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دحح

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of pressing or pushing something down onto the ground, often to the point of embedding or concealing it. It can also refer to sexual intercourse.

Derived headwords

الدحnoun
  1. 1.
    Embedding, pressing downboth

    The act of placing something on the ground and then pressing it down until it adheres to it.

  2. 2.
    Sexual intercourseclassical

    A euphemism for sexual intercourse.

يدحهverb
  1. 1.
    To press down, embedboth

    To place something on the ground and then press it down until it adheres to it.

دحاverb
  1. 1.
    To press down, embedboth

    To place something on the ground and then press it down until it adheres to it.

مدحوحاadjective
  1. 1.
    Pressed down, embeddedclassical

    Describing something that has been pressed down onto the ground and embedded within it.

Parallel reading

دح الشيء يدحه دحا: وضعه على الأرض ثم دسه حتى لزق بها.
To press something down, he presses it down with a pressing: to place it on the ground then push it until it sticks to it.
بيتا خفيا في الثرى مدحوحا
A hidden dwelling in the soil, pressed down.
أي مدسوسا
Meaning pushed in/concealed.