ذمى1 ذَمِىَ, (M, K, and so in some copies of the S,) aor. ـْ (K, and some copies of the S;) or ـَ aor. ـْ (T, and so in some copies of the S;) or both; (Sgh, TA;) inf. n. ذَمَآءٌ; (T, * S, M, * K, * TA;) said of a slaughtered animal, (S, TA,) It moved. (T, S, M, Sgh, K, TA.) and ذَمِىَ; (M;) or ذَمَى, aor. ـْ (K;) inf. n. as above; (M, K; *) He retained remains of the soul, or vital principle: or had strength of heart [remaining: app. said of one dying]. (M, K. [These meaning are there indicated, but not expressed.]) You say, مَرَّ يَذْمِى, inf. n. as above, He passed by at his last gasp of breath. (Har p. 220.) And ذَمَى, aor. ـْ inf. n. ذَمْىٌ [and app. ذَمَآءٌ also, as seems to be indicated by what here follows, or perhaps the latter only], He (a sick person) was seized by the agony of death, and was long in suffering the disquietude thereof: whence one says, مَا أَطْوَلَ ذَمَآءَهُ [How long is his suffering of the agong and disquietude of death!]. (As, T.) [See ذَمآءٌ below.] You say also, of a man, ذَمِىَ, inf. n. ذَمَآءٌ, meaning He remained long sick, or diseased. (M.) A2:  ذَمَى, aor. ـْ inf. n. ذَمَيَانٌ, He hastened, made haste, sped, or went quickly: (Fr, T, S, M, K:) some also mention ذَمِىَ, aor. ـْ [in this sense, and thus I find in one copy of the S,] but [ISd says,] I am not sure of this. (M.) A3:  ذَمِىَ لِى مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ means Somewhat thereof was, or became, prepared for me; or feasible, or practicable, to me: (M:) [and so, app., ذَمَى لى: for] one says, خُذّ مِنْ فُلَانٍ مَا ذَمَى لَكَ, meaning Take thou, from such a one, what has risen up for thee, or arisen for thee; i. e. مَاارْتَفَعَ لَكَ. (S.) A4:  ذَمَتْنِى الرِّيحُ signifies The odour annoyed me, or molested me; (S, M, K;) accord. to AHn: (M:) and took away my breath; referring to a wind emitted from the anus; inf. n. ذَمْىٌ: (M:) and killed me; (T, M;) accord. to Az; (T;) aor. ـْ (M,) inf. n. ذَمْىٌ: (TA:) but Aboo-Málik disallows  this, and says, you say, ذَمَتْ فِى أَنْفِهِ الرِّيحُ, meaning The odour flew [or rose] into his [nose and] head: and accord. to As, you say, ذَمَى الحَبَشِىُّ فِى أَنْفِ الرَّجُلِ بِصُنَانِهِ, aor. ـْ inf. n. ذَمْىٌ, The Abyssinian annoyed the man in his nose by the odour of his armpits. (T.) One  says also, ذَمَى, aor. ـْ meaning He, or it, emitted a displeasing odour. (M.) 4 اذماهُ He left him ill, or sick, (أَوْقَذَهُ, T, or وَقَذَهُ, K, [which latter may mean thus, or he beat him, or struck him, violently, or so that he became at the point of death, &c.,]) and left him at his last gasp. (T, K.) And اذمى رَمِيَّتَهُ He failed of hitting the animal at which he shot, or cast, in a vital part, and therefore hastened to kill it: (T.) [or] he hit the animal at which he shot, or cast, and drove it along, and it drove along with him. (M.) 10 استذمى He sought, or demanded, a thing: (M:) or he sought, sought for, or sought after, repeatedly, or gradually, (S, K,) and took, (S,) a thing that another had. (S, K.) ذَمًى A fetid odour: (M:) an odour that is disliked, hated, or hateful. (K.) ذَمَآءٌ [an inf. n. of 1, (q. v.,) in several senses: as a simple subst., it signifies] Motion [in a slaughtered animal: see 1]: (T, M, K:) and remains of the soul, or vital principle, (S, M, K, and Meyd in explanation of a prov. cited in what follows,) in a slaughtered animal: (S:) or strength of heart: (M, K:) or the state between slaughter and the exit of the soul; but there is no ذَمَآء in the case of a human being: or strong tenaciousness of life after slaughter. (Meyd in explaining the prov. above referred to.) It is said, الضَّبُّ أَطْوَلُ شَىْءٍ ذَمَآءً [The lizard called ضبّ is the longest thing in retaining the remains of life, &c.]. (T, S.) Hence the prov., أَطْوَلُ ذَمَآءً مِنَ الضَّبِّ [Longer in retaining the remains of life, &c., than the ضبّ]. (Meyd, TA.) b2: Also (tropical:)  Sickness; as in the saying, فُلَانٌ بَاقِىالذَّمَآءِ Such a one is long suffering sickness. (MF.) b3:  And A fracture of the head: and a spear-wound, or the like, such as is termed جَائِفٌ [q. v.]. (Meyd ubi suprà.) ذَامٍ (M, K) and ↓ مُذَمَّاةٌ, (M,) or مَذْمَاةٌ, (K,) An animal shot at, or cast at, which is hit, (M, K,) and which one drives along, and which drives along with one. (M.) مُذَمَّاةٌ, or مَذْمَاةٌ: see what next precedes.