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دقى

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the state of a young animal, specifically a camel foal, that has drunk too much milk. It describes the resulting condition of being bloated or overfed to the point of discomfort or sickness.

Derived headwords

دَقِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be bloated from milkclassical

    Said of a young animal, particularly a camel foal, that has drunk an excessive amount of milk, leading to a state of bloating or sickness.

يَدْقَىverb
  1. 1.
    to drink excessivelyclassical

    The present tense form of the verb, indicating the action of drinking too much milk, causing the animal to become bloated or sick.

دَقَىًnoun
  1. 1.
    bloating from milkclassical

    The state or condition of being bloated or sick due to drinking an excessive amount of milk, as experienced by a young animal.

دَاقٍadjective
  1. 1.
    bloatedclassical

    An active participle describing an animal that is bloated or sick from drinking too much milk.

دَقِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    female bloated animalclassical

    The feminine form of the active participle, referring to a female animal that is bloated from drinking too much milk.

دِقْوَانnoun
  1. 1.
    bloating (variant)classical

    A variant form of the noun referring to the condition of bloating from excessive milk consumption.

دِقْوَىnoun
  1. 1.
    bloating (variant)classical

    Another variant form of the noun for the condition of bloating from excessive milk consumption.

Parallel reading

دَقِيَ الفصيلُ بالكسرِ يَدْقَى دَقًى، إذا أكثرَ من شربِ اللبنِ حتى بَشِمَ
The camel foal became bloated from milk, drinking excessively, if it drank a lot of milk until it became sick.
فهو دَاقٍ على فَعْلٍ
So it is a bloated one, following the pattern 'daaqin' on the pattern 'fa'il'.
والأنثى دَقِيَّة
And the female is 'daqiyyah'.
وقد قيل دِقْوَانٌ ودِقْوَى
And it has been said 'diqwan' and 'diqwa'.
وأنشد الأصمعي: وإنى لا تنظر سيوح عباءتي * شفاء الدقى يا بكر أم حكيم
And Al-Asma'i recited: 'And indeed, I do not look at the flowing of my cloak; * the cure for bloating, O son of Umm Hakim.'