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دجو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 دَجَا دج دجا , (S, K,) aor. يَدْجُو, (S,) inf. n. دَجْوٌ (S, K) and دُجُوٌّ (K) [and app. دُجًا or دُجًى, q. v. infrà], It (the night) was, or became, dark; as also ↓ ادجى and ↓ تدجّى (S, K) and ↓ اِدْجَوْجَى: (K:) or, accord. to As, دَجَا, said of the night, is not from the being dark, but signifies it covered everything: and hence, he says, the phrase, مُنْذُ دَجَا الاـِسْلَامُ, meaning Since [the religion of] El-Islám became strong, and covered everything; (S;) or became strong, and spread, and covered everything: (TA:) and he also said that دَجَا means It (the night) was, or became, still, or calm; and ↓ تدجّى is said to mean the same. (TA.) ― -b2- Also It (the hair of a she-goat) was, or became, such that one part thereof overlay another, and it was not loose and sparse. (K.) ― -b3- Also, (K,) inf. n. دُجُوٌّ, (TA,) It (a garment) was complete, full, or ample; [ such as covered the wearer completely; ] or long, reaching to the ground. (K.) ― -b4- And, said of a man, i. q. جَامَعَ; (K;) as also دَحَا. (K in art. دحو.) You say, دَجَاهَا He compressed her. (IAar, TA.) ― -b5- دَجَا أَمْرُهُمْ عَلَى ذٰلِكَ means (assumed tropical:) [ Their affair, or case, ] became in a good, right, or proper, state [ upon that ground, or condition: probably from دَجَا said of the night, as meaning “ it was, or became, still, or calm ”]. (As, TA.) ― -b6- دَجْ لَا دَجَ كُنَّ ا@للّٰهُ [app. Come hither, may God not protect you; if, as is probably the case, from دَجَا said of the night, as meaning “ it covered everything; ”] is said in chiding the domestic fowl. (TA. [See دَجْ in art. دج.])

Derived headwords

دَجَاverb
  1. 1.
دَجَا الاـِسْلَامُ
أَمْرُهُمْ عَلَى ذٰلِكَ
دَجْ لَا دَجَ كُنَّ ا@للّٰهُ