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دهج

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes a specific manner of walking or moving, characterized by a short, quick, and somewhat constrained gait. It is often applied to large animals like camels when they move with this particular pace.

Derived headwords

الدَّهْمَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A constrained gaitclassical

    The act of walking with a short, quick, and somewhat restricted stride, as if one is in fetters.

دَهْمَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk with a constrained gaitclassical

    To walk with a short, quick, and somewhat restricted stride, similar to how a large animal might move when it is fast and its steps are close together.

يَدَهْمِجُverb
  1. 1.
    it walks with a constrained gaitclassical

    Present tense verb form indicating the action of walking with a short, quick, and somewhat restricted stride.

Parallel reading

الدهمجة: مشى الكبير كأنه في قيد.
Ad-dahmajah: The walking of a large creature as if it were in fetters.
يقال للبعير إذا قارب الخطو وأسرع: قد دهمج يدهمج.
It is said of a camel, when it shortens its steps and speeds up: it has adopted the dahmajah gait, it walks with the dahmajah gait.
وعير لها من بنات الكداد * يدهمج بالوطب والمزود
And a she-camel from the sturdy breed * walks with a constrained gait, carrying the milk-skin and the provision-bag.