دهق

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of filling, pouring, breaking, and softness. It describes the action of filling a cup to the brim, forcefully pouring liquids, and also the act of breaking or crushing something. Additionally, it extends to describe the quality of food or land being soft and pleasant.

Derived headwords

أدهقتverb

1.
to fillboth
To fill a container, especially a cup, to its utmost capacity.
2.
to pour forcefullyclassical
To pour out a liquid with great force or intensity.

أدهقت الكأس: ملأتها — I filled the cup to the brim.

وأدهقت الماء، أي أفرغته إفراغا شديدا — And I poured out the water, meaning I emptied it with great force.

دهاقadjective

1.
fullboth
full

وكأس دهاق، أي ممتلئة — And a full cup, meaning filled.

فأترعنا له كأسا دهاقا — So we filled a cup to the brim for him.

دهقnoun

1.
tormentclassical
A type of torment or punishment, described as being equivalent to the Persian word 'ashkanjeh' (torture device).

دهقتهverb

1.
to breakclassical
To break, shatter, or crush something.

دهقت الشئ: كسرته وقطعته — I broke the thing: I shattered and cut it.

دهدقتهverb

1.
to breakclassical
To break or crush something, similar to 'dahq'.

وكذلك دهدقته — And likewise, I broke it.

ندهدقverb

1.
to break into small piecesclassical
To break or crush something into small pieces.

ندهدق بضع اللحم للباع والندى — Breaking small pieces of meat for the giver and the dew.

دهمقتهverb

1.
to make softclassical
To make something soft, tender, or pleasant, particularly food.

لو شئت أن يدهمق لى لفعلت — If I wished for it to be made soft for me, I would do so.

الدهمقةnoun

1.
softnessclassical
The quality of being soft, tender, and pleasant, especially referring to food or land.

الدهمقة: لين الطعام وطيبه ورقته — The softness: the tenderness of food, its pleasantness, and its fineness.

دهامقadjective

1.
softclassical
Describing land that is soft and yielding.

تربه دهامق — Its soil is soft.

Parallel reading

أدهقت الكأس: ملأتها.

I filled the cup to the brim.

وكأس دهاق، أي ممتلئة.

And a full cup, meaning filled.

قال خداش ابن زهير: أتانا عامر يرجو قرانا فأترعنا له كأسا دهاقا

Khidash ibn Zuhayr said: 'Amir came to us seeking hospitality, so we filled a cup to the brim for him.'

وأدهقت الماء، أي أفرغته إفراغا شديدا.

And I poured out the water, meaning I emptied it with great force.

قال أبو عمرو: الدهق بالتحريك: ضرب من العذاب (1) وهو بالفارسية " أشكنجه ".

Abu Amr said: 'Al-Dahq (with vowelization) is a type of torment, and it is 'ashkanjeh' in Persian.'

قال ابن الاعرابي: دهقت الشئ: كسرته وقطعته، وكذلك دهدقته.

Ibn al-A'rabi said: 'I broke the thing: I shattered and cut it, and likewise I 'dahdaq' it.'

وأنشد لحجر ابن خالد (2) : ندهدق بضع اللحم للباع والندى وبعضهم تغلى بذم مناقعه (3)

And he recited for Hajar ibn Khalid: 'Breaking small pieces of meat for the giver and the dew, while some boil their origins in dispraise.'

وهمقته بزيادة الميم مثله.

And I 'damhaq' it, with the addition of the mim, it is similar.

وقال الاصمعي: الدهمقة: لين الطعام وطيبه ورقته.

Al-Asma'i said: 'Al-Dahamqah: the softness of food, its pleasantness, and its fineness.'

قال: وأنشدني خلف الاحمر في نعت أرض: جون روابي تربه دهامق (1)

He said: 'And Khalaf al-Ahmar recited to me in description of land: dark, hilly, its soil is soft.'

ومننه حديث عمر رضي الله عنه: " لو شئت أن يدهمق لى لفعلت، ولكن الله عاب قوما فقال: أذهبتم طيباتكم في حياتكم الدنيا واستمتعتم بها ".

And from it is the hadith of Umar, may Allah be pleased with him: 'If I wished for it to be made soft for me, I would do so, but Allah criticized a people saying: 'You have spent your good things in your worldly life and enjoyed them.'