their eyes overflowed with tears out of grief that they could not find something to spend [for the cause of Allah ]

Derived Forms (1)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
ٱلدَّمْعِ ldamʿi Noun