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دءى

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of stealthy approach, ambush, or a specific vulnerable spot. It describes an animal's cunning movement to capture prey, a physical location prone to injury, and by extension, a term for a creature associated with such actions.

Derived headwords

الدأيnoun
  1. 1.
    vulnerable spotclassical

    The specific place on a camel where the saddle's girth rubs and causes injury.

ابن دأيةname
  1. 1.
    ravenclassical

    A nickname given to the raven, likely due to its perceived cunning or association with the vulnerable spot.

دأياتnoun
  1. 1.
    vulnerable spotsclassical

    The plural of الدأي, referring to the vulnerable spots on a camel.

دئىnoun
  1. 1.
    vulnerable spotsclassical

    A plural form of الدأي, referring to the vulnerable spots on a camel.

دأىverb
  1. 1.
    to stalkboth

    To approach stealthily or cunningly, with the intention of ambushing or capturing.

  2. 2.
    to lie in waitclassical

    To wait in ambush for someone or something.

دأياnoun
  1. 1.
    stalkingboth

    The act of approaching stealthily or lying in wait.

أدءىverb
  1. 1.
    to stalkboth

    To approach stealthily or cunningly, with the intention of ambushing or capturing. This is a variant form of the verb.

  2. 2.
    to lie in waitclassical

    To wait in ambush for someone or something. This is a variant form of the verb.

دأوتverb
  1. 1.
    to stalkboth

    To approach stealthily or cunningly, with the intention of ambushing or capturing. This is a variant pronunciation/form.

  2. 2.
    to lie in waitclassical

    To wait in ambush for someone or something. This is a variant pronunciation/form.

Parallel reading

الدأي من البعير: الموضع الذى تقع عليه ظلفة الرحل فتعقره.
The 'da'i' of a camel is the place where the girth of the saddle falls and injures it.
ومننه قيل للغراب: ابن دأية.
From this, the raven is called 'ibn da'yah'.
ولما رأيت النسر عز ابن دأية وعشش في وكريه جاشت له نفسي
And when I saw the eagle soar, the son of the raven, and nest in its aerie, my soul stirred for it.
ويجمع على دأيات بالتحريك.
And its plural is 'da'ayaat' with vowelization.
ودمع الدأى دئى، مثل ضأن وضئين، ومعز ومعيز.
And the plural of 'da'i' is 'di'i', like 'da'n' and 'di'in', and 'ma'z' and 'ma'iiz'.
يعض منها الظلف الدئيا عض الثقاف الخرص الخطيا
The girth bites the vulnerable spot, like the biting of the measuring rod, the crooked one.
دأيت للشئ أدأى له دأيا، إذا ختلته، مثل أدوت له.
I stalked a thing, I stalked it with stalking, if I tricked it, like 'adawtu lahu'.
ودأوت له: لغة في دأيت.
And 'da'awtu lahu' is a dialectal variation of 'da'aytu'.
يقال: الذئب يدأى للغزال ليأخذه، أي يختله، مثل يأدو.
It is said: the wolf stalks the gazelle to catch it, meaning it tricks it, like 'ya'du'.