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الدكاع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root pertains to a specific disease affecting horses and camels. It describes the condition itself and the state of an animal afflicted by it.

Derived headwords

الدكاعnoun
  1. 1.
    Disease in livestockclassical

    A specific ailment that affects horses and camels.

دكعverb
  1. 1.
    To be diseasedclassical

    To suffer from the ailment described by the root.

مدكوعadjective
  1. 1.
    Diseasedclassical

    An animal (horse or camel) that is afflicted with the disease.

Parallel reading

الدكاع، كغراب: داء في الخيل والإبل.
Al-Dukāʿ, like ghurāb: a disease in horses and camels.
وقد دكع، كعني، فهو مدكوع.
And he was afflicted with the disease, as in 'ʿanī', so he is madkūʿ.