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دءي

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns anatomical terms related to the back, spine, and ribs, particularly around the shoulders and neck. It also extends to describe stealthy or deceptive movements, and a specific part of a saddle or bow.

Derived headwords

الدأيnoun
  1. 1.
    back/shoulder weaknessclassical

    Refers to the weakness or pain in the shoulder blades and the back.

  2. 2.
    ribsclassical

    Specifically, the ribs in the chest area, or where they meet the sides.

  3. 3.
    part of camel's backclassical

    The part of a camel's back where the saddle rests, which can cause sores.

الدئيnoun
  1. 1.
    back/shoulder weaknessclassical

    Weakness or pain in the shoulder blades and back.

  2. 2.
    ribsclassical

    The ribs in the chest area.

  3. 3.
    part of camel's backclassical

    The part of a camel's back where the saddle rests.

  4. 4.
    vertebraeclassical

    The vertebrae of the neck.

  5. 5.
    ribsclassical

    The main ribs in the flank area.

الدئيّةnoun
  1. 1.
    vertebraclassical

    A single vertebra, particularly in the neck or back.

  2. 2.
    ribclassical

    A single rib, especially those near the shoulder or chest.

  3. 3.
    part of saddleclassical

    The part of a saddle that rests on the camel's back and can cause sores.

  4. 4.
    part of bowclassical

    A part of a bow, specifically the two pieces flanking the nock.

الدأياتnoun
  1. 1.
    shoulder bladesclassical

    The shoulder blades or the bones in that region.

  2. 2.
    ribsclassical

    The ribs, particularly those of the chest or shoulder.

  3. 3.
    neck vertebraeclassical

    The vertebrae of the neck.

  4. 4.
    part of camel's backclassical

    The area on a camel's back where a saddle rests.

الدأيتانnoun
  1. 1.
    ribsclassical

    The two ribs adjacent to the 'wahinatain' (flank ribs).

ابن دأيةname
  1. 1.
    ravenclassical

    A raven, named so because it is said to peck at the sores on a camel's back.

دأىverb
  1. 1.
    to deceiveclassical

    To deceive, to trick, to approach stealthily.

  2. 2.
    to stalkclassical

    To stalk prey, like a wolf stalking a gazelle.

يدأىverb
  1. 1.
    to deceiveclassical

    He deceives, he tricks, he approaches stealthily.

  2. 2.
    to stalkclassical

    He stalks prey.

دأياverb
  1. 1.
    to deceiveclassical

    Deceiving, tricking, stealthy approach.

  2. 2.
    to stalkclassical

    Stalking prey.

دأوverb
  1. 1.
    to deceiveclassical

    To deceive, to trick, to approach stealthily (variant of دأى).

دأوتverb
  1. 1.
    to deceiveclassical

    I/you/he/she deceived, tricked, approached stealthily.

يدؤوverb
  1. 1.
    to deceiveclassical

    He deceives, tricks, approaches stealthily (variant of يدأى).

دأواverb
  1. 1.
    to deceiveclassical

    They deceived, tricked, approached stealthily.

الدأيnoun
  1. 1.
    saddle sore locationclassical

    The spot on a camel's back where the saddle rests and can cause sores.

الدئياnoun
  1. 1.
    saddle sore locationclassical

    The spot on a camel's back where the saddle rests and can cause sores.

الدئيnoun
  1. 1.
    main ribsclassical

    The main ribs in the flank area.

الدأيةnoun
  1. 1.
    part of bowclassical

    One of the two parts of a bow that flank the nock.

Parallel reading

لها من خلال الدأيتين أريج
From between the two shoulder blades, there is a fragrance.
إن الدأيات أضلاع الكتف وهي ثلاث أضلاع من هنا وثلاث من هنا، واحدته دأية.
The 'daayāt' are the shoulder ribs, which are three ribs from here and three from there; one of them is a 'daayah'.
الدأي جمع الدأية وهي فقار الكاهل في مجتمع ما بين الكتفين من كاهل البعير خاصة، والجمع الدأيات، وهي عظام ما هنالك، كل عظم منها دأية.
The 'da'ay' is the plural of 'da'ayah', which is the vertebrae of the hump in the meeting place between the shoulders of a camel specifically. The plural is 'da'ayāt', and they are the bones there; each bone is a 'da'ayah'.
الدأي خرز العنق ويقال: خرز الفقار.
The 'da'ay' are the beads of the neck, and it is said: the beads of the vertebrae.
يقال للضلعين اللتين تليان الواهنتين الدأيتان
The two ribs that follow the 'wahinatain' are called the 'da'aytan'.
الدئي في الشراسيف هي البواني الحراني «1». المستأخرات الأوساط من الضلوع، وهي أربع وأربع، وهن العوج وهن المسقفات، وهي أطول الضلوع كلها وأتمها وإليها ينتفخ الجوف.
The 'da'i' in the flanks are the 'buwānī al-ḥarrānī'. The posterior middle ribs, which are four and four, they are the 'al-'awj' and they are the 'al-musassaqāt', and they are the longest of all ribs and the most complete, and towards them the belly expands.
وهي ست يلين المنحر، من كل جانب ثلاث، ويقال لمقاديمهن جوانح، ويقال للتين تليان المنحر ناحرتان
And they are six that are next to the chest, three from each side; their front ones are called 'jawāniḥ', and the two that follow the chest are called 'nāḥiratān'.
كأن مجر النسع، في دأياتها، ... موارد من خلقاء في ظهر قردد
As if the strap of the girth, in its vertebrae, ... were streams from a sandy place on a rocky back.
الدئي، على فعول، جمع دأية لفقار العنق.
The 'da'i', on the pattern 'fa'ūl', is a plural of 'da'ayah' for the vertebrae of the neck.
ابن دأية: الغراب، سمي بذلك لأنه يقع على دأية البعير الدبر فينقرها
Ibn Da'yah: The raven, so named because it lands on the sore spot of the camel's back and pecks it.
ولما رأيت النسر عز ابن دأية، ... وعشش في وكريه، جاشت له نفسي
And when I saw the eagle overshadow Ibn Da'yah, ... and nested in its roost, my soul stirred for it.
والدأية: مركب القدح من القوس، وهما دأيتان مكتنفتا العجس من فوق وأسفل.
And the 'da'ayah': the seat of the arrow notch of the bow, and they are two 'da'ayatan' flanking the nock from above and below.
ودأى له يدأى دأيا ودأو دأوا إذا ختله.
And he 'da'a' for him, 'yada'i' 'da'yan' and 'da'aw' 'da'awā' if he deceives him.
والذئب يدأى للغزال: وهي مشية شبيهة بالختل.
And the wolf 'yada'i' for the gazelle: and it is a gait similar to stealth.
ودأو دأوت له: لغة في دأيت.
And 'da'aw' 'da'awtu' for him: a dialectal variant of 'da'aytu'.
كالذئب يدأى للغزال يختله
Like the wolf 'yada'i' for the gazelle, deceiving it.
ودأى الذئب للغزال دأو يدؤو دأو دأوا ليأخذه مثل يأدو: وهو شبيه المخاتلة والمراوغة.
And the wolf 'da'a' for the gazelle, 'da'aw' 'yada'u' 'da'aw' 'da'awā' to catch it, like 'ya'du': and it is similar to deception and evasion.
والدأي والدأية من البعير: الموضع الذي يقع عليه ظلفة الرحل فيعقره، ويجمع على دأيات، بالتحريك
And the 'da'ay' and 'da'ayah' from a camel: the place where the saddle's girth falls and injures it, and it is pluralized as 'da'ayāt', with vowelization.
يعض منها الظلف الدئيا ... عض الثقاف الخرص الخطيا
The girth bites the 'da'iyā' from it ... like the bite of a measuring rod on a marked line.