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دهو ند دهى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

دَاهِيَةٌ داهي داهيه داهية A calamity, a misfortune, an evil accident; (JK, Msb;) a great, formidable, grievous, or distressing, thing or event or accident or action; (S, K;) and ↓دَهْيَاآءُ signifies the same: (JK, TA:*) [the dim. of the former, ↓دُوَيْهِيَةٌ, generally means a great calamity &c.; being an instance of what is termed تَصْغِيرُ تَعْظِيمٍ:] the pl. of دَاهِيَةٌ is دَوَاهٍ: (Msb, TA:) and دَوَاهِى الدَّهْرِ means the great, formidable, grievous, or distressing, events of fortune that befall men. (S, TA.) -A2- See also دَاهٍ, in two places.

Derived headwords

دَاهِيَةٌ
  1. 1.
تَصْغِيرُ تَعْظِيمٍ
دَوَاهِى الدَّهْرِ