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Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of spreading, stretching out, or moving something along the ground. It also extends to meanings associated with the physical act of moving animals, and specific objects or places.

Derived headwords

دَحَاverb
  1. 1.
    to spread outboth

    To stretch something out flat or wide.

  2. 2.
    to driveclassical

    To urge or drive animals, particularly camels, forward.

دَحْيًاnoun
  1. 1.
    spreadingboth

    The act of spreading something out.

الأَدْحِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    ostrich nestclassical

    The place where an ostrich lays its eggs, often a hollowed-out area.

  2. 2.
    moon's stationclassical

    A dwelling place or station for the moon.

الأَدْحِيnoun
  1. 1.
    ostrich nestclassical

    The place where an ostrich lays its eggs, often a hollowed-out area.

  2. 2.
    moon's stationclassical

    A dwelling place or station for the moon.

أَدْحِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    ostrich nestclassical

    The place where an ostrich lays its eggs, often a hollowed-out area.

  2. 2.
    moon's stationclassical

    A dwelling place or station for the moon.

أَدْحِيnoun
  1. 1.
    ostrich nestclassical

    The place where an ostrich lays its eggs, often a hollowed-out area.

  2. 2.
    moon's stationclassical

    A dwelling place or station for the moon.

كَسْمِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    bellyclassical

    The abdomen or belly.

كَغَنِيّother
  1. 1.
    letter 'ayn'classical

    Refers to the Arabic letter 'ayn' (ع).

الدِّحْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    commanderclassical

    A leader or chief of soldiers.

  2. 2.
    Ibn Khlifa al-Kalbiclassical

    A proper name, referring to Ibn Khlifa al-Kalbi.

الدِّحْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    female apeclassical

    A female ape or monkey.

  2. 2.
    Ibn Mu'awiyaclassical

    A proper name, referring to Ibn Mu'awiya bin Bakr.

المَدْحَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    child's toyclassical

    A wooden toy that a child rolls on the ground, which destroys anything it encounters.

تَدَحَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to spread outboth

    To become spread out or extended.

Parallel reading

دحيت الشيء أدحاه دحيا: بسطته
I spread out the thing, he spread it out, a spreading: I made it flat.
والإبل: سقتها
And the camels: I drove them.
والأدحي، ويكسر: مبيض النعام
And the adḥiyy, and it is pronounced with kasr: the ostrich's nesting place.
ومنزل للقمر
And a dwelling place for the moon.
وكسمي: بطن
And as a kasmiyy: a belly.
وكغني: ع
And as a kaghaniyy: the letter 'ayn'.
والدحية، بالكسر: رئيس الجند
And the diḥyah, with kasr: the commander of the troops.
وابن خليفة الكلبي
And Ibn Khlifa al-Kalbi.
ويفتح، وبالفتح: القردة الأنثى
And it is pronounced with fath, and with the fath: the female ape.
وابن معاوية بن بكر
And Ibn Mu'awiya bin Bakr.
والمدحاة، كمسحاة: خشبة يدحى بها الصبي، فتمر على الأرض، لا تأتي على شيء إلا اجتحفته
And the madḥāh, like misḥāh: a wooden stick with which a child rolls, and it passes over the ground, it does not pass over anything except it destroys it.
وتدحى: تبسط
And tadḥā: it spreads out.