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دقع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 ادقع أدقع ادقع دقع : see 1; first and last sentences. ― -b2- ادقع لَهُ, and اـِلَيْهِ, He acted exorbitantly towards him in reviling, &c., [ as though he debased himself to him, ] not shunning, or preserving himself from, foul speech. (AZ.) -A2- ادقعهُ, inf. n. اـِدْقَاعٌ, He caused him to cleave to the dust, or earth; meaning he abased him, or rendered him object. (KL; but only the inf. n. is there mentioned.) And ادقعهُ الفَقْرُ Poverty caused him to cleave to the dust, or earth. (Har p. 33.) [See the act. part. n., below.]

Derived headwords

ادقعverb
  1. 1.
ادقع لَهُ
ادقعهُ الفَقْرُ