دحض

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root 'دحض' primarily relates to slipping, sliding, and instability. It extends to concepts of invalidity, falsehood, and the inability to stand firm, both physically and metaphorically. It also encompasses the idea of searching or probing with one's foot.

Derived headwords

الدَّحْضnoun

1.
slipping, slidingboth
The act or state of slipping or sliding, often due to a slippery surface.
2.
instability, lack of firmnessboth
A condition of lacking stability, firmness, or steadfastness, both physically and in terms of resolve.
3.
falsehood, invalidityboth
The state of being invalid, false, or baseless, particularly referring to arguments or claims.
4.
slippery placeboth
A place that is prone to causing slips and falls.
5.
water causing slipperinessclassical
Water that makes a surface slippery.

الدَّحْض: الزلق — Slipping, sliding

وفي حديث الجمعة: كرهت أن أخرجكم فتمشون في الطين والدَّحْض أي الزلق — And in the Hadith of Friday prayer: 'I disliked you going out and walking in mud and slipperiness, i.e., slipping.'

الإدْحَاضnoun

1.
causing to slipclassical
The act of causing something or someone to slip or slide.

الإدْحَاض: الإزلاق — Causing to slip: making to slip.

دَحَضَتْverb

1.
it slippedboth
The foot or leg slipped.
2.
it became invalidboth
An argument or claim became invalid or baseless.

دَحَضَتْ رجل البعير — The camel's leg slipped.

تَدَحْضُverb

1.
it slipsboth
It (a foot or leg) slips.
2.
it becomes invalidboth
It (an argument or claim) becomes invalid.

تدَحْضُ دَحْضاً ودُحُوضاً زلقت — It slips, slipping and sliding, it slipped.

دَحَضَهاverb

1.
he made it slipboth
He caused it (a foot or leg) to slip.
2.
he invalidated itboth
He caused it (an argument or claim) to become invalid or baseless.

دَحَضَها وأدْحَضَها أزلقها — He made it slip and caused it to slip, he made it slip.

أَدْحَضَهاverb

1.
he caused it to slipboth
He caused something (like a foot or leg) to slip.
2.
he invalidated itboth
He caused something (like an argument or proof) to be invalidated or proven false.

وأدْحَضَها الله — And Allah made it invalid.

وأدْحَضَ حجته إذا أبطلها — And he invalidated his argument if he disproved it.

دَاحِضadjective

1.
slipperyboth
Describing a surface that is prone to slipping.
2.
unstable, lacking resolveboth
Describing people who lack firmness, stability, or determination.
3.
invalid, baselessboth
Describing an argument, claim, or proof that is invalid or has no foundation.

غير دَاحِض الأقدام — Not slipping of foot

حجتهم دَاحِضة — Their argument is invalid.

دُحُوضnoun

1.
slippingboth
The act of slipping or sliding.
2.
invalidationboth
The act of becoming invalid or baseless.

تدحض دحضا ودُحُوضا زلقت — It slips, slipping and sliding, it slipped.

مَدْحَاضadjective

1.
slippery, causing slipsclassical
A place or thing that is very slippery and causes frequent slips.

مزلة مَدْحَاض: يدحض فيها كثيرا — A slippery place where one slips a lot.

دَحَصَverb

1.
he probed with his footclassical
He searched or probed with his foot.

ودَحَصَ برجله ودَحَضَ إذا فحص برجله — And he probed with his foot and he searched with his foot.

مَكَانٌ دَحِضnoun phrase

1.
slippery placeboth
A place that is a slippery spot where feet cannot find firm footing.

ومكانٌ دَحِضٌ إذا كان مزلة لا تثبت عليها الأقدام — And a slippery place if it is a place of slipping where feet do not hold firm.

دَحْضnoun

1.
slippery groundclassical
Ground that is slippery.

حتى يعود دَحْضاً تشممه — Until it becomes slippery ground that you sniff.

Parallel reading

الدَّحْض: الزلق

Slipping: sliding.

والإدْحَاض: الإزلاق

And causing to slip: making to slip.

دَحَضَتْ رجل البعير، وفي المحكم: دَحَضَتْ رجله، فلم يخصص

The camel's leg slipped, and in Al-Muhkam: his leg slipped, and it was not specified.

تدَحْضُ دَحْضاً ودُحُوضاً زلقت

It slips, slipping and sliding, it slipped.

ودَحَضَها وأدْحَضَها أزلقها

And he made it slip and caused it to slip, he made it slip.

وفي حديث وفد مذحج: نجباء غير دَاحِض الأقدام

And in the Hadith of the delegation of Madhhij: noble, not slipping of foot.

الدَّاحِض: جمع دَاحِض وهم الذين لا ثبات لهم ولا عزيمة في الأمور

The unstable: plural of unstable, and they are those who have no firmness or resolve in matters.

وفي حديث الجمعة: كرهت أن أخرجكم فتمشون في الطين والدَّحْض أي الزلق

And in the Hadith of Friday prayer: I disliked you going out and walking in mud and slipperiness, i.e., slipping.

وفي حديث أبي ذر: أن خليلي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال: إن دون جسر جهنم طريقا ذا دَحْض

And in the Hadith of Abu Dharr: that my intimate friend, peace be upon him, said: Indeed, beyond the bridge of Hell is a path of slipperiness.

وفي حديث الحجاج في صفة المطر: فدَحَضَتْ التلاع أي صيرتها مزلقة

And in the Hadith of Al-Hajjaj describing the rain: so the ravines became slippery, meaning it made them a slippery place.

ودَحَضَتْ حجته دُحُوضاً: كذلك على المثل إذا بطلت

And his argument became invalid, invalidity: likewise by analogy when it is nullified.

وأدْحَضَها الله

And Allah made it invalid.

قال الله تعالى: حجَّتهم دَاحِضة

Allah the Almighty said: Their argument is invalid.

وأدْحَضَ حجته إذا أبطلها

And he invalidated his argument if he disproved it.

والدَّحْض: الماء الذي يكون عنه الزلق

And slipperiness: the water from which slipperiness occurs.

وفي حديث معاوية قال لابن عمر: لا تزال تأتينا بهنة تَدَحْضُ بها في بولك أي تزلق

And in the Hadith of Mu'awiyah, he said to Ibn Umar: You keep bringing us something that you slip in with your urine, meaning you slide.

ودَحَصَ برجله ودَحَضَ إذا فحص برجله

And he probed with his foot and he searched with his foot.

ومكانٌ دَحِضٌ إذا كان مزلة لا تثبت عليها الأقدام

And a slippery place if it is a place of slipping where feet do not hold firm.

ومزلةٌ مَدْحَاض: يدحض فيها كثيرا

And a slippery place: where one slips a lot.

ومكانٌ دَحِضٌ ودَحَضٌ، بالتحريك أيضا: زلق؛ قال الراجز يصف ناقته: قد ترد النهي تنزى عومه، ... فتستبيح ماءه فتلهمه، حتى يعود دَحْضاً تشممه

And a slippery place and slippery ground, also with vowelization: slippery; the poet said describing his she-camel: She might approach the stream, leaping its waters... and drink its water greedily, until it becomes slippery ground that you sniff.