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دقه

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

The root دقه (daqqa) primarily relates to the concept of crushing, grinding, or breaking something into fine particles. It extends to meanings of revealing or making something apparent, and also encompasses terms for fine flour, subtle distinctions, and even negative qualities like meanness or baseness.

Derived headwords

دَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to crush, to grindboth

    To break something into small pieces or powder, often with force.

  2. 2.
    to reveal, to make apparentclassical

    To make something known or visible.

انْدَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to be crushed, to be groundboth

    To be broken into small pieces or powder.

الْمِدَقَّةُ وَالْمِدَقُّ وَالْمِدَقُّnoun
  1. 1.
    grinding toolboth

    An instrument used for crushing or grinding substances.

الدَّقْقَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    those who reveal faultsclassical

    People who expose the shortcomings or defects of Muslims.

الدَّقِيقُadjective
  1. 1.
    flourboth

    Finely ground grain, typically wheat, used for baking.

  2. 2.
    opposite of coarseboth

    Fine in texture or consistency.

  3. 3.
    subtle, intricateclassical

    Referring to a complex or obscure matter.

  4. 4.
    little goodclassical

    Scarcity of benefit or goodness.

الدَّقَّاقُnoun
  1. 1.
    flour sellerboth

    A person who sells flour.

الدَّقِيقَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    sheep, small cattleclassical

    In the phrase 'he has neither a minute nor a great thing', it refers to sheep or small livestock.

  2. 2.
    minute (of arc)classical

    In astronomical terminology, one-thirtieth of a degree.

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الدَّقِيقِيُّname
  1. 1.
    a shaykhclassical

    A specific individual, a teacher of Ibn Majah.

أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الدَّقِيقِيُّname
  1. 1.
    a later scholarclassical

    A later figure, mentioned with the diminutive form.

الدَّقَّاقَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    grinding toolboth

    A tool used for grinding things like rice.

الدُّقُوقَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    grinding placesclassical

    The places where cattle and donkeys are ground or processed.

الدُّقُوقُnoun
  1. 1.
    eye medicineclassical

    A medicine that is ground for use in the eye.

  2. 2.
    a place nameclassical

    A location situated between Baghdad and Erbil.

عَبْدُ الْمُنْعِمِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمَضَاءِname
  1. 1.
    a narratorclassical

    A person mentioned in relation to the place 'Daqūq'.

مَحْمُودُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْمُودٍname
  1. 1.
    a scholarclassical

    A scholar from Baghdad, known for his pleasant recitation and eloquence.

دِقَاقُ الْأَعْيَانِnoun
  1. 1.
    broken piecesclassical

    The shattered fragments of sticks or similar items.

فُتَاتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍnoun
  1. 1.
    crumbs, fragmentsboth

    The small broken pieces or remnants of anything.

الدَّقُّnoun
  1. 1.
    the act of grindingboth

    The action or process of crushing or grinding.

الدِّقَّةُnoun
  1. 1.
    manner of grindingclassical

    The way or style in which something is ground.

  2. 2.
    meanness, basenessclassical

    A low or contemptible quality.

  3. 3.
    opposite of largenessclassical

    Smallness in size or extent.

  4. 4.
    soft earthclassical

    Loose soil that has been swept by the wind.

  5. 5.
    spices, seasoningsclassical

    Aromatic ingredients mixed with food.

  6. 6.
    salt with spicesclassical

    Salt mixed with other ground spices.

  7. 7.
    ground saltclassical

    Salt that has been crushed into fine particles.

  8. 8.
    lack of appealclassical

    In the phrase 'it has no smallness or greatness', it means lacking appeal or substance.

  9. 9.
    Mekkan jewelryclassical

    A type of adornment worn by the people of Mecca.

  10. 10.
    beauty, eleganceclassical

    Gracefulness and attractiveness.

دِقَّةُ بْنُ عَبَابَةَname
  1. 1.
    proverbial figureclassical

    A person known for madness, used in a proverb.

الدَّقْدَاقُnoun
  1. 1.
    small pilesclassical

    Small, accumulated heaps, possibly of dust or debris.

أَدَقَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make fine, to pulverizeboth

    To cause something to become very fine or powdered.

  2. 2.
    to give sheepclassical

    To bestow or grant sheep to someone.

دَقَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to refine the grindingclassical

    To perform the act of grinding with great care or fineness.

الْمِدَقَّةُ مِنَ الطَّعَامِnoun
  1. 1.
    fine foodclassical

    Food that has been finely prepared or ground (a later usage).

الْمُدَاقَّةُnoun
  1. 1.
    haggling over accountsclassical

    To dispute or argue with someone about financial accounts.

اسْتَدَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to become fineboth

    To become small, thin, or finely ground.

مُسْتَدَقُّ السَّاعِدِnoun
  1. 1.
    forearm's endclassical

    The part of the forearm nearest to the wrist.

التَّدَاقُّnoun
  1. 1.
    mutual disputingclassical

    A reciprocal action of disputing or arguing, derived from 'daqqah'.

الدَّقْدَقَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    clamor of peopleclassical

    The noise and commotion made by a crowd of people.

  2. 2.
    sound of hoovesclassical

    The noise made by the hooves of animals.

Parallel reading

كسره، أو ضربه فهشمه فاندق
To break it, or strike it so it shatters and breaks.
و الشيء: أظهره
And the thing: to reveal it.
والمدقة والمدق والمدق، بضمتين، نادر: ما يدق به
And al-midqqah, al-middaqqu, and al-middaqqu (with two dammahs, rare): what is used for grinding.
والدققة، محركة: المظهرون عيوب المسلمين
And ad-daqqah, vocalized: those who reveal the faults of Muslims.
والدقيق: الطحين
And ad-daqīq: flour.
وبائعه: دقاق
And its seller: daggāq.
وضد الغليظ
And the opposite of coarse.
وقد دق يدق دقة، بالكسر
And he crushed, he crushes, a crushing, with a kasrah.
والأمر الغامض
And the obscure matter.
والقليل الخير
And the little good.
والدقيقة في قولهم: ما له دقيقة ولا جليلة: الغنم
And ad-daqīqah in their saying: 'He has neither a minute nor a great thing': sheep.
وفي المصطلح النجومي: جزء من ثلاثين جزءا من الدرجة
And in astronomical terminology: a thirtieth part of a degree.
ومحمد بن عبد الله الدقيقي: شيخ لابن ماجه
And Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ad-Daqīqī: a shaykh of Ibn Majah.
والدقاقة: ما يدق به الأرز ونحوه
And ad-daqāqah: what is used to grind rice and the like.
والدقوقة: الدوائس من البقر والحمر
And ad-duqūqah: the grinding places of cattle and donkeys.
والدقوق: دواء يدق للعين
And ad-duqūq: medicine ground for the eye.
ود بين بغداد وإربل
And a place between Baghdad and Erbil.
ودقاق العيدان، بالكسر والضم: كسارها
And diqāq al-a'yān, with kasrah and dammah: their broken pieces.
وكغراب: فتات كل شيء
And like ghurāb: the crumbs of everything.
والدقيق، كالدق، بالكسر
And ad-daqīq, like ad-daqqu, with a kasrah.
والدقة، بالكسر: هيئة الدق
And ad-diqqah, with a kasrah: the manner of grinding.
والخساسة
And meanness.
وضد العظم
And the opposite of largeness.
وبالضم: التراب اللين كسحته الريح
And with a dammah: the soft earth swept by the wind.
والتوابل من الأبزار
And the spices from the seasonings.
والملح مع ما خلط به من أبزاره
And salt with what has been mixed with its spices.
أو الملح المدقوق
Or the ground salt.
ومننه قولهم: ما لها دقة، أو (هي) قليلة الدقة، أي: غير مليحة
And from it is their saying: 'It has no diqqah', or 'it is little in diqqah', meaning: not appealing.
وحلي لأهل مكة
And jewelry for the people of Mecca.
والجمال والحسن
And beauty and comeliness.
ودقة بن عبابة: يضرب بجنونه المثل: "أجن من دقة"
And Diqqah ibn 'Abābah: his madness is proverbialized: 'More mad than Diqqah'.
والدقداق: صغار الأنقاء المتراكمة
And ad-daqdāq: small accumulated piles.
وأدقه: جعله دقيقا
And adaqqahu: to make it fine.
وفلانا: أعطاه غنما
And fulan: to give him sheep.
ودقق: أنعم الدق
And daddaqa: to refine the grinding.
والمدققة من الطعام: مولدة
And al-midqqah of food: a neologism.
والمداقة: أن تداق صاحبك الحساب
And al-mudāqqah: to dispute with your companion over accounts.
واستدق: صار دقيقا
And istadaqqa: to become fine.
ومستدق الساعد: مقدمه مما يلي الرسغ
And mustadaqq al-sā'id: its forepart near the wrist.
والتداق: تفاعل من الدقة
And at-tadāqqu: a reciprocal verb from ad-diqqah.
والدقدقة: جلبة الناس
And ad-daqdaqah: the clamor of people.
وأصوات ms1205 حوافر الدواب
And the sounds of the hooves of beasts.