دعث

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of pressing, trampling, and crushing, often with a sense of intensity or thoroughness. It extends to related ideas like the remnants of something pressed or trodden, and metaphorically, to deep-seated emotions like hatred or resentment. It also encompasses notions of illness, fatigue, and even illicit activities like theft.

Derived headwords

الدَّعْثnoun

1.
onset of illnessclassical
The initial stage or onset of a sickness.
2.
severe beating or tramplingboth
Intense physical striking or crushing, as if being trampled.
3.
remnant of waterboth
The remaining water in a basin or any container.

دَعَثَverb

1.
to trampleboth
To tread heavily upon something, to crush it underfoot.
2.
to beat severelyboth
To strike something with great force.

دعث به الأرض: ضربها — He struck the ground with it.

دعث الأرض دعثا: وطئها — He trampled the earth.

دَعْثnoun

1.
hatred and grudgeboth
A deep-seated, unyielding hatred or resentment.

أَدْعَاثnoun

1.
hatreds and grudgesboth
Plural of 'دعث', referring to multiple instances of deep-seated hatred or resentment.

دُعَاثnoun

1.
hatreds and grudgesboth
Plural of 'دعث', referring to multiple instances of deep-seated hatred or resentment.

دَعْثverb

1.
to crush fineboth
To crush or grind something into fine particles, either by foot, hand, or other means.

دعثا: دقق التراب على وجه الأرض بالقدم أو باليد — to crush the dust on the face of the earth with the foot or hand.

اندَعَثَverb

1.
to be trampledboth
To be crushed or trodden upon.

كل شيء وطىء عليه فقد اندعث — Everything that is trodden upon has been crushed.

مَدْعُوثadjective

1.
trampledboth
Something that has been crushed or trodden upon.

مدر مدعوث — trampled mud.

دُعِثَverb

1.
to be afflicted with chills and lethargyboth
To be struck by a feeling of shivering and weakness, often associated with illness.

قد دعث الرجل: أصابه اقشعرار وفتور — The man was afflicted with chills and lethargy.

الإِدْعَاثnoun

1.
going deep into evilclassical
To delve deeply or proceed excessively in wickedness or wrongdoing.
2.
keepingboth
The act of preserving or keeping something.
3.
theftboth
The act of stealing.

الإمعان في الشر — going deep into evil.

ما أدعثت عنه شيئا، أما أبقيت — I did not keep anything from it; rather, I preserved it.

المُدْعِثnoun

1.
suspicious thiefboth
A thief who is viewed with suspicion or distrust.

تَدَعْثَتverb

1.
to harbor resentmentclassical
For hearts to hold grudges or harbor ill feelings.

تدعثت صدورهم: أحنت — Their chests harbored resentment.

دَعْثَةname

1.
nameboth
A proper name.

بَنُو دَعْثَةname

1.
Banū Daʿthaclassical
A tribe or clan from the Arab tribes.

Parallel reading

الدعث: أول المرض

The Da'th: the onset of illness.

والدعث: الضرب والوطء الشديد

And the Da'th: severe striking and trampling.

يقال: دعث به الأرض: ضربها

It is said: he struck the ground with it.

ودعث الأرض دعثا: وطئها

And he trampled the earth with trampling.

والدعث بالكسر: بقية الماء في الحوض

And the Da'th (with kasra): the remainder of the water in the basin.

وقيل: هو بقيته حيث كان

And it was said: it is its remainder wherever it was.

وأنشد أبو عمر و: ومنهل ناء صواه دارس وردته بذبل خوامس فاستفن دعثا تالد المكارس دليت دلوي في صرى مشاوس

And Abu 'Amr recited: And a distant watering place, its caller is ancient, and I approached it with dry, fifth-born camels, and I drew water from the remaining water of ancient, hard-working camels, I lowered my bucket into thick mud.

والدعث والدئث: الذحل والحقد الذي لا ينحل

And the Da'th and the Di'th: the grudge and hatred that does not dissolve.

دعثا: دقق التراب على وجه الأرض بالقدم أو باليد أو غير ذلك

Da'than: to crush the dust on the face of the earth with the foot or hand or otherwise.

وكل شيء وطىء عليه فقد اندعث

And everything that is trodden upon has been crushed.

ومدر مدعوث

And trampled mud.

وقد دعث الرجل: أصابه اقشعرار وفتور

And the man was afflicted with chills and lethargy.

والإدعاث: الإمعان في السير هكذا في النسخ، والصواب: في الشر، كما في التكملة

And Al-Id'ath: going deep into the journey, as written in the copies, but the correct reading is: into evil, as in Al-Takmila.

والإدعاث: الإبقاء، يقال: ما أدعثت عنه شيئا، أما أبقيت

And Al-Id'ath: keeping. It is said: I did not keep anything from it; rather, I preserved it.

والإدعاث: السرقة، ومنه: المدعث، للسارق المريب

And Al-Id'ath: theft. And from it: Al-Mud'ath, for the suspicious thief.

وتدعثت صدورهم: أحنت، نقله الصاغاني

And their chests harbored resentment: they harbored ill feelings, as narrated by Al-Saghani.

ودعثة بالفتح: اسم

And Da'tha (with fatha): a name.

وبنودعثة: بطن من العرب، عن ابن دريد

And Banu Da'tha: a clan from the Arabs, according to Ibn Duraid.