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دخس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes swellings, particularly on animals, and also relates to concepts of abundance, density, and a specific marine creature.

Derived headwords

الدَّخْسnoun
  1. 1.
    a sea creature that saves the drowning, enabling them to use its back to help with swimmingboth

    a sea creature that saves the drowning, enabling them to use its back to help with swimming

  2. 2.
    and it is called 'dolphin' (dulfīn), with the same meter as 'munjīn'both

    and it is called 'dolphin' (dulfīn), with the same meter as 'munjīn'

الدَّخِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    fetlockclassical

    The fetlock, which is the joint connecting the pastern to the cannon bone of a horse's leg.

  2. 2.
    fleshy meatclassical

    Thick, fleshy meat.

  3. 3.
    fat animalclassical

    Any animal that is fat.

  4. 4.
    abundant sandclassical

    Abundant sand.

  5. 5.
    large numberclassical

    A large number or quantity.

دَخَاسadjective
  1. 1.
    abundantclassical

    Used to describe a large quantity of something, such as camels or sand.

  2. 2.
    closely linkedclassical

    Describing armor with closely linked rings.

الدلفينnoun
  1. 1.
    with a damma on the dal and a kasra on the fa: an animal in the sea that saves the groupboth

    with a damma on the dal and a kasra on the fa: an animal in the sea that saves the group

Parallel reading

الدخس: ورم يكون في أطرة حافر الدابة.
Ad-dakhs: a swelling that occurs on the hoof of a beast of burden.
والدخيس: الحوشب، وهو موصل الوظيف في رسغ الدابة.
And ad-dukhays: the fetlock, which is the joint connecting the pastern to the cannon bone of a beast's leg.
والدخيس: اللحم المكتنز.
And ad-dukhays: the thick, fleshy meat.
وكل ذي سمن دخيس.
And every fat animal is dukhays.
والدخيس من أنقاء الرمل: الكثير.
And ad-dukhays from the sands: the abundant.
والدخيس: العدد الجم.
And ad-dukhays: the large number.
يقال: عدد دخاس ونعم دخاس، أي كثيرة.
It is said: a dukhās number and dukhās camels, meaning numerous.
ودرع دخاس أي متقاربة الحلق.
And a dukhās coat of mail, meaning with closely linked rings.
والدخس، مثال الصرد: دابة في البحر ينجى الغريق، يمكنه من ظهره ليستعين على السباحة، ويسمى الدلفين.
And ad-dakhs, like as-sard: a creature in the sea that a drowning person is saved by, able to hold onto its back to aid in swimming, and it is called the dolphin.