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دمخق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a heavy, slow, or lumbering gait. It conveys a sense of weightiness and lack of agility in movement.

Derived headwords

دَمَخَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk heavilyboth

    To walk with a heavy, slow, and perhaps clumsy gait, indicating a lack of lightness or agility.

دَمْخَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    heaviness of gaitclassical

    The state or quality of walking heavily; a lumbering or slow manner of walking.

Parallel reading

دمخق في مشيه: ثقل.
He walked heavily in his gait: he was heavy.