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دكع

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific type of cough or respiratory ailment affecting animals, particularly camels and horses. It also extends to the act of coughing itself and the state of being afflicted by such a condition.

Derived headwords

الدكاعnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel coughclassical

    A specific ailment affecting camels, characterized by a cough.

  2. 2.
    Animal coughclassical

    A disease affecting camels and horses in their chests, similar to a cough.

دكعverb
  1. 1.
    to have a coughclassical

    To be afflicted with a cough or a respiratory ailment, specifically 'ad-dukāʿ'.

تدكعverb
  1. 1.
    to have a coughclassical

    The present tense form of the verb 'to be afflicted with a cough'.

دكعاnoun
  1. 1.
    coughingclassical

    The act of coughing or being afflicted by the ailment 'ad-dukāʿ'.

مدكوعadjective
  1. 1.
    coughingclassical

    Describing a horse that is afflicted with a cough or the ailment 'ad-dukāʿ'.

Parallel reading

من أمراض الإبل الدكاع، وهو سعال يأخذها
Among the diseases of camels is 'ad-dukāʿ', which is a cough that affects them.
وقيل: الدكاع داء يأخذ الإبل والخيل في صدورها كالسعال
And it was said: 'ad-dukāʿ' is a disease that affects camels and horses in their chests, like a cough.
وهو كالخبطة في الناس
And it is like 'al-khabṭah' (a type of ailment) in people.
دكعت تدكع دكعا ودكعت دكعا: أصابها ذلك
'Dakāʿat tadkaʿu dakʿan wa dakāʿat dakʿan': it was afflicted by that.
ترى منه صدور الخيل زورا، ... كأن بها نحازا أو دكاعا
You see from it the chests of horses crooked, ... as if they have 'nuḥāz' (a cough) or 'dukāʿan'.
ويقال: دكع الفرس فهو مدكوع
And it is said: 'Dakāʿa al-faras fa-huwa madkūʿ' (The horse coughed, so it is afflicted).