Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

دَفُونٌ دفون applied to a slave: see 8. ― -b2- Applied to a she-camel, That is in the midst of the other camels: (S:) or that is usually in the midst of the other camels when they come to water. (M, K.) ― -b3- See also 1, last sentence. ― -b4- Also, (M, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, مَدْفُون,]) applied to a camel and to a human being, That goes his own way, at random, or heedlessly, without need; and so ↓ مِدْفَانٌ. (M, K.) ― -b5- See also دَفْنٌ. In like manner one says حَسَبٌ دَفُونٌ (assumed tropical:) Obscure grounds of pretension to respect or honour. (AZ, T.)

دَفِينٌ دف دفين i. q. ↓ مَدْفُونٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) Buried, or interred; i. e. hidden, concealed, or covered, (M, Msb, K, TA,) in the earth, or dust, (TA,) or beneath layers, or strata, of earth, or dust; (Msb;) as also ↓ دِفْنٌ (M, K) and ↓ دَفْنٌ: (TA:) pl. [of the first] دُفَنَاآءُ (M, K) and of the same also دُفُنٌ; (TA;) and [of the second] أَدْفَانٌ, (M, K,) which is also pl. of the third: (TA:) دَفِينٌ is also applied to a woman, and so is دَفِينَةٌ; (Lh, M, K;) and the pl. is دَفْنَى, (Lh, M,) or دُفَنَاآءُ, (K,) and دَفَائِنُ: (Lh, M, K:) and the pl. دُفُنٌ is also used as a sing., applied to land (أَرْضٌ). (TA. [But in the M it is said that ↓ دَفْنٌ is thus applied as an epithet to land (ارض), and that its pl. is دُفُنٌ.]) ― -b2- See also دَفِينَةٌ. ― -b3- Also, applied to a well (رَكِيَّةٌ), Partly filled up with earth or dust (اِنْدَفَنَ بَعْضُهَا); as also ↓ دِفَانٌ; pl. دُفُنٌ: (S:) or i. q. ↓ مُنْدَفِنَةٌ, (M, K,) i. e. [ filled up with earth or dust; or] having the dust swept into it by the wind [ so that it is filled up, stopped up, or choked up ]; (T, TA;) as also ↓ مِدْفَانٌ (M, K) and ↓ دِفَانٌ: (K:) and so ↓ دَفْنٌ, (M, TA,) or ↓ دِفْنٌ, (K,) thus applied, (K, TA,) and applied likewise to a watering-place, or spring to which camels have come to water, (M, K, TA,) and to a watering-trough or tank; (M, K;) as also دَفِينٌ. (TA.) ― -b4- Also Flesh-meat buried in rice: but this is a vulgar application. (TA.) ― -b5- دَاآءٌ دَفِينٌ (T, S, M, K) and ↓ دَفِنٌ, (IAar, M, TA,) which is anomalous, app. a possessive epithet, like نَهْرٌ as applied to a man, (M,) in the K, erroneously, ↓ دِفْنٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) A latent disease, which the constitution has overpowered [ so as to prevent its becoming apparent ]; it is said in a trad. that the sun causes it to appear: (IAth, TA:) or a disease that is unknown (T, S) until evil and mischief appear from it: (T:) or a disease that appears after being latent, and from which evil and mischief (شَرٌّ وَ عَرَّ [in the CK, erroneously, وَعُرٌّ]) then appear and spread: (M, K:) [it is said that] it is seldom, or never, cured. (M.) ― -b6- رَجُلٌ دَفِينُ المُرُوَّةِ, and المروّة ↓ دِفْنٌ, (TA,) or ↓ دَفِنُ المروّة and المروّة ↓ دَفْنُ, (T,) (assumed tropical:) A man without manliness, or manly virtue: so says As. (T, TA.)

دَفِينَةٌ دفين دفينه دفينة A thing buried: (Th, K:) and hence, (TA,) a treasure, or a buried treasure: pl. دَفَائِنُ: (M, K, TA:) and ↓ دَفِينٌ also signifies buried treasure. (TA in art. ركز.)

دُفَّانٌ دف دفان [irregularly] sing. of دَفَائِنُ signifying The خَشَب [or pieces of wood, by which may be meant planks, or spars, or ribs, &c., ] of a ship. (AA, TA.)

دَافِنُ أَمْرٍ ذ , in the K, erroneously, دَافِنَاآء, (TA,) (tropical:) The inward, or intrinsic, state or circumstances of a case or an affair. (K, TA.) ― -b2- بَقَرَةٌ دَافِنَةُ الجَذْمِ A cow, or an animal of the ox-kind, whose أَضْرَاس [i. e. teeth, or molar teeth, ] are ground, or worn, by reason of extreme age. (S, K.)

مدفن مدفن [by rule مَدْفِنٌ, but commonly pronounced مَدْفَنٌ,] A place of burial: [ a tomb: ] pl. مَدَافِنُ. (TA.)

مِدْفَانٌ مدفان : see دَفِينٌ: ― -b2- and دَفُونٌ. -A2- Also An old, worn-out, skin for water or milk. (S, K.)

مَدْفُونٌ مدفون : see دَفِينٌ.

مُنْدَفِنَةٌ مندفنه مندفنة , applied to a well (رَكِيَّةٌ): see دَفِينٌ.

1 دَفِىَ دف دفى دفي دفيي , [aor. يَدْفَى,] inf. n. دَفًا, He, or it, was, or became, such as is termed أَدْفَى, in any of the senses of this epithet. (M.) [See also 4.] -A2- دَفَوْتُ الجَرِيحَ, (S, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, دَفَيْتُ,]) aor. أَدْفُوهُ, inf. n. دَفْوٌ; (S, TA;) and ↓ دَافَيْتُهُ and ↓ أَدْفَيْتُهُ; (A'Obeyd, S, K;) I despatched the wounded man; i. e. hastened and completed his slaughter; or made his slaughter sure, or certain: (A'Obeyd, S, K:) and so دَافَأْتُهُ and أَدْفَأْتُهُ (TA) [and دَافَقْتُهُ &c.: see 3 in art. دف]. Accord. to Ibn-Abi-l-Hadeed, دَفَى, [or rather دَفَا,] sometimes pronounced with ء, [دَفَأَ,] signifies He slew, in the dial. of Kináneh. (TA.)

3 دَاْفَوَ see 1.

4 أَدْفَوَ see 1. -A2- It is related in a trad. that a captive was brought to the Prophet, (S, TA,) shivering by reason of cold, (TA,) and he said to some persons, اِذْهَبُوا بِهِ فَأَدْفُوهُ, meaning [ Take ye him away and ] clothe him so as to protect him from the cold; (S, TA;) for أَدْفِئُوهُ; because the pronunciation of ء was not of the dial. of Kureysh; but they thought that he meant slaughter; (TA;) and they took him away and slew him: therefore he paid the fine for his blood. (S, TA.) As is said in the K, أَدْفَيْتُ is a dial. var. of أَدْفَأْتُ. (TA.) -A3- ادفى said of a gazelle, His horns were, or became, so long as almost to reach his hinder part. (T, K.) [See also دَفِىَ.]

6 التَّدَافِى التدافى التدافي i. q. التَّدَارُكُ [app. in relation to a camel's pace, or manner of going, as meaning The continuing uninterruptedly ]: (K:) and التَّدَاوُلُ [denoting alternation of any kind]: (S, K:) [accord. to the TA, this means, here, what next follows; and the same seems to be indicated in the S:] and a camel's going along with an inclining from side to side (أَنْ يَسِيرَ سَيْرًا مُتَجَافِيًا): (K:) you say, تَدَافَى البَعِيرُ, meaning سَارَ سَيْرًا مُتَجَافِيًا [ The camel went along with an inclining from side to side ]. (S.) [See also the second of the verses cited in the first paragraph of art. دف: from the explanation of which by ISd, it appears that تَدَافَى is perhaps originally تَدَافَّ.]

8 اِدَّفَيْتُ ادفيت a dial. var. of اِدَّفَأْتُ. (Lth, T in art. دفأ.)

10 اِسْتَدْفَيْتُ استدفيت a dial. var. of اِسْتَدْفَأْتُ. (Lth, T in art. دَفأ, and K in the present art.)

دَفًا دف دفا inf. n. of دَفِىَ [q. v.]. (M.) A bending, or curving. (T, S.) You say, of a man, فِيهِ دَفًا In him is a bending, or curving: and this is said of Ed-Dejjál. (T.) [See also دَفَأٌ.] ― -b2- Also, in a mountain-goat, The having very long horns, extending towards his ears. (S.)

دَافِى دافى دافي , used [for the sake of rhyme] by Ru-beh for دَافِفُ: see دَافٌّ, in art. دف.

أَدْفَى ذ , applied to a man, (T, S, M, K,) Humpbacked: (T, S:) or who walks with an inclining on one side: or, as some say, i. q. أَجْنَأُ [q. v.]: or having contracted shoulders: (M:) or bending, or curving. (K.) [See also أَدْفَأُ.] Its fem., in all its senses, is دَفْوَاآءُ. (M.) ― -b2- Applied to a camel, Long in the neck, and protuberant in the back, whose head nearly touches his hump: (M:) and the fem., applied to a she-camel, (K,) or to an excellent she-camel, (Lth, T, S,) long in the neck; (Lth, T, S, K;) that, when she goes along, almost puts her head upon the back of her hump, and is long in the back. (Lth, T.) ― -b3- Applied to a ram, Whose horn extends towards his ear: (T:) or, applied to a mountain-goat, (S, M,) and to a domestic goat, (M,) whose horns are very long, extending towards his ears; (S;) or whose horns are so long that they turn down backwards upon his ears: (M:) and [in like manner] the fem. is applied to a she-goat; (S;) meaning, accord. to AZ, whose horns turn down to the extremity of each of her عِلْبَاوَانِ [dual of عِلْبَاآءٌ, q. v.]. (T.) ― -b4- Applied to a bird, Long in the wing: (S:) or long in the wings and tail: (M:) or long in the wings, having the ends of the primary feathers even with the end of the tail. ('Eyn.) And the fem., applied to an eagle (عُقَاب), Crook-billed: (K:) or so applied because that bird is crook-billed. (S.) ― -b5- And the fem., applied to an ear [of a beast], Approaching the other ear so that the extremities of the two almost touch each other, bending down towards the forehead, not standing erect, but strong: as some say, applied to the ear of a horse only: or, as Th says, only meaning inclining. (M.) ― -b6- Also, the fem., accord. to A'Obeyd, Having wide bones. (M.) ― -b7- شَجَرَةٌ دَفْوَاآءُ A great tree: (S:) or a great, shady tree; and it may be, inclining: (T:) or a shady tree, having many branches: (IAth, TA:) or, as some say, an inclining tree: (TA:) occurring in a trad., describing a certain tree that was worshipped. (T, S.)

اـِبِلٌ مُدْفَاةٌ ابل مدفاه ابل مدفاة : see مُدْفَأَةٌ, in art. دفأ.

1 دَقَّ دق , aor. يَدِقُّ, inf. n. دِفَّةٌ, (S, Msb, K,) It (a thing, S) was, or became, دَقِيق, which means the contr. of غَلِيظ; as also ↓ استدقّ: (S, K:) [i. e. it was, or became, thin as meaning slender, or small in diameter or circumference as compared with length: also small in all dimensions; small in size; minute, or fine, either as a whole, or in its component particles: and sometimes, as said of a garment or the like, thin, or fine, as opposed to thick or coarse; like رَقَّ:] contr. of غَلُظَ: (Msb:) ↓ استدقّ is said of the هِلَال [or moon a little after or before the change], and of other things. (TA.) [See also رِقَّةٌ.] ― -b2- And [hence], aor. and inf. n. as above, (tropical:) He, or it, was, or became, little in estimation, paltry, inconsiderable, mean, vile, or contemptible. (TA.) One says to him who refuses to confer a benefit, دَقَّ بِكَ خُلُقُكَ (assumed tropical:) [ Thy nature, or natural disposition, hath rendered thee mean, &c.; the verb being made trans. by بِ, agreeably with a common usage mentioned in p. 141]. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, [aor. and] inf. n. as above, said of a thing, an affair, or a case, [and of speech, or language,] (assumed tropical:) It was, or became, subtile, nice, abstruse, recondite, or obscure. (Msb.) And you say, دَقَّ فِى كَلَامِهِ (tropical:) [ He was, or became, subtile, nice, abstruse, &c., in his speech, or language ]. (TA.) -A2- دَقَّهُ, (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. دَقُ3َ , inf. n. دَقٌّ, (M, Msb,) He broke it, (M, K, TA,) or crushed it, (M,) in any manner: (M, TA:) or he bruised, brayed, or pounded, it; i. e., he beat it with a thing so that he broke it, or crushed it: (M, K: *) namely, a thing, (S, M, TA,) such as medicine, &c. (TA.) ― -b2- [And hence, He beat it; namely, a garment or the like; in washing and whitening it. And دَقَّ البَابَ He knocked at the door for admission.] ― -b3- And [hence also, (in the CK, erroneously, “ or, ”) as appears from what follows,] (assumed tropical:) He made it apparent; showed, exhibited, manifested, or revealed, it: (K:) so says IAar, citing the following verse of Zuheyr: تَدَارَكْتُمَا عَبْسًا وَذُبْيَانَ بَعْدَمَا تَفَانَوْا وَدَقُّوا بَيْنَهُمْ عِطْرَ مَنْشِمِ (TA:) i. e. Ye two repaired the condition of the tribes of 'Abs and Dhubyán by peace, (تَلَافَيْتُمَا أَمْرَهُمَا بِالصُّلْحِ,) after they had shared, one with another, in destruction, and had brayed [ among themselves ] the perfume of Menshim as a sign of their having leagued together against their enemy; i. e., after slaughter had come upon the last of their men, as upon the last of those who perfumed themselves with the perfume of Menshim: for [it is said that] منشم is the name of a woman who sold perfume in Mekkeh, and a party bought of her some perfume, and leagued together to fight their enemy, making the dipping of their hands in that perfume to be a sign of their league; and they fought until they were slain to the last of them: whence the prov., أَشْأَمُ مِنْ عِطْرِ مَنْشِمَ: (EM p. 117:) [so that, accord. to this explanation, which is one of many, منشم is made perfectly decl. for the sake of the rhyme:] or the meaning is, (assumed tropical:) after they had manifested enmities and faults. (TA.) One says also, in cases of enmity, لَأَدُقَّنَّ شُعُورَكَ, meaning (assumed tropical:) I will assuredly manifest thy circumstances. (TA.) -A3- دُقَّ, inf. n. دَقٌّ and دِقٌّ, He was seized with the malady termed دِقّ [i. e. hectic fever ]. (MA.)

2 دقّق دقة دقق , (K,) inf. n. تَدْقِيقٌ, (S,) He bruised, brayed, or pounded, finely; he comminuted, or pulverized; syn. أَنْعَمَ الدَّقَّ. (S, K.) This is the primary signification. (TA.) ― -b2- And hence, (assumed tropical:) [ He made a minute examination. ― -b3- And He spoke, or expressed himself, and] he proved a question, or a problem, in a subtile, nice, abstruse, recondite, or obscure, manner. (El-Munáwee, TA.) ― -b4- See also 4.

3 داقّ صَاحِبَهُ الحِسَابَ داق صاحبه الحساب , inf. n. مُدَاقَّةٌ, (tropical:) [ He was minute, observant of small things, nice, or scrupulous, with his companion in the reckoning; and so داقّهُ فِى الحِسَابِ;] (JK, K, TA;) he reckoned with his companion with minuteness: (TK:) it signifies an act between two. (TA.) [And داقّهُ فِى الأَمْرِ (assumed tropical:) He was minute, &c., with him in the affair, or case. ] المُدَاقَّةُ فِى الأَمْرِ signifies ↓ التَّدَاقُّ; (S;) which is an instance of تَفَاعُلٌ from الدِّقَّةُ: (Sgh, K:) you say, ↓ تَدَاقَّا, meaning (assumed tropical:) They were minute, &c., each with the other. (TK.) You say also, داقّ النَّظَرَ فِى مُعَامَلَاتِهِ وَنَفَقَاتِهِ [ He examined minutely into his dealings and his expenses ]. (TA in art. دنق.) ― -b2- And [hence] مُدَاقَّةٌ, metonymically, signifies (tropical:) The being niggardly, stingy, or avaricious. (Az, TA in art. دنق.)

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.)

6 تَدَاْقَ3َ see 3, in two places.

7 اندقّ أندق اندق ٱندق It (a thing, S, M, TA, such as medicine, &c., TA) was, or became, broken, (M, K, TA,) or crushed, (M,) in any manner: (M, TA:) or bruised, brayed, or pounded; i. e. beaten with a thing so that it was broken, or crushed: (M, K: *) quasi-pass. of دَقَّهُ. (S, M, K.)

10 اـِسْتَدْقَ3َ see 1, first sentence, in two places. استدقّ نُحُولُهَا means Her thinness increased in thinness. (Ham p. 33.)

دِقٌّ دق : see دَقِيقٌ, in nine places. ― -b2- Hence, حُمَّى الدِّقِّ [ Hectic fever; so termed in the present day]; that is, from دِقٌّ as signifying the contr. of غَلِيظٌ. (S.) -A2- دِقٌّ in measuring, relating to the thing measured, is The being broken, crushed, or bruised, in the measure, so as to become close, or compact. (TA.) -A3- Also (tropical:) Niggardliness, stinginess, or avarice; the condition of him in whom is little, or no good. (M, TA.)

دُقَّةٌ دق دقه دقة Soft dust swept by the wind (S, K) from the ground: pl. دُقَقٌ: (S:) or dust swept from the ground; as also ↓ دُقَاقَةٌ: (TA:) or دُقَقُ التُّرَابِ signifies fine dust; and دُقَّةٌ is its sing.: (M:) or, accord. to IB, the sing. of دُقَقٌ is ↓ دُقَّى, like as the sing. of جُلَلٌ is جُلَّى. (TA.) ― -b2- Also Seeds that are used in cooking, for seasoning food, (IDrd, M, K,) bruised, or brayed, (M,) and what are mixed therewith; (IDrd;) such as are termed قَزْح, and the like: all such seeds of the cooking-pot are called دُقَّة by the people of Mekkeh: (IDrd, Sgh:) and salt with such seeds mixed therewith: (M, K:) this is the application now commonly obtaining: (TA:) or salt alone: (M:) or salt bruised, or brayed: (Lth, K:) whence the saying, مَا لَهُ دُقَّةٌ He has not salt. (Lth, M, K. *) ― -b3- And [hence,] (tropical:) Beauty, or prettiness: (M, K, TA:) whence the phrase اِمْرَأَةٌ لَا دُقَّةَ لَهَا, (M,) or قَلِيلَةُ الدُّقَّةِ, (K,) or مَا لَهَا دُقَّةٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) A woman who is not beautiful, or pretty; (M, K; *) who has not beauty, or prettiness. (TA.) ― -b4- Also A certain ornament (حَلْىٌ) of the people of Mekkeh. (K.) ― -b5- And The small, or young, (حَشْو,) of camels. (TA.)

دِقَّةٌ دق دقه دقة inf. n. of the intrans. verb دَقَّ [q. v.]. (S, Msb, K.) [As a simple subst.,] The state, or condition, or quality, of that which is termed دِقٌّ [ and دَقِيقٌ; properly and tropically: i. e., it signifies slenderness, &c.]: and smallness, littleness, or the like; [ properly and tropically; ] contr. of عِظَمٌ. (K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) Littleness in estimation, paltriness, inconsiderableness, meanness, vileness, or contemptibleness. (K, TA.) ― -b3- [And (assumed tropical:) Subtileness, niceness, abstruseness, reconditeness, or obscureness. ]

دَقَقَةٌ دقة دققه دققة [pl. of ↓ دَاقٌّ, agreeably with analogy,] Persons who manifest, or reveal, the faults, or vices, of the Muslims. (IAar, K.)

دُقَاقٌ دقاق دقيق What is broken, or crushed; or bruised, brayed, or pounded; of a thing; as also ↓ دُقَاقَةٌ: (M:) broken particles of anything: (JK, K:) and [particularly] fragments, or broken pieces, of branches; as also ↓ دِقَاقٌ. (K.) ― -b2- See also مَدْقُوقٌ [with which it is sometimes syn.]: ― -b3- and see دَقِيقٌ.

دِقَاقٌ دقاق دقيق : see the next preceding paragraph.

دَقُوقٌ دقوق A certain medicine (JK, M, K) for the eye, (JK, K,) bruised, brayed, or pounded, (JK, M, K,) and then sprinkled (JK, M) therein. (JK.)

دَقِيقٌ دقيق contr. of غَلِيظٌ (JK, * S, M, * Msb, K) and جَلِيلٌ; (Msb;) as also ↓ دُقَاقٌ and ↓ دِقٌّ; (S, K;) the last contr. of جِلٌّ: (JK, S, M:) [i. e. Slender, or small in diameter or circumference as compared with length: also small in all dimensions; small in size; minute, or fine, either as a whole, or in its component particles: and sometimes, as applied to a garment or the like, thin, or fine, as opposed to thick or coarse; like رَقِيقٌ: but properly,] دَقِيقٌ differs from رَقِيقٌ; the former signifying the contr. of غَلِيظٌ [as stated above], and the latter, the contr. of ثَخِينٌ: therefore one says حَسًا رَقِيقٌ and حَسًا ثَخِينٌ [“ thin soup ” and “ thick soup ”], but not حَسًا دَقِيقٌ; and one says سَيْفٌ دَقِيقُ المَضْرِبِ [ a sword thin in the edge, or in the part next the point ]; and رُمْحٌ دَقِيقٌ [ a slender spear ]; and غُصْنٌ دَقِيقٌ [ a slender branch ]; and حَبْلٌ دَقِيقٌ [ a slender rope ]: (IB, TA:) pl. [of mult. دِقَاقٌ and of pauc.] أَدِقَّةٌ. (Msb.) One says, وَلَا جِلٌّ ↓ مَا لَهُ دِقٌّ [ He has neither slender, or small, or fine, nor thick, or great, or coarse ]; i. e. دَقِيقٌ وَلَا جَلِيلٌ. (S in art. جل.) And أَخَذْتُ وَجِلَّهُ ↓ دِقَّهُ [ I took the slender, &c., thereof, and the thick, &c., thereof ]; like as one says, اخذت قَلِيلَهُ وَ كَثِيرَهُ. (S in the present art.) And it is said in a trad., وَجِلَّهُ ↓ اَللّٰهُمَّ ا@غْفِرْلِى ذَنْبِى كُلَّهُ دِقَّهُ [ O God, forgive me all my sin, the small thereof and the great thereof ]. (TA.) ↓ شَجَرٌ دِقٌّ means Shrubs, bushes, or small trees: (M:) opposed to شَجَرٌ جِلٌّ. (Lth in art. جل, and Mgh in art. بقل.) Accord. to AHn, ↓ دِقٌّ signifies Plants that are slender and soft to the camels, so that the weak of the camels, and the young, and such as has its teeth worn down to the sockets, and the sick, eat them: or, as some say, their small leaves: (M:) or slender and long leaves of the أَرَاك: and grain trodden out but not winnowed: pl. أَدْقَاقٌ. (JK.) And ↓ حُلَلُ دِقٍّ means Thin, or fine, [ garments, or dresses, of the kind called ] حُلَل; opposed to حُلَلُ جِلٍّ: (Mgh:) or ↓ دِقٌّ signifies the contr. of جِلٌّ as applied to carpets, and to the garments called أَكْسِيَة [pl. of كِسَاآء] and the like, and to the [ cloth called ] حِلْس, and to the mat and the like. (TA in art. جَل.) ― -b2- [Hence,] دَقِيقٌ is also applied to a thing, an affair, or a case, as meaning (assumed tropical:) Little in estimation, paltry, inconsiderable, mean, vile, or contemptible; in this case, contr. of جَلِيلٌ: (IB, TA:) and means also (tropical:) niggardly, stingy, or avaricious; (M, TA;) in whom is little, or no, good; (M, K, TA;) applied to a man: (M:) pl. [of pauc.] أَدِقَّةٌ and [of mult.] دِقَاقٌ and أَدِقَّاآءُ. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, applied to a thing, an affair, or a case, (assumed tropical:) Subtile, nice, abstruse, recondite, or obscure: (M, K, TA:) [applied likewise to speech; and so ↓ دِقٌّ:] you say, جَاآءَ بِكَلَامٍ دِقٍّ and دَقِيقٍ (tropical:) [ He uttered subtile, nice, abstruse, recondite, or obscure, speech ]. (TA.) ― -b4- [The fem.] ↓ دقيقة [used as a subst.] signifies (tropical:) Small cattle; i. e. sheep or goats; opposed to جَلِيلَةٌ (JK, K, TA) which signifies camels: (JK, TA:) pl. دَقَائِقُ. (TA.) You say, مَا لَهُ دَقِيقَةٌ وَلَا جَلِيلَةٌ (tropical:) He has neither sheep, or goats, nor camels: (TA:) or neither a sheep, or goat, nor a she-camel. (M.) And كَمْ دَقِيقَتُكَ (tropical:) How many are thy sheep, or goats? (TA.) And هُوَ رَاعِى الدَّقَائِقِ (tropical:) He is the pastor of sheep, or goats. (TA.) And أَعْطَاهُ مِنْ دَقَائِقِ المَالِ (tropical:) [ He gave him of the small cattle ]. (TA.) ― -b5- Also, [i. e. ↓ دَقِيقَةٌ,] as a conventional term of the astronomer, (assumed tropical:) [ A minute of a circle; ] the sixtieth [in the O, and in some copies, app. most, of the K, erroneously, “ thirtieth, ” as remarked by MF and SM and others,] part of a دَرَجَة [or degree of a circle: pl. دَقَائِقُ, as above]. (K, TA.) ― -b6- ↓ [And (assumed tropical:) A minute of time; the fourth part of a دَرَجَة (or degree ) of time: pl. as above. ― -b7- ↓ دَقِيقَةٌ is also sing. of دَقَائِقُ as syn. with مَدَاقٌّ, q. v.] -A2- دَقِيقٌ signifies also Flour, or meal, (S, M, Msb, K, &c.,) of wheat &c.; (Msb;) [thus used as a subst.; as though] in the sense of مَدْقُوقٌ. (Msb, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence, Farina, ] You say, جَرَى الدَّقِيقُ فِى السُّنْبُلِ [ The farina pervaded the ears of wheat ]. (L in art. قمح.) And حَمَلَ الدَّقِيقَ [ It bore farina ] is said of seed-produce [or corn]. (TA in art. حنق. [See 4 in that art.])

دُقَاقَةٌ دقاق دقاقه دقاقة دقيق : see دُقَّةٌ: and دُقَاقٌ.

دَقُوقَةٌ دقوقه دقوقة Bulls, or cows, and asses, that tread, or thrash, wheat or grain. (JK, M, K.)

دَقِيقَةٌ دقيق دقيقه دقيقة : see دَقِيقٌ, in four places, in the latter part of the paragraph.

دَقِيقِىٌّ دقيق دقيقى دقيقي دقيقيي , (M, L, TA,) or ↓ دَقَّاقٌ, (O, K,) but the latter is disallowed by Sb, (M, L,) A seller of دَقِيق, i. e. flour, or meal. (M, O, L, K, TA.)

دُقَّى دق دقى دقي دقيي : see دُقَّةٌ.

دَقَّاقٌ دقاق دقيق One who breaks [or crushes ] much, in any manner; or who bruises, brays, or pounds, much. (TA.) ― -b2- See also دَقِيقِىٌّ.

دَقَّاقَةٌ دقاق دقاقه دقاقة دقيق [in the CK, erroneously, دَقَاقَة,] A thing with which one breaks or crushes, or bruises, brays, or pounds, rice (Ibn-'Abbád, M, K) and the like. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)

دَقْدَقَةٌ دقدقه دقدقة an onomatopœia, (S, M,) The sounds of the hoofs of horses or similar beasts, (JK, S, M, K, TA,) with quick reiteration; like طَقْطَقَةٌ. (S, TA.) And The cries, shouts, noises, or clamour, or the confusion of cries &c., of men. (JK, Ibn-'Abbád, K.)

دَقْدَاقٌ دقداق Small gibbous tracts of sand heaped up. (El-Mufaddal, K.)

دَاقٌّ داق : see دَقَقَةٌ.

أَدَقُّ ذ [ More, and most, دَقِيق, i. e. slender, &c. See an ex. in a prov. cited voce خَيْطٌ].

مَدَقُّ مدق [ A place of breaking or crushing, or of bruising, braying, or pounding ]. [Hence,] مَدَقُّ الحَوَافِرِ The place of falling of the hoofs of horses or the like [upon the ground]. (Ham p. 679.)

مُدُقٌّ مدق : see what next follows, in two places.

مِدَقٌّ مدق and ↓ مِدَقَّةٌ and ↓ مُدُقٌّ, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) the last extr. (Msb, K) with respect to rule, (Msb,) one of the instances of an instrumental noun of the measure مُفْعُلٌ, (S, TA,) like مُنْخُلٌ, (Az, TA,) said by Sb to be of this form because it is a subst. like جُلْمُودٌ, (M,) A thing with which one breaks (S, * M, Mgh, * K) or crushes in any manner, (M,) or with which one bruises, brays, or pounds, i. e. beats so as to break or crush, (S, * M, Mgh, * K,) a thing, (M,) in a general sense: (Mgh:) [signifying also] the thing with which قُمَاش [or cloth of any kind ] &c. are beaten: (Msb:) [also, the first, the wooden implement called مِنْدَف, by means of which, and a bow, cotton is separated and loosened: and the second, the implement with which corn is thrashed; as mentioned by Golius on the authority of ElMeydánee:] but the particular terms for the thing used by the قَصَّار [or whitener of cloth, for beating it, in washing,] are كُذِينَقٌ and بَيْزَرٌ and مِيجَنَةٌ: (Mgh:) Az says that ↓ مُدُقٌّ, with damm to the م [and د], signifies a stone with which perfume is bruised: [and in like manner it is said in the S, in one place, to mean the مِدْوَك of the seller of perfumes: ] but when it is made an epithet, it is restored to the measure مِفْعَلٌ [so that you say مِدَقٌّ]: (TA:) the pl. is مَدَاقُّ: and the dim. is ↓ مُدِيُقٌّ. (S, K.) [Hence,] حَافِرٌ مُدَقٌّ A solid hoof that breaks, crushes, or bruises, things. (M, TA.) ― -b2- Also, مِدَقٌّ, (assumed tropical:) Strong; (M, TA;) applied to a man. (TA.)

مِدَقَّةٌ مدق مدقه مدقة : see the next preceding paragraph.

مُدَقَّقَةٌ مدقق مدققه مدققة , meaning A kind of food, [ a ball of minced meat &c., so called in the present day,] is post-classical. (Sgh, K.)