دحس

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root دحس (dḥs) primarily relates to the concept of filling, stuffing, or making something full. It extends to meanings of corrupting, spoiling, or secretly introducing something. It also appears in names of horses and historical events, as well as terms for small creatures and ailments.

Derived headwords

دَحَسَverb

1.
to spoilboth
To corrupt or spoil something, often by interfering or introducing something negative.
2.
to stuffboth
To fill something completely, especially by stuffing it.
3.
to insert handclassical
To insert one's hand between the skin of a sheep and its membrane during skinning.

دحس بينهم — He spoiled things between them.

دَحْسnoun

1.
spoilingclassical
The act of spoiling or corrupting.
2.
fillingclassical
The act of filling something.

أَدْحَسَverb

1.
to be fullclassical
Said of a wheat ear when its husk is full of grain.

السنبل: امتلأت أكمته من الحب، كأدحس — The ear of wheat: its husk became full of grain, like 'adḥasa'.

دَحَصَverb

1.
to push with footclassical
To push or stamp with the foot.

برجله: دحص — With his leg: he pushed.

دَحَسَ الحديثverb

1.
to fabricate speechclassical
To fabricate or invent speech or a story.

و الحديث: غيبه — And the speech: he fabricated it.

دَحَسَ بالشرverb

1.
to secretly introduce evilclassical
To secretly introduce evil or mischief without the person knowing.

و بالشر: دسه من حيث لا يعلم — And with evil: he secretly introduced it without him knowing.

الدَّحْسnoun

1.
full grainclassical
Refers to a plant, specifically a stalk, when it is full of grain.

والدحس: الزرع إذا امتلأ حبا — And ad-daḥs: the crop when it is full of grain.

دَاحِسname

1.
name of a horseclassical
The name of a famous horse belonging to Qays ibn Zuhayr.

وداحس: فرس لقيس بن زهير — And Dāḥis: a mare belonging to Qays ibn Zuhayr.

حرب داحسother

1.
The Battle of Dāḥisclassical
A famous historical war between the tribes of 'Abs and Dhubyan, named after the horse Dāḥis, which stemmed from a horse race and a bet.

ومنه: حرب داحس: تراهن قيس وحذيفة بن بدر على عشرين بعيرا — And from it: the War of Dāḥis: Qays and Hudhayfah ibn Badr bet twenty camels.

الدُّحَاسnoun

1.
small yellow creatureclassical
A small, yellow creature or insect that children would catch with traps to hunt sparrows.

والدحاس، كرمان وشداد: دويبة صفراء، تشدها الصبيان في الفخاخ لصيد العصافير — And ad-duḥās, like 'rummān' and 'shaddād': a small yellow creature, which boys would tie in traps for hunting sparrows.

الداحِسnoun

1.
nail ailmentclassical
A sore, ulcer, or pustule that appears between the fingernail/toenail and the flesh, causing the nail to detach.

والداحس والداحوس: قرحة، أو بثرة تظهر بين الظفر واللحم، فينقلع منها الظفر — And ad-dāḥis and ad-dāḥūs: an ulcer, or a pustule that appears between the nail and the flesh, from which the nail detaches.

الداحُوسnoun

1.
nail ailmentclassical
Synonymous with ad-dāḥis, referring to a painful condition affecting the nail.

مَدْحُوسadjective

1.
infected fingerclassical
Describes a finger that is affected by the ailment 'dāḥis' or 'dāḥūs'.

والإصبع مدحوسة — And the finger is affected (with the nail ailment).

بيت مدحوسnoun

1.
crowded houseclassical
A house that is full of people, often implying a large family or many inhabitants.

وبيت مدحوس ودحاس، بالكسر: مملوء كثير الأهل — And a house madḥūs and daḥḥās, with kasr: full, with many people.

دَحَّاسnoun

1.
crowded houseclassical
Similar to 'madḥūs', referring to a house packed with people.

وبيت مدحوس ودحاس، بالكسر: مملوء كثير الأهل — And a house madḥūs and daḥḥās, with kasr: full, with many people.

الدَّيْحَسnoun

1.
abundanceclassical
A large quantity or abundance of anything.

والديحس: الكثير من كل شيء — And ad-dayḥas: the abundant of everything.

Parallel reading

دحس بينهم، كمنع: أفسد

He spoiled things between them, like 'mana'a'.

وأدخل اليد بين جلد الشاة وصفاقها للسلخ

And he inserted the hand between the skin of the sheep and its membrane for skinning.

و الشيء: ملأه

And the thing: he filled it.

و السنبل: امتلأت أكمته من الحب، كأدحس

And the ear of wheat: its husk became full of grain, like 'adḥasa'.

و برجله: دحص

And with his leg: he pushed.

و الحديث: غيبه

And the speech: he fabricated it.

و بالشر: دسه من حيث لا يعلم

And with evil: he secretly introduced it without him knowing.

والدحس: الزرع إذا امتلأ حبا

And ad-daḥs: the crop when it is full of grain.

وداحس: فرس لقيس بن زهير

And Dāḥis: a mare belonging to Qays ibn Zuhayr.

ومنه: حرب داحس: تراهن قيس وحذيفة بن بدر على عشرين بعيرا

And from it: the War of Dāḥis: Qays and Hudhayfah ibn Badr bet twenty camels.

فأجرى قيس داحسا والغبراء، وحذيفة الخطار والحنفاء، فوضعت بنو فزارة رهط حذيفة كمينا في الطريق، فردوا الغبراء، ولطموها، وكانت سابقة.

So Qays ran Dāḥis and al-Ghabrā', and Hudhayfah ran al-Khaṭṭār and al-Ḥanafā'. Then the Banu Fazārah, Hudhayfah's kin, set an ambush on the road, turned back al-Ghabrā', struck her, and she was ahead.

فسمي داحسا من ذلك، وخرج كأنه ذو العقال أبوه، وضرب به المثل، فقيل: "أشأم من داحس".

So he was named Dāḥis from that, and he came out looking like Dhū al-'Iqāl, his father. And the proverb was coined from him, saying: 'More ill-omened than Dāḥis'.

والدحاس، كرمان وشداد: دويبة صفراء، تشدها الصبيان في الفخاخ لصيد العصافير.

And ad-duḥās, like 'rummān' and 'shaddād': a small yellow creature, which boys would tie in traps for hunting sparrows.

والداحس والداحوس: قرحة، أو بثرة تظهر بين الظفر واللحم، فينقلع منها الظفر.

And ad-dāḥis and ad-dāḥūs: an ulcer, or a pustule that appears between the nail and the flesh, from which the nail detaches.

والإصبع مدحوسة.

And the finger is affected (with the nail ailment).

وبيت مدحوس ودحاس، بالكسر: مملوء كثير الأهل.

And a house madḥūs and daḥḥās, with kasr: full, with many people.

والديحس: الكثير من كل شيء.

And ad-dayḥas: the abundant of everything.