ضح

ضَحْضَاحٌ ذ Shallow water; (S, A, TA;) and hence metaphorically applied in a trad. to (tropical:) a shallow part of hell-fire: (TA:) or water little in quantity; as also ↓ ضَحْضَحٌ: or water reaching to the ankles: or reaching to the middle of the skin: or in which there is no being drowned: (K:) or water little in quantity, in a pool left by a torrent, &c. (TA.) ― -b2- And Many, or much; in the dial. of Hudheyl; (AA, O, K;) not known to others: (TA: [see also ضَحْلٌ:]) accord. to As, it is applied to sheep or goats, and to camels, as meaning many, or numerous: and also as meaning scattered, or dispersed, over the surface of the land, but, notwithstanding, few. (TA.)