# Dal-Mim-Vav — دمو (dmw)

> Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/dmw

- **Meaning:** To bleed, Bleeding, Blood flow, To make bleed, To shed blood, To wound, To spill blood
- **Derived forms:** دَم (10)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلدِّمَآءَ — l-dimāa · "[the] blood[s]"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَاِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اِنّ۪ي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْاَرْضِ خَل۪يفَةًۜ  قَالُٓوا اَتَجْعَلُ ف۪يهَا مَنْ يُفْسِدُ ف۪يهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَٓاءَۚ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَۜ قَالَ اِنّ۪ٓي اَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Wa-ith qala rabbuka lilmala-ikatiinnee jaAAilun fee al-ardi khaleefatan qalooatajAAalu feeha man yufsidu feeha wayasfiku addimaawanahnu nusabbihu bihamdika wanuqaddisu lakaqala innee aAAlamu ma la taAAlamoon

And when thy Lord said to the angels: “I am placing in the earth a successor,” they said: “Wilt Thou place therein one who will do harm therein, and shed blood, while we give glory with Thy praise and hallow Thee?” He said: “I know what you know not.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-30.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 84

- **Form in this verse:** دِمَآءَكُمْ — dimāakum · "your blood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَاِذْ اَخَذْنَا م۪يثَاقَكُمْ لَا تَسْفِكُونَ دِمَٓاءَكُمْ وَلَا تُخْرِجُونَ اَنْفُسَكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ ثُمَّ اَقْرَرْتُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqakumla tasfikoona dimaakum wala tukhrijoonaanfusakum min diyarikum thumma aqrartum waantum tashhadoon

And when We took your agreement: “Shed not your blood, and turn not your own out of your homes,” then you affirmed and bore witness;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-84.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 173

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلدَّمَ — wal-dama · "and [the] blood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ الْخِنْز۪يرِ وَمَٓا اُهِلَّ بِه۪ لِغَيْرِ اللّٰهِۚ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَلَٓا اِثْمَ عَلَيْهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Innama harrama AAalaykumualmaytata waddama walahma alkhinzeeri wamaohilla bihi lighayri Allahi famani idturra ghayra baghinwala AAadin fala ithma AAalayhi inna Allahaghafoorun raheem

He has only made unlawful to you carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that dedicated to other than God. But whoso is forced, neither desiring nor transgressing, no sin is upon him; God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-173.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلدَّمُ — wal-damu · "and the blood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنْز۪يرِ وَمَٓا اُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللّٰهِ بِه۪ وَالْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَالْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَالْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَالنَّط۪يحَةُ وَمَٓا اَكَلَ السَّبُعُ اِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُبِ وَاَنْ تَسْتَقْسِمُوا بِالْاَزْلَامِۜ ذٰلِكُمْ فِسْقٌۜ  اَلْيَوْمَ يَـئِسَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ د۪ينِكُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَاخْشَوْنِۜ اَلْيَوْمَ اَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ د۪ينَكُمْ وَاَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَت۪ي وَرَض۪يتُ لَكُمُ الْاِسْلَامَ د۪يناًۜ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ ف۪ي مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِاِثْمٍۙ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Hurrimat AAalaykumu almaytatu waddamuwalahmu alkhinzeeri wama ohilla lighayri Allahibihi walmunkhaniqatu walmawqoothatu walmutaraddiyatuwannateehatu wama akala assabuAAuilla ma thakkaytum wama thubihaAAala annusubi waan tastaqsimoo bil-azlamithalikum fisqun alyawma ya-isa allatheena kafaroomin deenikum fala takhshawhum wakhshawni alyawmaakmaltu lakum deenakum waatmamtu AAalaykum niAAmatee waradeetulakumu al-islama deenan famani idturra fee makhmasatinghayra mutajanifin li-ithmin fa-inna Allahaghafoorun raheem

Forbidden to you is carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that dedicated to other than God, and the strangled, and the beaten, and the fallen, and the gored, and that eaten by the beast of prey save what you slaughter, and that sacrificed upon the altar, and that you seek apportionment by divining arrows — that is perfidy — (this day have those who ignore warning despaired of your doctrine, so fear them not, but fear Me; this day have I perfected for you your doctrine and completed My favour upon you, and approved for you submission as doctrine) but whoso is compelled by hunger, without inclination to sin — God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-3.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 145

- **Form in this verse:** دَمًۭا — daman · "blood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

قُلْ لَٓا اَجِدُ ف۪ي مَٓا اُو۫حِيَ اِلَيَّ مُحَرَّماً عَلٰى طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُٓ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَكُونَ مَيْتَةً اَوْ دَماً مَسْفُوحاً اَوْ لَحْمَ خِنْز۪يرٍ فَاِنَّهُ رِجْسٌ اَوْ فِسْقاً اُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللّٰهِ بِه۪ۚ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Qul la ajidu feema oohiyailayya muharraman AAala taAAimin yatAAamuhuilla an yakoona maytatan aw daman masfoohan aw lahmakhinzeerin fa-innahu rijsun aw fisqan ohilla lighayri Allahibihi famani idturra ghayra baghin wala AAadinfa-inna rabbaka ghafoorun raheem

Say thou: “I find not in what has been revealed to me what is unlawful to one who would eat it save it be carrion, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine — and it is an abomination — or perfidy dedicated to other than God”; but whoso is forced, neither desiring nor transgressing: thy Lord is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-145.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 133

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلدَّمَ — wal-dama · "and the blood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

فَاَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الطُّوفَانَ وَالْجَرَادَ وَالْقُمَّلَ وَالضَّفَادِعَ وَالدَّمَ اٰيَاتٍ مُفَصَّلَاتٍ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْماً مُجْرِم۪ينَ

Faarsalna AAalayhimu attoofanawaljarada walqummala waddafadiAAawaddama ayatin mufassalatinfastakbaroo wakanoo qawman mujrimeen

And We sent upon them the flood, and the locusts, and the lice, and the frogs, and the blood — proofs set out and detailed — but they had waxed proud and were a people of lawbreakers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-133.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** بِدَمٍۢ — bidamin · "with false blood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَجَٓاؤُ۫ عَلٰى قَم۪يصِه۪ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍۜ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ اَنْفُسُكُمْ اَمْراًۜ فَصَبْرٌ جَم۪يلٌۜ وَاللّٰهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلٰى مَا تَصِفُونَ

Wajaoo AAala qameesihibidamin kathibin qala bal sawwalat lakum anfusukumamran fasabrun jameelun wallahu almustaAAanuAAala ma tasifoon

And they came with false blood on his shirt. He said: “Nay, your souls have enticed you into a matter; then: comely patience — and God is the one whose aid is sought against what you describe.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-18.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** وَدَمٍۢ — wadamin · "and blood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْاَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةًۜ  نُسْق۪يكُمْ مِمَّا ف۪ي بُطُونِه۪ مِنْ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَبَناً خَالِصاً سَٓائِغاً لِلشَّارِب۪ينَ

Wa-inna lakum fee al-anAAamilaAAibratan nusqeekum mimma fee butoonihi min baynifarthin wadamin labanan khalisan sa-ighan lishsharibeen

And you have in the cattle a lesson: We give you to drink of what is in its bellies — between excreta and blood — pure milk, palatable to the drinkers.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-66.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 115

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلدَّمَ — wal-dama · "and the blood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ الْخِنْز۪يرِ وَمَٓا اُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللّٰهِ بِه۪ۚ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Innama harrama AAalaykumualmaytata waddama walahma alkhinzeeri wamaohilla lighayri Allahi bihi famani idturra ghayra baghinwala AAadin fa-inna Allaha ghafoorun raheem

He has but made unlawful to you carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that dedicated to other than God; but whoso is forced, neither desiring nor transgressing: God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-115.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** دِمَآؤُهَا — dimāuhā · "their blood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

لَنْ يَنَالَ اللّٰهَ لُحُومُهَا وَلَا دِمَٓاؤُ۬هَا وَلٰكِنْ يَنَالُهُ التَّقْوٰى مِنْكُمْۜ  كَذٰلِكَ سَخَّرَهَا لَكُمْ لِتُكَبِّرُوا اللّٰهَ عَلٰى مَا هَدٰيكُمْۜ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Lan yanala Allaha luhoomuhawala dimaoha walakin yanaluhuattaqwa minkum kathalika sakhkharahalakum litukabbiroo Allaha AAala ma hadakumwabashshiri almuhsineen

Their flesh does not reach God, nor their blood. But prudent fear reaches Him from you. Thus have We made them subject for you, that you might magnify God for guiding you. And bear thou glad tidings to the doers of good.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-37.md_

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