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دهده

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of rolling, pushing, or tumbling something, especially a stone. It also extends to the meaning of arranging or piling things up. Additionally, it denotes large numbers of camels, specifically a hundred or more.

Derived headwords

دَهْدَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to rollboth

    To cause something, like a stone, to roll or tumble down.

  2. 2.
    to pile upboth

    To arrange or pile things one upon another.

تَدَهْدَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to roll downboth

    To roll or tumble down by oneself, often used for stones.

تَدَهْدَىverb
  1. 1.
    to rollboth

    To roll or tumble, similar to تدهده.

دَهْدَاهverb
  1. 1.
    to rollboth

    To cause something to roll or tumble.

الدَّهْدَاهnoun
  1. 1.
    young camelsclassical

    A term for young camels.

دَهَادِهnoun
  1. 1.
    young camelsclassical

    Plural of الدهداه, referring to young camels.

الدَّهْدَهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    large number of camelsclassical

    A group of one hundred or more camels.

الدَّهْدَهَانnoun
  1. 1.
    large number of camelsclassical

    A group of one hundred or more camels, synonymous with الدهدهة.

الدَّهَيْدَهَانnoun
  1. 1.
    large number of camelsclassical

    A group of one hundred or more camels, synonymous with الدهدهة.

دَهْدُوهnoun
  1. 1.
    rolled objectclassical

    That which is rolled or pushed along, like by a dung beetle.

دَهْدُوَتَهnoun
  1. 1.
    rolled objectclassical

    That which is rolled or pushed along.

دَهْدَيْتَهnoun
  1. 1.
    rolled objectclassical

    That which is rolled or pushed along.

Parallel reading

دَهْدَهَ الحَجَرَ فَتَدَهْدَهَ
He rolled the stone and it rolled down.
دَحْرَجَهُ كَتَهْدَاهُ فَتَدَهْدَى
He rolled it like he pushed it, and it rolled.
وَ الشَّيْءَ: قَلَبَ بَعْضَهُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ
And the thing: to turn some of it upon some of it.
وَالدَّهْدَاهُ صِغَارُ الإِبِلِ
And the dahdah are the young camels.
ج: دَهَادِه
Plural: dahadih.
وَالدَّهْدَهَةُ مِنَ الإِبِلِ: المِئَةُ فَأَكْثَرُ
And the dahdahah of camels: one hundred or more.
كَالدَّهْدَهَانِ وَالدَّهَيْدَهَانِ
Like the dahdahan and the dahayudahan.
إِلاَّ دَهْ، فَلا دَهْ
Except now, then not now.
أَيْ إِنْ لَمْ تَغْتَنِمِ الفُرْصَةَ السَّاعَةَ، فَلَسْتَ تُصَادِفُهَا أَبَدًا
Meaning, if you do not seize the opportunity now, you will never encounter it.
وَ دَهْدُوهُ الجُعَلُ
And the dung beetle's rolled object.
وَ دَهْدُوَتَهُ وَ دَهْدَيْتَهُ وَ يُخَفَّفُ: مَا يُدَحْرِجُهُ
And its rolled object, and its rolled object, and it is lightened: what it rolls.