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دءدء

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the slow, heavy, or persistent movement of a camel, and by extension, the latter part of a lunar month.

Derived headwords

دأدأةnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel's slow, heavy gaitclassical

    The most intense and slow gait of a camel, characterized by heavy steps.

ديداءnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel's slow, heavy gaitclassical

    The most intense and slow gait of a camel, characterized by heavy steps. It is also used to describe the latter part of the month.

واعرورت العلط العرضى تركضه * أم الفوارس بالديداء والربعه — And the she-camel of the Alata Al-'Aradi, the mother of the brave warriors, was made to run with the Dida' and the Rab'ah.
دأدأverb
  1. 1.
    to walk slowly and heavilyclassical

    To walk with a slow, heavy, and persistent gait, typically used to describe a camel.

الدآدئnoun
  1. 1.
    last days of the monthclassical

    The three nights at the end of the lunar month, preceding the dark nights of the new moon (layali al-mahiq).

الديداءnoun
  1. 1.
    end of the monthclassical

    The latter part of the lunar month.

الدأداءnoun
  1. 1.
    end of the monthclassical

    The latter part of the lunar month.

مضى غير دأداء — passed without the end of the month

Parallel reading

الديداء: أشد عدو البعير، وقد دأدأ دأدأة وديداء
The Dida': the most intense gait of a camel, and it has been said that it walked with a Dadda'ah and Dida'.
واعرورت العلط العرضى تركضه * أم الفوارس بالديداء والربعه
And the she-camel of the Alata Al-'Aradi, the mother of the brave warriors, was made to run with the Dida' and the Rab'ah.
والدآدئ: ثلاث ليال من آخر الشهر قبل ليالي المحاق
And the Dada'i: three nights from the end of the month, before the dark nights of the new moon.
وقال أبو عمرو: الديداء والدأداء من الشهر آخره.
And Abu Amr said: The Dida' and the Dada' from the month are its end.
تداركه في منصل الأل بعد ما * مضى غير دأداء وقد كاد يعطب
He rescued him at the point of the spear after the end of the month had passed and he was almost destroyed.