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دحب

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of pushing or thrusting. It is also used metaphorically and euphemistically to refer to sexual intercourse. The root also contains a proper noun.

Derived headwords

الدَّحْبnoun
  1. 1.
    pushingboth

    The act of pushing or thrusting something forward.

  2. 2.
    intercourseclassical

    A euphemism for sexual intercourse.

دَحَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to pushboth

    To push or thrust someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to have intercourseclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with a woman (used euphemistically).

يَدْحَبُverb
  1. 1.
    he pushesboth

    He is pushing or thrusting.

  2. 2.
    he has intercourseclassical

    He is having sexual intercourse with a woman (used euphemistically).

الدَّحْمnoun
  1. 1.
    pushingboth

    The act of pushing or thrusting, synonymous with الدحب.

دَحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to pushboth

    To push or thrust someone or something, synonymous with دحب.

يَدْحَمُverb
  1. 1.
    he pushesboth

    He is pushing or thrusting, synonymous with يدحب.

الدَّحَابnoun
  1. 1.
    intercourseclassical

    The noun form referring to sexual intercourse, derived from the verb دحب.

دُحَيْبَةname
  1. 1.
    name of a womanboth

    A proper noun, specifically a woman's name.

Parallel reading

الدحب: الدفع، وهو الدحم.
Al-dahb: The pushing, and it is al-dahm.
دحب الرجل: دفعه.
The man pushed: he pushed him.
وبات يدحب المرأة ويدحمها، في الجماع: كناية عن النكاح؛
And he spent the night pushing the woman and thrusting her, in intercourse: a euphemism for sexual intercourse;
والاسم الدحاب.
And the noun is al-dahab.
دحبها يدحبها: نكحها.
He had intercourse with her, he has intercourse with her: he had sexual intercourse with her.
ودحيبة: اسم امرأة.
And Duhaiba: the name of a woman.