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دغص

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

The root دغص primarily relates to the concept of being full, especially to the point of discomfort or blockage, often associated with overeating or consuming specific types of food. It also extends to physical descriptions of fullness, such as plumpness or a rounded bone structure, and metaphorically to being overwhelmed or facing imminent death.

Derived headwords

دَغَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to be full (from food)both

    To become filled with food to the point of satiety or discomfort.

  2. 2.
    to be blocked (animals)classical

    Used for animals, particularly camels, that become so full they cannot ruminate.

  3. 3.
    to be plump/fatboth

    To become extremely fat or plump.

  4. 4.
    to be overwhelmedclassical

    To be overcome or faced with something overwhelming, like death.

دغص الرجل دغصا — The man was full from food.
دغصت الإبل بالصليان حتى منعها ذلك أن تجتر — The camels were full of thorny plants until it prevented them from ruminating.
دَغْصnoun
  1. 1.
    fullness (from food)both

    The state of being full from eating, often to excess.

دغص الرجل دغصا — The man was full from food.
دَغَّاصَىadjective
  1. 1.
    full and unable to ruminateclassical

    Describes camels that have become so full, particularly from thorny plants, that they are unable to ruminate.

وإبل دغاصى إذا فعلت ذلك — And camels that are 'daghasy' if they do that.
الدَّغْصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a lump/swellingclassical

    A rounded bone that moves and undulates above the kneecap.

  2. 2.
    fatty tissueclassical

    The fatty tissue located beneath the skin above the knee.

  3. 3.
    ligament/tendonclassical

    A ligament or tendon, specifically one at the end of a bone with two ligaments at the top of the 'wablah'.

  4. 4.
    fleshy massclassical

    A compact, fleshy mass of meat.

  5. 5.
    a blockageclassical

    A blockage or obstruction, such as in the throat or windpipe.

والداغصة: عظم مدور يديص ويموج فوق رضف الركبة — And the 'daghisah': a rounded bone that moves and undulates above the kneecap.
والداغصة: الشحمة التي تحت الجلدة الكائنة فوق الركبة — And the 'daghisah': the fat that is under the skin above the knee.
والداغصة: العصبة — And the 'daghisah': the ligament.
والداغصة: اللحم المكتنز — And the 'daghisah': the compact flesh.
الدَّوَاغِصnoun
  1. 1.
    compact fleshclassical

    A plural form referring to compact, fleshy masses, similar in meaning to 'al-kahil' (hump) and 'al-ghārib' (shoulder area).

عجيز تزدرد الدواغصا — A backside that swallows compact flesh.
دَغَصَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be extremely fatboth

    The past tense verb form indicating a state of extreme fatness or plumpness.

ودغصت الدابة وبدعت إذا سمنت غاية السمن — And the animal became 'daghisah' and 'bad'ah' if it became extremely fat.
أَدْغَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to be overwhelmed by deathclassical

    To be overcome or approached closely by death.

أدغصه الموت وأدعصه إذا ناجزه — Death overwhelmed him and approached him closely.

Parallel reading

دغص الرجل دغصا
The man was full from food.
وكذلك دغصت الإبل بالصليان حتى منعها ذلك أن تجتر
And likewise, the camels were full of thorny plants until it prevented them from ruminating.
وإبل دغاصى إذا فعلت ذلك
And camels that are 'daghasy' if they do that.
والداغصة: النكفة
And the 'daghisah': the uvula.
والداغصة: عظم مدور يديص ويموج فوق رضف الركبة
And the 'daghisah': a rounded bone that moves and undulates above the kneecap.
وقيل: يتحرك على رأس الركبة
And it was said: it moves on the top of the knee.
والداغصة: الشحمة التي تحت الجلدة الكائنة فوق الركبة
And the 'daghisah': the fat that is under the skin above the knee.
ودغصت الإبل، بالكسر، تدغص دغصا إذا امتلأت من الكلإ حتى منعها ذلك أن تجتر
And the camels became full, with kasr, they become full, to the point of fullness, if they are filled with herbage until it prevents them from ruminating.
وهي تدغص بالصليان من بين الكلإ
And they are full of thorny plants among the herbage.
وقد دغصت الإبل أيضا إذا استكثرت من الصليان والنوى في حيازيمها وغلاصمها وغصت فلا تمضي
And the camels have also become full if they take in a lot of thorny plants and pits in their chests and throats and choke, so they cannot proceed.
والداغصة: العصبة، وقيل: هو عظم في طرفه عصبتان على رأس الوابلة
And the 'daghisah': the ligament, and it was said: it is a bone at its end with two ligaments at the top of the 'wablah'.
والداغصة: اللحم المكتنز؛ قال: عجيز تزدرد الدواغصا كل ذلك اسم كالكاهل والغارب
And the 'daghisah': the compact flesh; he said: a backside that swallows compact flesh, all of that is a name like the hump and the shoulder area.
ودغصت الدابة وبدعت إذا سمنت غاية السمن
And the animal became 'daghisah' and 'bad'ah' if it became extremely fat.
ويقال للرجل إذا سمن واكتنز لحمه: سمن كأنه داغصة
And it is said of a man if he becomes fat and his flesh is compact: he is fat as if he were a 'daghisah'.
وفي النوادر: أدغصه الموت وأدعصه إذا ناجزه
And in the 'Nawadir': death overwhelmed him and approached him closely if it confronted him.