دَمْعٌ

Tears; the water, or fluid, of the eye; (S, Msb, K;) whether from grief or joy: (K:) originally a verbal noun: (Msb:) [but having a plural, both of mult. and of pauc.: for] the plural [of mult.] is دُمُوعٌ (K) and [of pauc.] أَدْمُعٌ: (TA:) and ↓ دَمْعةٌ [is the n. un., signifying] a single drop thereof; [i. e. a tear:] (S, K:) if from joy, it is cool; or if from grief, hot. (TA.)

دَمْعُ دَاوُودَ [David's tears;] a certain well known medicine: (Sgh, K:) [perhaps the fruits of a species of coix, namely coix lachryma, now called دَمْعُ أَيُّوبَ, or Job's tears, which are hard and stony, and are said to be strengthening and diuretic.]

بَكَتِ السَّمَاءُ وَدَمْعُ السَّحَابِ سَالِ (tropical:) [The sky wept, and the tears of the clouds flowed]. (TA.)

↓ شَرِبِ دَمْعَةٌ الكَرْمِ (tropical:) [He drank the tear of the vine]; i. e., wine. (A, TA.)

دُمُوعِ الجَفْنَةِ (tropical:) [The tears, meaning] the grease, or gravy, of the bowl. (TA.)