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دق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 ادقّهُ أدق أدقه أدقة ادقه ادقة دق دقيق He made, or rendered, it (a thing, S, M) دَقِيق [i. e. thin, or slender, &c.]; (S, M, K;) as also ↓ دقّقهُ. (S, M.) ― -b2- And He gave him a small thing: (S, TA:) or he gave him little: (S in art. جل:) or (tropical:) he gave him a sheep, or goat; (M;) or sheep, or goats. (K, TA.) You say, أَتَيْتُهُ فَمَا أَدَقَّنِى وَلَا أَجَلَّنِى (S, M) I came to him, and he gave me not a small thing, nor gave he me a great thing: (S in the present art.:) or he gave me not little, nor gave he me much: (S in art. جل:) or he gave me not a sheep, or goat, nor gave he me a camel. (M.) ― -b3- And ادقّت, said of the eye, It shed few tears; opposed to اجلّت; as in the saying of El-Fak'asee cited in art. جل. (S * and TA voce أَجَلَّ, q. y.) -A2- And ادقّ (assumed tropical:) He pursued little, paltry, or mean, things. (TA.)

Derived headwords

ادقّهُverb
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أَتَيْتُهُ فَمَا أَدَقَّنِى وَلَا أَجَلَّنِى