دحس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of corruption, interference, and insertion. It extends to actions like digging into something, a specific method of skinning, and also names for a creature and a famous horse.

Derived headwords

دَحَسَverb

1.
to corruptclassical
To cause corruption or to interfere negatively among people.
2.
to insertclassical
To insert one's hand between the skin and flesh of a sheep for the purpose of skinning it.

الدَّحْسُnoun

1.
corruptionclassical
The act of causing corruption or interference among people.
2.
skinning methodclassical
The specific method of inserting the hand between the skin and flesh of a sheep for skinning.

الدَّحَّاسُnoun

1.
small burrowing creatureclassical
A small creature that burrows or hides in the dirt.

الدَّحَاحِيسُnoun

1.
small burrowing creaturesclassical
Plural of الدحاس, referring to multiple small creatures that burrow in the dirt.

دَاحِسٌname

1.
famous horse's nameclassical
The name of a famous horse belonging to Qays ibn Zuhayr.

حرب داحسname

1.
The War of Dahisclassical
A famous war between the tribes of Abs and Dhubyan, named after the horse Dahis.

Parallel reading

دحست بين القوم، أي أفسدت.

I corrupted among the people, meaning I caused فساد (corruption).

ويعتلون من مأى في الدحس

And they ascend from a place of refuge in corruption.

والدحس أيضا: إدخال اليد بين جلد الشاة وصفاقها لسلخها.

And ad-dahs also means: inserting the hand between the skin of a sheep and its flesh for skinning it.

والدحاس: دويبة تغيب في التراب.

And ad-duhas: a small creature that hides in the dirt.

والجمع الدحاحيس.

And the plural is ad-dahahis.

وداحس: اسم فرس مشهور لقيس بن زهير ابن جذيمة العبسى.

And Dahis: the name of a famous horse belonging to Qays ibn Zuhayr al-Absi.

ومننه حرب داحس: وذلك أن قيسا وحذيفة بن بدر الذبيانى ثم الفزارى تراهنا على خطر عشرين بعيرا، وجعلا الغاية مائة غلوة، والمضمار أربعين ليلة، والمجرى من ذات الاصاد، فأجرى قيس داحسا والغبراء، وأجرى حذيفة الخطار والحنفاء، فوضعت بنو فزارة كمينا على الطريق، فردوا الغبراء ولطموها وكانت سابقة، فهاجت الحرب بين عبس وذبيان أربعين سنة.

And from it is the War of Dahis: This was when Qays and Hudhayfah ibn Badr al-Dhubyani then al-Fazari bet on a stake of twenty camels, and they set the goal at one hundred throws, and the race period at forty nights, and the course from Dhat al-Asad. So Qays raced Dahis and al-Ghabra', and Hudhayfah raced al-Khuttar and al-Hanafā'. Then the Banu Fazara set an ambush on the road, and they turned back al-Ghabra' and struck her, and she was leading. So the war between Abs and Dhubyan erupted for forty years.