ذَمَّهُ
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, (T, S, M, &c.,) aorist
ذَمُ3َ
, (T, M, Msb,) verbal noun ذَمٌّ (T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and مَذَمَّةٌ, (M, K,) He blamed, dispraised, discommended, found fault with, censured, or reprehended, him, in respect of evil conduct;
الذَّمُّ signifying اللَّوْمُ (T, Mgh) فِى الإِسَاءَةِ; (T;) opposite of
المَدْحُ, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) or of
الحَمْدُ: (Mgh:) and
ذمّمهُ, (MA,) verbal noun تَذْمِيمٌ, (KL,) signifies the same: (MA, KL:) [or this has an intensive meaning: see its pass. particle n., below.] Hence the saying, اِفْعَلْ كَذَا وخَلَاكَ ذَمٌّ, (T, S, K,) i. e. خَلَا مِنْكَ ذَمٌّ, meaning [Do thou such a thing, and] thou wilt not be blamed; (ISk, S, K;) or thou wilt have an excuse; [lit.] blame will full from thee: (S in article خلو:) one should not say خَلَاكَ ذَنْبٌ. (ISk, S in the present article) ذُمَّ, also, signifies He was satirized, particularly in verse. (IAar, T.) And He was made to suffer loss or diminution [apparently in respect of his reputation]. (IAar, T.)
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ذَمَّ المَكَانُ (tropical:) The place was, or became, affected with drought, or barrenness, and its good things [or produce] became scanty. (TA.) [But perhaps ذَمَّ is here a mistranscription for ذُمَّ; for] you say of a land, ذَمَّ مَرْعَاهَا [He dispraised, or discommended, its pasture, when its pasture is scanty]. (S and M and K in article بذأ.)