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دحص

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to rapid movement, especially of animals struggling or kicking. It also extends to the act of digging or stirring up the earth, often in a vigorous manner.

Derived headwords

دَحَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to move quicklyboth

    To move with speed and haste.

  2. 2.
    to kick or struggleclassical

    To kick or struggle with the legs, especially when dying, being slaughtered, or drowning.

  3. 3.
    to stir up earthboth

    To stir up or dig into the earth.

دَحْصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    stirring up earthboth

    The act of stirring up or digging into the earth.

يَدْحَصُverb
  1. 1.
    moves quicklyboth

    He moves with speed and haste.

دَحَصَتْverb
  1. 1.
    struggled (animal)classical

    An animal struggled or kicked with its legs.

تَدْحَصُverb
  1. 1.
    struggles (animal)classical

    An animal struggles or kicks with its legs.

دَاحِصٌadjective
  1. 1.
    struggling (dying)classical

    One who is struggling with their hands and feet, like a dying person or a slaughtered animal.

  2. 2.
    kickingclassical

    An animal that kicks or struggles.

فَاحِصٌadjective
  1. 1.
    diggingclassical

    One who digs or searches with hands and feet.

مُجْرَنْثِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    digging vigorouslyclassical

    Digging vigorously into the earth.

مُتَجَرْجِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    strugglingclassical

    Struggling or kicking.

Parallel reading

دحص يدحص: أسرع.
Dahasa yadhhasu: to move quickly.
ودحصت الذبيحة برجليها عند الذبح إذا فحصت وارتكضت
And the slaughtered animal struggled with its legs during slaughter if it thrashed and kicked.
رغا فوقهم سقب السماء فداحص بشكته، لم يستلب، وسليب
A young camel, raised to the sky, bellowed above them and struggled with its wound, not being stripped, nor taken.
والداحص: الذي يبحث بيديه ورجليه وهو يجود بنفسه كالمذبوح.
And the dahis: is one who searches with his hands and feet while he is dying, like a slaughtered person.
دحصت الشاة تدحص برجلها عند الذبح، وكذلك الوعل ونحوه، وكذلك إن مات من غرق ولم يذبح فضرب برجله
The sheep struggles with its leg when slaughtered, and likewise a wild goat and similar animals, and likewise if it dies from drowning and was not slaughtered, it strikes with its leg.
ولم يبق في القنان إلا فاحص مجرنثم أو داحص متجرجم.
And nothing remained in the high ground except a vigorous digger or a struggling kicker.
والدحص: إثارة الأرض.
And ad-dahs: is the stirring up of the earth.
فجعل يدحص الأرض بعقبيه أي يفحص ويبحث ويحرك التراب.
So he began to stir the earth with his heels, meaning he was probing, searching, and moving the soil.