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ديح

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

The root 'ديح' appears to relate to concepts of staying, residing, and distributing or scattering. It also has a specific meaning related to locusts.

Derived headwords

دَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to stay, resideclassical

    To remain or dwell in a place, to be settled.

دِيَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    staying, residingclassical

    The act of staying or residing in a place.

دَوَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to distribute, scatterclassical

    To spread out or distribute something, similar to the verb 'كدحه'.

تَدْوِيحnoun
  1. 1.
    distribution, scatteringclassical

    The act of distributing or scattering something.

الدَّيْحَانnoun
  1. 1.
    locustsclassical

    A term for locusts, as reported by Al-Kura'i.

دَيَّاحadjective
  1. 1.
    distributorclassical

    One who distributes or scatters things.

Parallel reading

دَاحَ في بيته: أقام
He stayed in his house: he resided.
دَوَّحَ ماله: فرقه كدوحه
He distributed his wealth: he scattered it like 'kadaha'.
والديحان: الجراد؛ عن كراع
And 'al-dayhan': the locusts; according to Kura'i.
وهو عندنا فعلان
And it is, in our opinion, 'fa'laan'.