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دحض

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of slipping, sliding, or falling, often metaphorically applied to arguments or the sun's position. It can also refer to the act of causing something to slip or be invalidated.

Derived headwords

دَحْضnoun
  1. 1.
    slippingboth

    The act of slipping or sliding.

  2. 2.
    invalidationclassical

    The state of being invalidated or proven false, especially concerning an argument or proof.

دَحَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to slipboth

    To slip or slide, often referring to a foot losing its grip.

  2. 2.
    to setclassical

    Used to describe the sun moving from its zenith.

  3. 3.
    to be invalidatedclassical

    To become false or void, typically used for an argument or proof.

دَحَضَتْverb
  1. 1.
    his argument was refutedboth

    his argument was refuted

  2. 2.
    his foot slippedboth

    his foot slipped

ودحضت (1) رجله تدحض دحضا: زلقت. — And his foot slipped, it slips a slipping: it slid.
ودحضت الشمس عن كبد السماء: زالت. — And the sun set from the middle of the sky: it moved.
ودحضت حجته دحوضا: بطلت. — And his argument became invalidated, it became invalidated: it became void.
تدحضverb
  1. 1.
    slipsboth

    Present tense of slipping or sliding.

  2. 2.
    setsclassical

    Present tense of the sun moving from its zenith.

  3. 3.
    is invalidatedclassical

    Present tense of becoming false or void.

ودحضت (1) رجله تدحض دحضا: زلقت. — And his foot slipped, it slips a slipping: it slid.
دُحُوضاًnoun
  1. 1.
    invalidationclassical

    The state of being invalidated or proven false, especially concerning an argument or proof.

ودحضت حجته دحوضا: بطلت. — And his argument became invalidated, it became invalidated: it became void.
أَدْحَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to invalidateclassical

    To cause something to be invalidated or proven false, especially an argument.

وأدحضها الله. — And God invalidated it.
ادْحَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    slipping, causing to slipboth

    slipping, causing to slip

والادحاض: الازلاق. — And the causing to slip: the slipping.

Parallel reading

مكان دحض ودحض أيضا بالتحريك، أي زلق.
A place of slipping, and also slipping with vowelization, meaning to slide.
قال الراجز يصف ناقته: قد ترد النهى تنزى عومه
The poet said, describing his she-camel: She may approach the water, leaping with her hump,
فتستبيح ماءه فتلهمه
Then she drinks its water and gulps it down
حتى يعود دحضا تشممه
Until she returns to a place of slipping, sniffing it.
ودحضت (1) رجله تدحض دحضا: زلقت.
And his foot slipped, it slips a slipping: it slid.
ودحضت الشمس عن كبد السماء: زالت.
And the sun set from the middle of the sky: it moved.
ودحضت حجته دحوضا: بطلت.
And his argument became invalidated, it became invalidated: it became void.
وأدحضها الله.
And God invalidated it.
والادحاض: الازلاق.
And the causing to slip: the slipping.