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دهمقه

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to actions of breaking, cutting, softening, and improving something, particularly food or strings. It also extends to descriptions of quality, such as being pure, well-formed, or refined, and can refer to a specific type of soft earth.

Derived headwords

دَهْمَقَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to break itboth

    To break or shatter something.

  2. 2.
    to cut itboth

    To cut something.

دَهْمَقَ الوَتَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to soften the stringboth

    To make a string soft or pliable.

دَهْمَقَ الطَّعَامَverb
  1. 1.
    to make food deliciousboth

    To make food delicious, tender, and refined.

  2. 2.
    to not perfect foodboth

    Alternatively, it can mean to not make food well-prepared or of high quality, implying the opposite.

كَالعَلَابِطِadjective
  1. 1.
    like soft earthclassical

    Describing soft, loose earth or soil.

المُدَهْمَقُadjective
  1. 1.
    pure, free of flawsclassical

    Referring to an arrow (qadah) that is pure, free from defects, and well-formed.

  2. 2.
    straight, evenclassical

    Describing something as straight, even, or having a smooth surface.

  3. 3.
    crackedclassical

    Can also refer to something that is cracked or split.

  4. 4.
    unrefined foodclassical

    Describing food that is not well-prepared or refined.

مُدَهْمَقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    delicate, fineboth

    Describing a book as delicate, fine, or well-crafted.

وَتَرٌ كَذَاadjective
  1. 1.
    such a stringboth

    Referring to a string that is soft or pliable.

المُدْرِكُ الفَقْعَسِيُّname
  1. 1.
    a nicknameclassical

    A nickname given to al-Faq'asi due to his eloquence.

Parallel reading

دَهْمَقَهُ: كَسَرَهُ أو قَطَعَهُ
To dhmqh: to break it or cut it.
والوَتَرَ: لَيَّنَهُ
And the string: to soften it.
والطَّعَامَ: طَيَّبَهُ وَرَقَّقَهُ وَلَيَّنَهُ
And the food: to make it delicious, tender, and soft.
أو لم يُجَوِّدْهُ، ضِدٌّ
Or not to perfect it, the opposite.
وكالعَلَابِطِ: التُّرَابُ اللَّيِّنُ
And like soft earth: the soft soil.
والمُدَهْمَقُ مِنَ القِدَاحِ: النَّقِيُّ مِنَ العُيُوبِ، المُسْتَوِي المَتْنِ
And the refined (arrow) from the arrows: the pure one from defects, the one with a straight shaft.
والمُشَقَّقُ
And the cracked one.
والطَّعَامُ غَيْرُ المُجَوَّدِ
And the food that is not well-prepared.
وكِتَابٌ مُدَهْمَقٌ: لَطِيفٌ
And a refined book: delicate.
وَوَتَرٌ كَذَا: لَيِّنٌ
And such a string: soft.
وبِكَسْرِ المِيمِ: لَقَبُ مُدْرِكٍ الفَقْعَسِيِّ لِفَصَاحَتِهِ
And with a kasra on the mim: the nickname of Mudrik al-Faq'asi for his eloquence.