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دعق

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of forceful treading, trampling, or stamping, often with animals, causing impact, impression, or damage. It extends to concepts of pushing, driving, or launching something forcefully, and can also refer to a sudden impact or a group.

Derived headwords

دَعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to tread forcefullyboth

    To tread or trample forcefully, especially with animals, leaving a strong impression.

  2. 2.
    to crushboth

    To crush or overwhelm something, to bring it to an end.

  3. 3.
    to push/driveboth

    To push or drive something forcefully, such as launching an attack.

  4. 4.
    to make a hole/damageclassical

    To make a hole or damage something by trampling or impact, like a herd of camels damaging a water trough.

  5. 5.
    to stir up/agitateclassical

    To stir up or agitate, to cause fear or flight.

دعقت الدواب الأرض تدعقها دعقا: أثرت فيها — The animals trod the ground forcefully, leaving an impression.
حتى تدعق الخيل في الدماء أي تطأ فيه — until the horses trample in the blood.
ودعقه يدعقه دعقا: أجهز عليه — He finished it off, brought it to an end.
الدَّعْقnoun
  1. 1.
    forceful treadingboth

    The act of treading or trampling forcefully, especially by animals.

  2. 2.
    impact/damageboth

    Impact or damage caused by forceful treading or stamping.

  3. 3.
    pushing/drivingboth

    The act of pushing or driving something forcefully.

  4. 4.
    a blow/strikeclassical

    A blow or strike.

  5. 5.
    agitation/fearclassical

    Agitation, causing fear or flight.

الدعق: شدة وطء الدابة — The forceful treading of an animal.
والدعق: الدق — And ad-da'q is striking/beating.
والدعق: الهيج والتنفير — And ad-da'q is agitation and causing flight.
طريق دعقadjective
  1. 1.
    heavily troddenboth

    A road that is heavily trodden and shows many imprints.

وطريق دعق ومدعوق أي موطوء — and a trodden and trampled road.
مدعوقadjective
  1. 1.
    trampledboth

    That which has been trodden or trampled upon forcefully.

وطريق مدعوس ومدعوق — and a trodden and trampled road.
مدعاسnoun
  1. 1.
    place of tramplingclassical

    A place where much trampling occurs.

في رسم آثار ومدعاس دعق — in traces of ruins and a heavily trodden place.
دعقةnoun
  1. 1.
    a push/thrustboth

    A push, thrust, or sudden forceful movement.

  2. 2.
    a downpourboth

    A sudden, heavy downpour of rain.

  3. 3.
    a group of camelsclassical

    A group or herd of camels.

  4. 4.
    an attackclassical

    An attack, especially one that is forcefully driven or launched.

والدعقة: الدفعة — And ad-da'qah is a push or thrust.
أصابتنا دعقة من مطر أي دفعة شديدة — A downpour of rain struck us, meaning a severe push.
والدعقة: جماعة من الإبل — And ad-da'qah is a group of camels.
دعقnoun
  1. 1.
    a downpourboth

    A sudden, heavy downpour of rain.

ودعق الماء دعقا. فجره — And he made the water flow forcefully, breaking it forth.
مُدَعَّقadjective
  1. 1.
    broken forthclassical

    Water that has been made to flow forcefully or broken forth.

يضرب عبريه ويغشى المدعقا — striking its banks and reaching the place where water is broken forth.
مُدَاعِيقadjective
  1. 1.
    advancing in raidclassical

    Horses that are advanced and leading in a raid, trampling the enemy.

وخيل مداعيق: متقدمة في الغارة تدوس القوم في الغارات — and advancing horses in a raid, trampling people in raids.
أَدْعَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to send forthclassical

    To send forth or release one's camels.

وأدعق إبله: أرسلها — And he sent his camels forth: he released them.
شَلٌّ دَعْقadjective
  1. 1.
    intense/strongclassical

    Intense, strong, or severe.

وشل دعق: شديد — and intense camel-herding: severe.
مَدَاعِقnoun
  1. 1.
    defenses/barriersclassical

    The defenses or barriers of a valley.

مداعق الوادي ومثادقه ومذابحه ومهارقه مدافعه — the defenses of the valley, its barriers, its passages, and its outlets.
إِدْعَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    causing flightclassical

    The act of causing flight or agitation, especially of camels.

لا يهمون بإدعاق الشلل — they do not care about causing the camels to flee.

Parallel reading

الدعق: شدة وطء الدابة.
Ad-da'q: the intensity of an animal's treading.
دعقت الدواب الأرض تدعقها دعقا: أثرت فيها.
The animals trod the ground forcefully, leaving an impression.
حتى تدعق الخيل في الدماء أي تطأ فيه.
until the horses trample in the blood.
وطريق دعق ومدعوق أي موطوء.
and a trodden and trampled road.
وطريق مدعوس ومدعوق.
and a trodden and trampled road.
ودعقه الناس.
and people trampled it.
وطريق دعق وعث أي موطوء كثير الآثار.
and a trodden and rough road, meaning heavily trodden with many imprints.
زورا تجافى عن أشاآت العوق ... في رسم آثار ومدعاس دعق
going to a place far from the obstacles... in traces of ruins and a heavily trodden place
ودعقت الإبل الحوض دعقا إذا وردت فازدحمت على الحوض.
And the camels trampled the water trough forcefully when they came to drink and crowded around the trough.
كانت لنا كدعقة الورد الصدي
It was to us like the forceful arrival of thirsty camels.
والدعق: الدق.
And ad-da'q: the striking/beating.
ودعقت الإبل الحوض إذا خبطته حتى تثلمه من جوانبه.
And the camels trampled the trough when they beat it until they damaged its sides.
ودعق الماء دعقا. فجره.
And he made the water flow forcefully, breaking it forth.
يضرب عبريه ويغشى المدعقا
striking its banks and reaching the place where water is broken forth.
ودعقه يدعقه دعقا: أجهز عليه.
And he finished it off, brought it to an end.
والدعقة: الدفعة.
And ad-da'qah: a push or thrust.
أصابتنا دعقة من مطر أي دفعة شديدة.
A downpour of rain struck us, meaning a severe push.
ودعق عليهم الخيل يدعقها دعقا إذا دفعها عليهم في الغارة.
And he drove the horses against them forcefully when he pushed them against them in the raid.
ودعقوا عليهم الغارة دعقا: دفعوها، والاسم الدعقة.
And they launched the raid against them forcefully: they pushed it, and the noun is ad-da'qah.
والدعقة: جماعة من الإبل.
And ad-da'qah: a group of camels.
وخيل مداعيق: متقدمة في الغارة تدوس القوم في الغارات.
and advancing horses in a raid, trampling people in raids.
وأدعق إبله: أرسلها.
And he sent his camels forth: he released them.
وشل دعق: شديد.
and intense camel-herding: severe.
مداعق الوادي ومثادقه ومذابحه ومهارقه مدافعه.
the defenses of the valley, its barriers, its passages, and its outlets.
والدعق: الهيج والتنفير، وقد دعقه دعقا ولا يقال أدعقه.
And ad-da'q: agitation and causing flight, and he caused it to happen forcefully, but it is not said 'he caused it to happen'.
لا يهمون بإدعاق الشلل
they do not care about causing the camels to flee.