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ضوك

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to being smeared or stained, particularly with something unpleasant. It also extends to concepts of gathering or assembling, and intense contention or struggle over something.

Derived headwords

تَضَوَّكَverb
  1. 1.
    to be smearedboth

    To be smeared or stained with something, especially something unpleasant.

تَضَوُّكًاnoun
  1. 1.
    smearingboth

    The act or state of being smeared or stained.

ضَوَاكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    groupclassical

    A group or gathering of people or animals.

ضَوَيْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    groupclassical

    A small group or gathering of people or animals.

اضْطَوَاكَverb
  1. 1.
    to contend intenselyclassical

    To struggle or contend intensely over something, to dispute it fiercely.

Parallel reading

تَضَوَّكَ في عُذْرَتِهِ تَضَوُّكًا
He was smeared in his excrement, smeared.
رَأَيْتُ ضَوَاكَةً مِنَ النَّاسِ وَضَوَيْكَةً
I saw a group of people and a small group.
اضْطَوَاكُوا عَلَى الشَّيْءِ
They contended intensely over the thing.
وَاعْتَلَجُوا
And they struggled fiercely.
وَادَوَّسُوا
And they disputed it.