دقع

1 دَقِعَ دقع , (S, Msb, K,) aor. دَقَعَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. دَقَعٌ, (Msb,) He (a man, S) clave to the dust, or earth, (S, Msb, K,) by reason of abasement, or abjectness; (S, Msb;) or, as some say, by reason of poverty: or he clave to the dust, or earth, and became poor; as also ↓ ادقع: or he clave to the dust, or earth, or some other thing, by reason of anything whatever: (TA:) and he became lowly, humble, or submissive, and clave to the dust, or earth. (S, TA.) It is said in a trad. [cited voce خَجِلَ], اـِذَا جُعْتُنَّ دَقِعْتُنَّ When ye [women] are hungry, ye become lowly, humble, or submissive, and cleave to the dust, or earth; (S, TA;) or ye bear poverty ill. (TA in art. خجل.) ― -b2- He was, or became, grieved, unhappy, or disquieted in mind; as also دَقَعَ, inf. n. دَقْعٌ and دُقُوعٌ; and lowly, humble, submissive, or abased. (TA.) ― -b3- He was, or became, lowly, humble, or submissive, in seeking, or requesting, an object of want, and desired it vehemently. (TA.) ― -b4- He was, or became, content with mean sustenance. (K; but only the inf. n., namely دَقَعَ, of the verb in this sense, is there mentioned.) ― -b5- [And, as shown above,] He bore poverty ill. (S, K; but only the inf. n., as above, is mentioned in them.) [Thus the verb bears two contr. meanings.] El-Kumeyt says, وَلَمْ يَدْقَعُوا عِنْدَ مَا نَابَهُمْ لِصَرْفِ زَمَانٍ وَلَمْ يَخْجَلُوا i. e. They did not bear poverty ill [ on the occasion of what befell them by reason of a changing of fortune ], nor did they bear richness ill: or, as some say, they did not cleave to the ground in consequence of poverty and hunger, &c., nor did they become lazy, or indolent, and remiss, in seeking subsistence. (TA.) ― -b6- He (a young camel) turned away with disgust from the milk; was averse from it; loathed, or nauseated, it; syn. بَشِمَ عَنِ اللَّبَنِ. (K.) ― -b7- دَقَعَ, inf. n. دَقْعٌ, [mentioned above,] also signifies He pursued small means of gain; as also ↓ ادقع. (TA.)