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دخش

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of being full of flesh or meat. It is also suggested that a masculine proper name might be derived from this root, with the 'm' being an additional letter.

Derived headwords

دَخَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to be full of fleshclassical

    To become corpulent or fleshy, to gain a lot of meat.

دَخْشًاnoun
  1. 1.
    fullness of fleshclassical

    The state or condition of being full of flesh; corpulence.

دَخْشَمname
  1. 1.
    man's nameclassical

    A proper name for a man, possibly derived from the root 'dakhasha'.

Parallel reading

دَخَشَ دَخْشًا: امتلأ لحما
To be full of flesh, to be full of meat.
قال ابن دريد: وأحسب أن دخشما اسم رجل مشتق منه، والميم زائدة
Ibn Duraid said: And I think that Dakhsham is the name of a man derived from it, and the 'm' is an addition.