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دسق

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root 'دسق' primarily relates to the concept of fullness, overflow, and abundance, particularly concerning water in a basin or cistern. It also extends to meanings of whiteness, brightness, beauty, and radiance, often associated with water, mirages, or even bread. The root encompasses various objects and abstract concepts, including basins, tables, messengers, and even specific days or places.

Derived headwords

دَسَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to overflowboth

    The basin became full to the point of overflowing.

دَسْقnoun
  1. 1.
    overflowingclassical

    The act of a basin filling up and its water spilling out.

  2. 2.
    whitenessclassical

    Referring to the white appearance of water.

أَدْسَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to overflowclassical

    To fill a basin until its water spills out.

الدِّيسَقnoun
  1. 1.
    basinclassical

    A name for a basin, especially one that is full of water.

  2. 2.
    whitenessclassical

    Whiteness, beauty, and radiance.

  3. 3.
    white breadclassical

    A type of white bread.

  4. 4.
    tableclassical

    A table, specifically a silver table or tray.

  5. 5.
    desertclassical

    An open, vast desert or plain.

  6. 6.
    soilclassical

    Soil or earth.

  7. 7.
    mirageclassical

    The shimmering and whiteness of a mirage.

  8. 8.
    waterclassical

    Abundant, clear water.

  9. 9.
    bowlclassical

    A bowl or basin.

  10. 10.
    trayclassical

    A tray, possibly made of silver.

  11. 11.
    radianceclassical

    Anything that shines or illuminates.

غَدِيرٌ ديسقnoun
  1. 1.
    white and flowing pondclassical

    A pond that is white and has flowing water.

سَرَابٌ ديسقnoun
  1. 1.
    running mirageclassical

    A mirage that is intense and appears to be running or shimmering strongly.

يوم ديسقةnoun
  1. 1.
    a famous dayclassical

    A famous day in Arab history, possibly named after a place.

الدِّسْقَانnoun
  1. 1.
    messengerclassical

    A messenger.

بيت دوسقnoun
  1. 1.
    intermediate sizeclassical

    A size or state between small and large.

ابن ديسقname
  1. 1.
    a man's nameclassical

    A proper name for a man.

ديسقother
  1. 1.
    a measure or vesselclassical

    A type of measure or an eating vessel.

  2. 2.
    old manclassical

    An old man.

  3. 3.
    place nameclassical

    A place name.

Parallel reading

امتلاء الحوض حتى يفيض.
The basin was full to the point of overflowing.
ودسق الحوض دسقا: امتلأ وساح ماؤه، وأدسقه هو
And the basin overflowed with an overflowing: it became full and its water spilled out, and he caused it to overflow.
يردن تحت الأثل سياح الدسق
They drink under the tamarisk trees, the flowing of the overflow.
والدسق: البياض، يريد أن الماء أبيض.
And 'al-dasq' means whiteness, meaning the water is white.
والديسق: اسم الحوض.
And 'al-dīsaq' is the name of the basin.
والديسق: الحوض الملآن ماء.
And 'al-dīsaq' is the full basin of water.
وملأت الحوض حتى دسق أي ساح ماؤه.
And I filled the basin until it overflowed, meaning its water spilled out.
وغدير ديسق: أبيض مطرد.
And a 'ghadeer dīsaq' is white and flowing.
والديسق: البياض والحسن والنور.
And 'al-dīsaq' is whiteness, beauty, and light.
والديسق: الخبز الأبيض
And 'al-dīsaq' is white bread.
وقدر وطباخ وكأس وديسق
And a pot, a cook, a cup, and white bread.
والصاع مشربة، والديسق خوان من فضة.
And 'al-sāʿ' is a drinking vessel, and 'al-dīsaq' is a silver tray.
والديسق الفلاة، والديسق التراب، والديسق ترقرق السراب وبياضه
And 'al-dīsaq' is the desert, 'al-dīsaq' is the soil, and 'al-dīsaq' is the shimmering and whiteness of the mirage.
يعط ريعان السراب الديسقا
It gives the prime of the mirage, the shimmering white.
وسراب ديسق: جار.
And a 'sarāb dīsaq' is running.
والسراب يسمى ديسقا إذا اشتد جريه
And the mirage is called 'dīsaq' if its running intensifies.
هابي العشي ديسق ضحاؤه
Weary in the evening, its midday is intensely shimmering.
أبو عمرو: ديسق أبيض وقت الهاجرة.
Abu Amr: 'Dīsaq' is white at the time of the midday heat.
والديسق: الممتلئ يعني من السراب.
And 'al-dīsaq' is the full one, meaning from the mirage.
أبو عمرو: الديسق الصحراء الواسعة.
Abu Amr: 'Al-dīsaq' is the vast desert.
والديسق: الطست.
And 'al-dīsaq' is the basin.
والديسق: الخوان، وقيل: هو من الفضة خاصة.
And 'al-dīsaq' is the tray, and it is said: it is specifically of silver.
قال أبو عبيد: الديسق معرب وهو بالفارسية طشتخوان.
Abu Ubaid said: 'Al-dīsaq' is a loanword and in Persian it is 'tasht-khwan'.
قال أبو الهيثم: الديسق الطشتخان هو الفابور.
Abu Al-Haytham said: 'Al-dīsaq' is the 'tasht-khan', which is the 'fābur'.
ويقال لكل شيء ينير ويضيء: ديسق.
And everything that shines and illuminates is called 'dīsaq'.
ويوم ديسقة: يوم من أيام العرب مشهور وكأنه اسم موضع
And 'Yawm Dīsaqah' is a famous day among the days of the Arabs, and it seems to be the name of a place.
نحن الفوارس، يوم ديسقة،
We are the knights, on the day of Dīsaqah,
والمغشو الكماة غوارب الأكم
And the one covered with dust, the tops of the hills.
والديسق: مكيال أو إناء.
And 'al-dīsaq' is a measure or a vessel.
والديسق: الشيخ.
And 'al-dīsaq' is the old man.
وديسق: موضع.
And 'Dīsaq' is a place.
وابن ديسق: رجل.
And 'Ibn Dīsaq' is a man.
وبيت دوسق، على مثال فوعل: بين الكبير والصغير، عن كراع.
And 'bayt dawsāq', on the pattern of fawʿal: between the large and the small, according to Kra'ah.
والدسقان: الرسول، حكاه الفارسي.
And 'al-dasqān' is the messenger, as narrated by Al-Fārisī.