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دكم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of pressing, pushing, or crushing something down, often with a sense of accumulation or impact. It can also extend to meanings of forceful entry or collision.

Derived headwords

دَكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to crushboth

    To crush something by pressing parts of it down successively.

  2. 2.
    to press downboth

    To press down or accumulate something upon itself.

  3. 3.
    to smashclassical

    To smash or crush someone's mouth.

  4. 4.
    to shoveboth

    To shove or push someone forcefully.

  5. 5.
    to push in the chestclassical

    To push someone in the chest.

دَكْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    crushingboth

    The act of crushing something by pressing parts of it down successively.

  2. 2.
    pressing downboth

    The act of pressing down or accumulating something upon itself.

  3. 3.
    smashingclassical

    The act of smashing or crushing someone's mouth.

  4. 4.
    shovingboth

    The act of shoving or pushing someone forcefully.

  5. 5.
    pushing in the chestclassical

    The act of pushing someone in the chest.

الدَّكْمnoun
  1. 1.
    pressing downboth

    The act of pressing down or accumulating something upon itself.

  2. 2.
    crushingboth

    The act of crushing something by pressing parts of it down successively.

دَقَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to push in the chestclassical

    To push someone in the chest.

دَقْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    pushing in the chestclassical

    The act of pushing someone in the chest.

اندَكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to intrudeclassical

    To intrude or push oneself in.

اندَقَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to intrudeclassical

    To intrude or push oneself in.

تَدَاكَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to shove each otherboth

    To shove or push each other.

Parallel reading

دَكَمَ الشيءَ يَدْكُمُهُ دَكْمًا: كَسَرَ بعضَهُ في إِثْرِ بعضٍ
To crush something, one crushes its parts successively.
الدَّكْمُ دَوْسُ بعضِهِ على بعضٍ
Dukm is pressing some of it upon itself.
دَكَمَ الشيءَ دَكْمًا جَمَعَ بعضَهُ على بعضٍ
To crush something, one gathers some of it upon itself.
ودَكَمَ فاهُ دَكْمًا: دَقَّهُ
And he crushed his mouth, smashing it.
ودَكَمَهُ دَكْمًا: زَحَمَهُ
And he shoved him forcefully.
ودَكَمَهُ دَكْمًا إِذا دَفَعَ في صَدْرِهِ
And he pushed him forcefully, if he pushed him in the chest.
وزَعَمَ يَعْقُوبُ أَنَّ كافَهُ بَدَلٌ مِنْ قافِ دَقَمَ
And Ya'qub claimed that its kaf is a substitute for the qaf of daqama.
وانْدَكَمَ عَلَيْنا فُلانٌ وانْدَقَمَ إِذا انْقَحَمَ
And so-and-so intruded upon us and pushed himself in, if he intruded.
ورَأَيْتُهُمْ يَتَداكَمُونَ أَي يَتَدافَعُونَ
And I saw them shoving each other, meaning they were pushing each other.