الدُّهَيْمِ
1.
Calamity, or misfortune; (JK, S, K;) as also أُمُّ الدُّهَيْمِ; (S, K;) and
الدُّهَيْمَاءُ, (JK, S,) diminutive of الدَّهْمَاءُ [feminine of الأَدْهَمُ], so called because of its darkness: (S, TA:) or الدَّهَيْمَاءُ signifies black, dark, trial or conflict and faction or sedition or the like; and the diminutive form is used to denote enhancement: (Sh, TA:) and
الدَّهْمَاءُ signifies black, dark, calamity or misfortunes: (TA:) calamity, or misfortune, is termed الدُّهَيْمُ because of its darkness: (TA:) or, originally, (S,) this was the name of the she-camel of 'Amr Ibn-Ez-Zebbán Edh-Dhuhlee, who was slain, with his brothers, and their heads were put upon her, (S, K, TA,) in sacks hung upon her neck, and she returned to Ez-Zebbán: (TA:) whence the saying, أَثْقَلُ مِنْ حِمْلِ الدُّهَيْمِ [Heavier than the burden of Ed-Duheym]: (S:) and أَشْأَمُ مِنَ
الدُّهَيْمِ [More unlucky than Ed-Duheym]: (S, K, TA:) or, as some say, seven brothers were slain in a warring and plundering expedition, and were put upon Ed-Duheym; and hence the name became proverbial as applied to any calamity or misfortune. (TA.)
2.
دُهَيْمٌ also signifies Foolish, or stupid. (K.)