دقش

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of marking, engraving, or inscribing. It extends to describing speckled or spotted creatures, and metaphorically to causing discord or mischief. It also encompasses the act of looking intently or squinting.

Derived headwords

الدقشnoun

1.
Engravingclassical
The act of engraving, carving, or inscribing patterns or marks onto a surface.
2.
Markingclassical
The general act of making a mark or impression.

دقشverb

1.
To engraveclassical
To carve or engrave designs or marks onto something.
2.
To markclassical
To make a mark or impression on something.

الدقشةnoun

1.
Speckled lizardclassical
A small reptile that is speckled or spotted, smaller than a gecko.
2.
Spotted creatureclassical
A small creature characterized by spots or a mottled appearance.

أبو الدقيشname

1.
Kunyah (sobriquet)classical
A kunyah, or patronymic nickname, used by some Arabs. It is noted that the person bearing this kunyah did not know the meaning of the name itself.

الدقشname

1.
A nameclassical
The name of a person, which also serves as the root word for the kunyah 'Abu al-Daqaysh'.

دَقَّشَverb

1.
To look intentlyclassical
To look at something with narrowed eyes, to squint or peer.

دَنْقَشَverb

1.
To cause discordclassical
To sow discord, to cause strife or mischief among people.
2.
To sow discord (with 's')classical
To cause discord or mischief, sometimes expressed with the letter 's' (sin) instead of 'sh' (shin).

الدقيشnoun

1.
A type of birdclassical
A known bird among them, described as grayish and speckled.

دِنْقَشٌnoun

1.
A type of birdclassical
A bird that is grayish and speckled, also referred to as 'al-Daqaysh'.

دقيشname

1.
A nameclassical
A diminutive form of 'Daqsh', used as a name.

دَنْقَشٌother

1.
A bird (variant)classical
A grayish, speckled bird, possibly a variant spelling or pronunciation of 'Daqaysh'.

Parallel reading

الدقش: النقش.

Al-Daqsh: engraving.

والدقشة: دويبة رقشاء، وقيل رقطاء أصغر من العظاءة.

And al-Daqshah: a speckled little creature, or it is said a spotted one, smaller than a lizard.

وأبو الدقيش: كنية، قال الأزهري: أبو الدقيش كنية واسمه الدقش.

And Abu al-Daqaysh: a kunyah. Al-Azhari said: Abu al-Daqaysh is a kunyah and his name is al-Daqsh.

قال يونس: سألت أبا الدقيش: ما الدقش؟ فقال: لا أدري، قلت: ما الدقيش؟ فقال: ولا هذا، قلت: فاكتنيت بما لا تعرف ما هو؟ قال: إنما الكنى والأسماء علامات.

Yunus said: I asked Abu al-Daqaysh: What is al-Daqsh? He said: I don't know. I said: What is al-Daqaysh? He said: Nor this. I said: So you took a kunyah for something you don't know what it is? He said: Indeed, kunyahs and names are just signs.

قال أبو زيد: دخلت على أبي الدقيش الأعرابي وهو مريض فقلت له: كيف تجدك يا أبا الدقيش؟ قال: أجد ما لا أشتهي وأشتهي ما لا أجد، وأنا في زمان سوء، زمان من وجد لم يجد، ومن جاد لم يجد.

Abu Zayd said: I entered upon Abu al-Daqaysh the Bedouin while he was ill and said to him: How do you find yourself, O Abu al-Daqaysh? He said: I find what I do not desire and desire what I do not find, and I am in a bad time, a time where whoever finds does not possess, and whoever is generous does not find.

ودنقش الرجل إذا نظر وكسر عينيه.

And a man 'danaqasha' if he looks and narrows his eyes.

ودنقشت بين القوم: أفسدت، قال: وربما جاء بالسين المهملة: حكاه أبو عبيد.

And I 'danaqashtu' among the people: I caused discord. He said: And sometimes it comes with the unpointed 's' (sin): Abu Ubayd narrated this.

ذكر أبو القاسم الزجاجي أن ابن دريد سئل عن الدقش فقال: قد سمت العرب دقشا وصغروه فقالوا دقيش وصيرت من فعل فنعل فقالوا دنقش، قال: والدقيش طائر أغبر أريقط معروف عندهم؛

Abu al-Qasim al-Zajjaji mentioned that Ibn Duraid was asked about al-Daqsh, and he said: The Arabs named their children Daqsh and made it diminutive, calling it Daqaysh, and from 'fa'ala' they made 'fa'nalla', so they said 'danaqasha'. He said: And al-Daqaysh is a known grayish, speckled bird among them;

قال غلام من العرب أنشده يونس: يا أمتاه أخصبي العشيه، ... قد صدت دقشا ثم سندريه

A young man from the Arabs said, and Yunus recited to him: O mother, make the evening fertile, ... I have hunted a Daqsh and then a Sandariyah.