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داخ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of subjugation, humiliation, and being overcome. It extends to the idea of conquering and dominating lands and their people, as well as the state of intense darkness.

Derived headwords

دَاخَverb
  1. 1.
    to be humbledboth

    To be brought low, humiliated, or subjugated.

دَاخَverb
  1. 1.
    to conquer a landclassical

    To overcome and take control of a land and its inhabitants.

دُوِخَverb
  1. 1.
    to be humbledclassical

    To be made humble or subjugated.

دَيَّخَverb
  1. 1.
    to humbleclassical

    To cause someone to be humbled or subjugated.

دَوَاخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    humiliationclassical

    The state of being humbled or subjugated.

دَيَخَانnoun
  1. 1.
    humiliationclassical

    The act or state of being humbled or subjugated.

دَائِحadjective
  1. 1.
    darkclassical

    Describing a night that is intensely dark.

Parallel reading

داخ: ذل
He was humbled: he was humiliated.
والبلاد: قهرها واستولى على أهلها
And the lands: he conquered them and took control of their people.
كدُوخها وديخها
Like its subjugation (dukhuha) and his subjugation of it (daykhuha).
ودوخه: أذله
And he subjugated him: he humiliated him.
وليل دائخ: مظلم
And a dark night: it is dark.