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دحح

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of pressing, pushing, or driving something into the ground. It also extends to meanings of expansion, particularly of the belly or the earth, and describes someone who is short and stout.

Derived headwords

دَحَّverb
  1. 1.
    to press intoboth

    To press or push something firmly into the ground.

دَسَّverb
  1. 1.
    he hid the thing in the dustboth

    he hid the thing in the dust

مَدْحُوحًاparticiple
  1. 1.
    pressed inclassical

    Something that has been pressed or pushed into the ground.

الدَّحْدَاحadjective
  1. 1.
    short and stoutclassical

    A person who is short and thickset.

الدُّحَيْدَحَةadjective
  1. 1.
    short and stoutclassical

    A female person who is short and thickset.

انْدَحَّverb
  1. 1.
    to expandboth

    To become wide or expanded, particularly referring to the belly or the earth.

انْدِحَاحًاmasdar
  1. 1.
    expansionboth

    The act or state of becoming wide or expanded.

Parallel reading

دححت الشئ في الارض، إذا دسسته فيها.
You press something into the ground when you push it into it.
شختا (1) خفيا في الثرى مدحوحا
He hid a secret in the soil, pressed in.
والدحداح: القصير، وكذلك الدحيدحة.
And ad-dahdāḥ is short, and so is ad-duḥaydaḥah.
اِندَحَّ بَطنُهُ اِندِحاحًا: اِتَّسَعَ.
His belly expanded, it became wide.
مطرنا لليلتين بقيتا فاندحت الأرض كلأ.
It rained on us for the last two nights, and the earth became wide with pasture.