دوح

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of largeness, vastness, and spreading, particularly in relation to trees and physical size. It extends to metaphorical uses like a large tent or a spreading belly, and even to abstract concepts like the world.

Derived headwords

الدَّوْحَةnoun

1.
Large treeboth
A large, expansive tree of any kind.
2.
Large tentclassical
A large tent or canopy, often used metaphorically for something providing ample shade or shelter.

دَاحَverb

1.
to be largeclassical
Said of a tree when it becomes large and expansive.
2.
to spread outclassical
Said of a belly when it becomes large and hangs down.

دَائِحَةadjective

1.
large and expansiveclassical
Describing a tree that is large and expansive.

دَوَّحَverb

1.
to make largeclassical
To make something large or expansive.

انْدَاحَverb

1.
to spread outclassical
Said of a belly when it becomes large and hangs down; synonymous with 'dāḥa'.

مُنْدَاحadjective

1.
bulgingclassical
Describing a belly that is bulging, rounded, and wide, often due to fatness.

الدَّوْحnoun

1.
Large houseclassical
A large, spacious house or dwelling, specifically a large tent made of hair (poetic).

داحnoun

1.
Child's gameclassical
A type of drawing or pattern used as a game for children, or a distraction.
2.
The worldclassical
Metaphorically refers to the world, as in 'the world is a dāḥ'.

أَدْوَاحnoun

1.
Plural of large treesboth
The plural of 'dawḥah', referring to many large trees.

دَوَّحَ مَالَهُverb

1.
to distribute wealthclassical
To distribute or spread out one's wealth or property.

Parallel reading

الدوحة: الشجرة العظيمة المتسعة من أي الشجر كانت

The dawḥah: the great, expansive tree, of whatever kind of tree it may be.

والجمع دوح، وأدواح جمع الجمع

And its plural is dawḥ, and adwāḥ is the plural of the plural.

وداحت الشجرة تدوح إذا عظمت، فهي دائحة

And a tree 'dāḥat' (تدوح) if it became great, so it is 'dā'iḥah'.

كم من عذق دواح في الجنة لأبي الدحداح؟

How many a large cluster (of dates) is there in Paradise for Abū al-Daḥdāḥ?

الدواح: العظيم الشديد العلو، وكل شجرة عظيمة دوحة

Al-dawwāḥ: the great, intensely tall; and every great tree is a dawḥah.

فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى دَوْحَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ أَي شَجَرَةٍ

So we came upon a great dawḥah, meaning a tree.

أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَطَعَ دَوْحَةً مِنَ الْحَرَمِ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُعْتِقَ رَقَبَةً

That a man cut down a dawḥah from the Haram, so he ordered him to free a slave.

والدوحة: المظلة العظيمة؛ يقال: مظلة دوحة

And the dawḥah: the great umbrella or canopy; it is said: a dawḥah-like canopy.

والدوح، بغير هاء: البيت الضخم الكبير من الشعر؛ عن ابن الأعرابي

And al-dawḥ, without the 'hā': the large, big tent of hair; from Ibn al-A'rābī.

وداح بطنه: عظم واسترسل إلى أسفل

And his belly 'dāḥa': it became large and hung down.

فَأَصْبَحُوا حَوْلَكَ قَدْ دَاحُوا السرر، ... وَأَكَلُوا الْمَأْدُومَ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْقَفْرِ

So they became around you, their bellies having spread out, ... and they ate the stew after the famine.

وانداح بطنه: كداح

And his belly 'indāḥa': like 'dāḥa'.

وبطن منداح: خارج مدور، وقيل: متسع دان من السمن

And an 'indāḥ' belly: protruding, rounded, and it is said: wide, close from fatness.

ودوح ماله: فرقه كديحه

And he 'dawwaḥa' his wealth: he distributed it like 'dāḥa'.

والداح: نقش يلوح به للصبيان يعللون به؛ يقال: الدنيا داحة

And al-dāḥ: a drawing with which children are amused, by which they are entertained; it is said: the world is a dāḥ.

فقال: ما داحه؟ فقال: الدنيا

So he said: What is 'dāḥuh'? He said: The world.

وقول الصبيان الداح، منه

And the children's saying 'al-dāḥ' is from it.