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داص

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes movement, often evasive or stealthy, and can refer to something that slips away or is difficult to grasp. It also extends to physical characteristics like being stout or short, and to actions like ambushing or being energetic.

Derived headwords

دَاصَ يديصُverb
  1. 1.
    to slip awayboth

    To move away stealthily or evasively, to slip out of reach.

  2. 2.
    to move under pressureclassical

    To move or shift under the hand of someone manipulating it, like a gland.

  3. 3.
    to be energeticclassical

    To be active and vigorous.

  4. 4.
    to decline after riseclassical

    To fall or decline in status after a period of prominence.

  5. 5.
    to flee from battleclassical

    To desert or run away from a fight.

دَيَصَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    evasionclassical

    The act of slipping away or evading.

  2. 2.
    movementclassical

    The act of moving, especially under pressure.

رجلٌ دَيَاصadjective
  1. 1.
    unmanageableclassical

    A man who cannot be controlled or subdued.

  2. 2.
    stoutclassical

    A man who is fat or corpulent.

الدَّائِصnoun
  1. 1.
    thiefclassical

    A person who steals.

  2. 2.
    opportunistclassical

    One who follows rulers or officials seeking personal gain.

  3. 3.
    schemerclassical

    One who circles around or plots against something.

دَاصَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    thievesclassical

    Plural of الدائص, referring to thieves.

  2. 2.
    opportunistsclassical

    Plural of الدائص, referring to those who follow rulers.

  3. 3.
    schemersclassical

    Plural of الدائص, referring to those who plot.

المُدَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    diving placeclassical

    A place in water suitable for diving or submerging.

الدِّيَاصَةadjective
  1. 1.
    short and stout womanclassical

    A woman who is fleshy and short in stature.

انْسَلَّverb
  1. 1.
    to slip outboth

    Something slipped out of the hand or grasp.

  2. 2.
    to ambushclassical

    To surprise someone with evil or harm.

مِنْدَاصadjective
  1. 1.
    ambusherclassical

    One who ambushes or surprises with evil.

  2. 2.
    prone to evilclassical

    Describing a place or situation that is prone to or contains evil.

Parallel reading

زاغ، وحاد
It slipped away, it evaded.
و الغدة: جاءت، وذهبت تحت يد محركها
And the gland: it came and went under the hand of its mover.
وكذا كل ما تحرك تحت يدك
And so is everything that moves under your hand.
ورجل دياص: لا يقدر عليه
And a man is 'dayas': uncontrollable.
أو سمين
Or corpulent.
والدائص: اللص
And the 'dayis': the thief.
ومن يتتبع الولاة
And one who follows rulers.
ويدور حول الشيء
And circles around a thing.
والمداص: المغاص في الماء
And the 'madas': the place for diving in water.
والدياصة، مشددة: المرأة اللحيمة القصيرة
And the 'diyasa', intensified: the short, fleshy woman.
وداص: نشط
And 'das': energetic.
وخس بعد رفعة
And declined after a rise.
وفر من الحرب
And fled from war.
وانداص الشيء: انسل من اليد
And the thing 'indas': it slipped from the hand.
وبالشر: فاجأ
And with evil: it surprised.
وإنه لمنداص بالشر: مفاجئ به
And indeed he is 'mindas' with evil: surprising with it.
وقاع فيه
And a place containing it.