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10 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 588
The Quran root د م ر d-m-r
Words built from the root د م ر ([d-m-r]) appear 10 times in the Quran. The most common is دَمَّرَ, “We destroyed”, which comes 8 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| دَمَّرَ | dammara | We destroyed · We destroy it | 8 | |
| تَدْمِير | tadmiir | destruction | 2 |
Examples from the Quran
وَأَوْرَثْنَا الْقَوْمَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَارِقَ الْأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبَهَا الَّتِي بَارَكْنَا فِيهَا وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ الْحُسْنَىٰ عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُ وَمَا كَانُوا يَعْرِشُونَ ١٣٧
وَدَمَّرْنَا wadammarnā · And We destroyed
And We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word [i.e., decree] of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they had patiently endured. And We destroyed [all] that Pharaoh and his people were producing and what they had been building. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:137)
وَإِذَا أَرَدْنَا أَن نُّهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُوا فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا الْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَاهَا تَدْمِيرًا ١٦
فَدَمَّرْنَاهَا fadammarnāhā · and We destroy it
And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word [i.e., deserved decree] comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction. (Surah Al-Isra, 17:16)
فَقُلْنَا اذْهَبَا إِلَى الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا فَدَمَّرْنَاهُمْ تَدْمِيرًا ٣٦
تَدْمِيرًا tadmīran · (with) destruction
And We said, "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." Then We destroyed them with [complete] destruction. (Surah Al-Furqan, 25:36)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Isra · 2×
- Surah Al-Furqan · 2×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 1×
- Surah Ash-Shu'ara · 1×
- Surah An-Naml · 1×
- Surah As-Saffat · 1×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.