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الدع

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of pushing, calling, and specific types of plants and animals. It also encompasses descriptions of physical characteristics like shortness and gait, as well as actions like filling a trough and calling livestock.

Derived headwords

الدعnoun
  1. 1.
    violent pushingboth

    A forceful and violent pushing or shoving.

الدعاعnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered date palmsclassical

    Date palms that are dispersed or scattered.

  2. 2.
    winged black antsclassical

    Black ants that possess wings.

  3. 3.
    seeds of a wild treeclassical

    Black seeds from a wild tree, resembling caraway seeds, used for baking bread.

بهاءnoun
  1. 1.
    winged antclassical

    A single winged black ant.

شدادnoun
  1. 1.
    gatherer of womenclassical

    A man who gathers or has intercourse with women.

سحابnoun
  1. 1.
    small childrenclassical

    The young children of a man.

دع دعverb
  1. 1.
    to call out to sheepclassical

    An imperative used to call out loudly to sheep, often in a cawing manner.

داع داعverb
  1. 1.
    to call livestockclassical

    A call or summons directed towards livestock.

  2. 2.
    to drive away livestockclassical

    A sound used to drive away or deter livestock.

الدعداعadjective
  1. 1.
    short personclassical

    Describing someone who is short in stature.

  2. 2.
    slow-moving enemyclassical

    An enemy characterized by slow movement.

الدعادعnoun
  1. 1.
    water-retaining plantclassical

    A plant that holds water during the summer, which cows eat.

الدعدعnoun
  1. 1.
    barren landclassical

    Land that is dry, barren, and devoid of vegetation.

دعverb
  1. 1.
    to stumbleclassical

    Used to describe someone who has stumbled or tripped.

دعدعverb
  1. 1.
    to move slowly and crookedlyclassical

    To walk with a slow, unsteady, and perhaps twisted gait.

  2. 2.
    to fill a troughclassical

    To fill a large shallow dish or trough, typically for food or water.

  3. 3.
    to call goatsclassical

    To call or summon goats.

دعدعاverb
  1. 1.
    to stumbleclassical

    Used to describe someone who has stumbled or tripped.

التدعدعnoun
  1. 1.
    gait of an old manclassical

    The manner of walking characteristic of a very old man, often slow and unsteady.

Parallel reading

الدع: الدفع العنيف.
Al-Da'u: Violent pushing.
والدعاع، كغراب: النخل المتفرق، ونمل سود بجناحين، الواحدة: بهاء، وحب شجرة برية أسود كالشينيز يختبز منه، وكشداد: جامعه.
And Al-Dua'a', like ghurab: scattered date palms, and black ants with wings, the singular of which is bahā', and black seeds of a wild tree like caraway from which bread is baked, and like shiddād: its gatherer.
وكشداد: جامعه.
And like shiddād: its gatherer.
وكـسحاب: عيال الرجل الصغار.
And like suhāb: the small dependents of a man.
ودع دع، بالضم: أمر بالنعيق بالغنم.
Wa da' da', with dammah: an order to caw at the sheep.
وداع داع: زجر لها، أو دعاء.
Wa dā' dā': driving them away, or calling them.
والدعداع: القصير، وعدو في بطء.
And Al-Da'dā': the short one, and an enemy in slowness.
والدعـادع: نبت يكون فيه ماء في الصيف، تأكله البقر.
And Al-Da'ādi': a plant that has water in it in the summer, which the cows eat.
والدعدع، كجعفر: الأرض الجرداء.
And Al-Da'da'a', like Ja'far: the barren land.
ودع، ودعدع، مبنيين على السكون: كانت تقال للعاثر، كدعدعا ودعا، منونتين، أو لم يستعمل إلا كذلك، والتدعدع: مشية الشيخ الكبير.
Wa da'a, and da'da'a, built on sukun: were said for the one who stumbles, like da'da'ā and da'ā, tanwin-ed, or it was not used except as such, and Al-Tada'da'u: the gait of an old man.
ودعدع: عدا في بطء والتواء، و الجفنة: ملأها، و بالمعز: دعاها.
And da'da'a: he ran slowly and crookedly, and the jawfah: he filled it, and with goats: he called them.