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دحو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

5 تدحّى دحا تدحى تدحي He spread out, or extended, himself; syn. تَبَسَّطَ. (K in art. دحى.) You say, نَامَ فُلَانٌ فَتَدَحَّى Such a one slept, and [ extended himself so that he ] lay upon a wide space of ground. (TA in that art.) ― -b2- And تَدَحَّتُ الاـِبِلُ فِى الأَرْضِ The camels made hollows in the ground where they lay down, it being soft; leaving therein cavities like those of bellies: thus they do only when they are fat. (El-'Itreefee, TA in art. دحى.)

Derived headwords

تدحّىverb
  1. 1.
نَامَ فُلَانٌ
تَدَحَّتُ الاـِبِلُ فِى الأَرْضِ