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دهق

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root دهق (dahqa) primarily relates to intense pressure, forceful pouring, and filling to the brim. It extends to concepts of close packing, giving a substantial amount, and even includes terms for a merchant and a type of punishment.

Derived headwords

الدَّهْقُnoun
  1. 1.
    intense pressureboth

    The state of being under severe pressure or compression.

  2. 2.
    forceful pouringboth

    The act of pouring something out with great force and intensity.

  3. 3.
    close packingclassical

    The state of stones or objects being tightly packed together, with one fitting into another.

  4. 4.
    substantial giftclassical

    A significant or generous portion of something, especially money.

  5. 5.
    wooden clampclassical

    A tool consisting of two pieces of wood used to press or clamp the leg.

  6. 6.
    type of punishmentclassical

    A form of torment or punishment, with a Persian origin.

دَهَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to pour forcefullyboth

    To pour something out with great intensity and force.

  2. 2.
    to fill to the brimboth

    To fill a container completely, especially a cup, to its highest point.

  3. 3.
    to press tightlyclassical

    To cause things, like stones, to press tightly against each other.

  4. 4.
    to break or shatterclassical

    To break or shatter something into pieces.

أَدْهَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to pour out intenselyboth

    To pour out a liquid with extreme force and completeness.

  2. 2.
    to fill a cup fullyboth

    To fill a cup to its absolute capacity, to the very top.

  3. 3.
    to give a substantial amountclassical

    To give someone a generous portion or a significant amount of money.

  4. 4.
    to break or shatterclassical

    To break or shatter something.

دِهَاقًاadjective
  1. 1.
    full to the brimboth

    Describing a cup that is completely full and overflowing.

  2. 2.
    flowing continuouslyclassical

    Describing a drink that is continuously offered to the drinkers.

  3. 3.
    pure and clearclassical

    Describing a drink that is pure and clear.

كَأْسًا دِهَاقًاphrase
  1. 1.
    cups full to the brimboth

    A Quranic phrase referring to cups that are completely filled.

دِهْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    substantial giftclassical

    A generous portion or a significant amount given, especially of money.

مُدْهَقadjective
  1. 1.
    tightly packedclassical

    Describing stones or rocks that are densely packed and interlocked.

الدِّهْقَانnoun
  1. 1.
    merchantclassical

    A trader or merchant, a term of Persian origin.

الدَّهْقَانnoun
  1. 1.
    merchantclassical

    A trader or merchant, a term of Persian origin.

الدَّهَاقِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    merchantsclassical

    Plural of 'Dihqan', referring to a group of merchants.

الدَّهَاقِينnoun
  1. 1.
    merchantsclassical

    Plural of 'Dihqan', referring to a group of merchants.

دَهْدَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to break or shatterclassical

    To break or shatter something into pieces.

  2. 2.
    to boil vigorouslyclassical

    Describing the vigorous boiling and churning of contents in a pot.

دَهْدَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    vigorous boilingclassical

    The state of vigorous churning and bubbling in a pot as it boils.

دِهْقَانname
  1. 1.
    Dihqanclassical

    A proper name, possibly referring to a specific individual or title.

Parallel reading

الدهق: شدة الضغط.
Ad-dahq: intense pressure.
والدهق أيضا: متابعة الشد.
And ad-dahq also: following the pressure.
ودهق الماء وأدهقه: أفرغه إفراغا شديدا.
And dahqa the water and adhaqahu: he poured it out with intense pouring.
نطفة دهاقا وعلقة محاقا
a sperm drop intensely poured and a blood clot intensely formed
وأدهق الكأس: شد ملأها.
And adhaqa the cup: he intensely filled it.
وكأس دهاق: مترعة ممتلئة.
And a dahiq cup: overflowing, full.
وكأسا دهاقا
and cups full to the brim
أتانا عامر يرجو قرانا، ... فأترعنا له كأسا دهاقا
Amer came to us hoping for hospitality, ... so we filled a cup to the brim for him.
دهقت الكأس أي ملأتها
I filled the cup, meaning I filled it.
دهق لي من المال دهقة: أعطاني منه صدرا.
Dahaqa for me from the money a dahqah: he gave me a substantial portion of it.
والدهق: خشبتان يغمز بهما الساق.
And ad-dahq: two pieces of wood with which the leg is pressed.
ادهقت الحجارة: اشتد تلازبها ودخل بعضها في بعض مع كثرة
The stones became adhaqat: their close packing intensified and some entered into others with abundance.
ينصاح من جبلة رضم مدهق
It is dislodged from a mass of tightly packed stones.
والدهقان والدهقان: التاجر، فارسي معرب.
And ad-dihqan and ad-dihqan: the merchant, a Persian word Arabized.
وهم الدهاقنة والدهاقين
And they are ad-dahaqinah and ad-dahaqin.
إذا شئت غنتني دهاقين قرية، ... وصناجة تحدو على كل منسم
If you wish, merchants of a village will sing to me, ... and a drum will lead on every path.
والدهق، بالتحريك: ضرب من العذاب، وهو بالفارسية [أشكنجه].
And ad-dahq, with vowelization: a type of torment, and it is in Persian [ashkanjeh].
ودهقت الشيء: كسرته وقطعته، وكذلك دهدقته
And dahqa the thing: he broke it and cut it, and likewise dahdaqahu.
ندهدق بضع اللحم للباع والندى، ... وبعضهم تغلي بذم مناقعه
We break up some of the meat for generosity and bounty, ... and some of them boil with the vileness of their small pots.
والدهدقة: دوران البضع الكثير في القدر إذا غلت تراها تعلو مرة وتسفل أخرى
And ad-dahdaqah: the churning of much of the contents in the pot when it boils, you see it rise once and sink another time.
تقمص دهداق البضيع، كأنه ... رؤوس قطا كدر دقاق الحناجر
The vigorous boiling of the contents covers it, as if it were ... heads of sandgrouse with dark, fine throats.