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دكك

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of crushing, pounding, flattening, or making something level with the ground. It extends to meanings of being subdued, buried, or lacking a prominent feature, and also describes physical attributes like sturdiness or low-lying terrain.

Derived headwords

دَكّnoun
  1. 1.
    he crushed it when he hit and broke it until it was level with the groundboth

    he crushed it when he hit and broke it until it was level with the ground

  2. 2.
    a flat landboth

    a flat land

  3. 3.
    He made it level.both

    He made it level.

دَكَكْتُverb
  1. 1.
    to poundboth

    To strike something and crush it until it is leveled with the ground.

  2. 2.
    to buryclassical

    To bury a well or pit with earth.

دَكّاءadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning, He made it a level land.both

    meaning, He made it a level land.

دُكّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    meaning, He made it a level land.both

    meaning, He made it a level land.

مَدْكُوكadjective
  1. 1.
    crushed by feverclassical

    A person who is weakened or subdued by fever.

تَدَكْدَكَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to become moundsclassical

    Mountains becoming like small hills or mounds.

دَكّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    meaning, He made it a level land.both

    meaning, He made it a level land.

دُكّnoun
  1. 1.
    he crushed it when he hit and broke it until it was level with the groundboth

    he crushed it when he hit and broke it until it was level with the ground

  2. 2.
    a flat landboth

    a flat land

  3. 3.
    He made it level.both

    He made it level.

دَكّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    meaning, He made it a level land.both

    meaning, He made it a level land.

الدَّكّnoun
  1. 1.
    crushing, poundingboth

    crushing, pounding

الدَّكَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    That which one sits upon.both

    That which one sits upon.

الدُّكَّانnoun
  1. 1.
    That which one sits upon.both

    That which one sits upon.

  2. 2.
    one of the shops, which are stores; Persian, arabizedboth

    one of the shops, which are stores; Persian, arabized

أَدَكّadjective
  1. 1.
    broad-backedclassical

    A horse that is low-slung and broad-backed.

مَدَكّadjective
  1. 1.
    strongclassical

    A person who is strong and treads heavily on the ground.

مَدَكَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    strong for workclassical

    A female servant or worker who is strong and capable of labor.

الدَّكْدَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    Of sand: that which adheres to the ground and does not rise.both

    Of sand: that which adheres to the ground and does not rise.

الدَّكادِكnoun
  1. 1.
    level sandy areasclassical

    Plural of level, low-lying sandy ground.

الدَّكادِيكnoun
  1. 1.
    level sandy areasclassical

    Plural of level, low-lying sandy ground.

دَكِيكadjective
  1. 1.
    completeclassical

    Said of a lunar month, meaning complete or full.

Parallel reading

الدك: الدق.
Ad-dakk: The pounding.
وقد دككت الشئ أدكة دكا، إذا ضربته وكسرته حتى سويته بالأرض.
And I pounded a thing, pounding it, if you strike it and break it until you level it with the ground.
ومن قوله تعالى: (فدكتا دكة واحدة)
And from the Almighty's saying: (So they were pounded with a single pounding).
قال الأخفش: هي أرض دك، والجمع دكوك.
Al-Akhfash said: It is level ground, and its plural is dukook.
قال الله تعالى: (جعله دكا)
Allah the Almighty said: (He made it dust/level).
قال أبو زيد: دك الرجل فهو مدكوك. إذا دكته الحمى.
Abu Zayd said: A man is subdued, so he is subdued. If fever subdues him.
ودككت الركى، أي دفنته بالتراب.
And I buried the well, meaning I buried it with earth.
وتدكدكت الجبال، أي صارت دكاوات، وهي رواب من طين، واحدتها دكاء.
And the mountains became like mounds, meaning they became dukawaat, which are mounds of clay, the singular of which is dukkaa'.
وناقة دكاء: لا سنام لها، والجمع دك.
And a hump-less she-camel: she has no hump, and its plural is dukk.
والدك: الجبل الذليل، والجمع الدكة، مثل جحر وجحرة.
And ad-dakk: the humbled mountain, and its plural is ad-dakka, like juhur and juhra.
وفرس أدك، إذا كان متدانيا عريض الظهر، من خيل دك ورجل مدك، بكسر الميم، أي قوى شديد الوطئ للارض.
And an adakk horse, if it is low-slung and broad-backed, from duk horses, and a madakk man, with a kasra on the mim, meaning strong and heavy-footed on the ground.
وأمة مدكة، أي قوية على العمل.
And a madakka female servant, meaning strong for work.
والدكداك من الرمل: ما التبد منه بالأرض ولم يرتفع.
And ad-dakdaak of sand: what is pressed down to the ground and not elevated.
وفي الحديث: أنه سأل جرير بن عبد الله عن منزله فقال: " سهل ودكداك، وسلم وأراك "
And in the Hadith: He asked Jarir bin Abdullah about his dwelling, so he said: 'Easy and level sand, and salm and araak trees.'
وجمع الدكادك والدكاديك.
And the plural of ad-kadik and ad-kadik.
وحول دكيك، أي تام.
And a dakik month, meaning complete.
والدكة (1) والدكان: الذي يقعد عليه.
And ad-dakka and ad-dukaan: that on which one sits.
قال الشاعر (2) : فأبقى باطلي والجد منها كدكان الداربنة (3) المطين
A poet said: So my falsehood and seriousness remained from it like the mud-plastered shop of the Darbana.