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دخخ

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to smoke, darkness, and obscuring. It also extends to concepts of subjugation, rapid movement, and physical characteristics like shortness. Some derived terms refer to specific creatures or individuals.

Derived headwords

الدُّخَاnoun
  1. 1.
    smokeboth

    Refers to smoke, particularly in the context of fire or obscuring fumes.

  2. 2.
    darknessclassical

    Can also refer to darkness or obscurity, often associated with smoke.

عند سعار النار يغشى الدخا — when the fire blazes, smoke envelops
الدُّخَانnoun
  1. 1.
    smokeboth

    The common word for smoke, used in both classical and modern contexts.

ما خبأت لك؟ قال هو الدخ — What have you hidden for me? He said: It is the smoke.
دَخْدَخَverb
  1. 1.
    subjugateclassical

    To subdue, humble, or bring under control, often by force or by traversing land.

  2. 2.
    wear outclassical

    To exhaust or tire out, especially a mount like a camel.

  3. 3.
    hastenclassical

    To move quickly or speed up.

  4. 4.
    shorten strideclassical

    To walk with short, quick steps, often in haste.

ودخدخ العدو حتى اخرمسا — And he subjugated the enemy until he exhausted them
ودخدخ البعير، إذا ركب حتى أعيا وذل — And the camel was worn out, if ridden until it became exhausted and humbled
الدَّخْدَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    small creatureclassical

    A small, yellow creature with many legs.

  2. 2.
    brother of Bishrclassical

    Refers to a brother of the poet Bishr ibn Burd.

  3. 3.
    student of Malikclassical

    Refers to a student of Imam Malik.

لاقتطاعي قوائم الدخداخ — for my cutting off the legs of the Dakhdakh
الدَّخَخnoun
  1. 1.
    darkness and murkinessclassical

    Describes a state of blackness, gloom, or turbidity.

رجل دَخْدَخٌ ودَخَادِخٌadjective
  1. 1.
    shortclassical

    Describes a person who is short in stature.

تَدَخْدَخَverb
  1. 1.
    shrink backclassical

    To draw oneself in, to become contracted or withdrawn.

دَخْدَخْinterjection
  1. 1.
    be quietclassical

    A word used to silence someone, implying they have admitted something and should stop talking.

دَخْدَخْ عَنِّي الدُّخَانverb phrase
  1. 1.
    stop the smokeclassical

    To cease or remove the smoke.

تَدَخْدَخَ الليلverb phrase
  1. 1.
    darkness mixedclassical

    Describes the night when its darkness becomes dense or mixed.

الدَّخْدَخnoun
  1. 1.
    small creatureclassical

    A small creature, similar to the 'Dakhdakh'.

الدُّخnoun
  1. 1.
    smokeclassical

    A term for smoke, possibly a variant or specific type.

  2. 2.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant found between gardens.

قال لابن صياد: ما خبأت لك؟ قال هو الدخ — He said to Ibn Sayyad: What have you hidden for me? He said: It is the smoke.

Parallel reading

لا خير في الشيخ إذا ما اجلخا وسال غرب عينه فاطلخا والتوت الرجل فصارت فخا وصار وصل الغانيات أخا عند سعار النار يغشى الدخا
There is no good in an old man if he becomes weak, his eye's corner flows, and his leg becomes twisted like a snare, and the company of women becomes his brother, when the fire blazes, smoke envelops.
قال لابن صياد: ما خبأت لك؟ قال هو الدخ
He said to Ibn Sayyad: What have you hidden for me? He said: It is the smoke.
يوم تاءتي. . بدخان مبين
The Day when the sky comes with a clear smoke.
وقيل: إن الدجال يقتله عيسى ابن مريم بجبل الدخان، فيحتمل أن يكون أراده، تعريضا بقتله، لأن ابن صياد كان يظن أنه الدجال.
And it is said: The Antichrist will be killed by Jesus, son of Mary, on Mount Dukkan, so it is possible that he intended this, alluding to his killing, because Ibn Sayyad thought he was the Antichrist.
ودخدخ القوم ذلل ووطىء بلادهم
And he subjugated the people, humbled them, and trod their lands.
ودخدخ العدو حتى اخرمسا
And he subjugated the enemy until he exhausted them.
وكذالك داخهم.
And likewise, he subdued them.
ودخدخهم: دوخهم.
And Dakhdakh them: he subdued them.
ودخدخ البعير، إذا ركب حتى أعيا وذل
And the camel was worn out, if ridden until it became exhausted and humbled.
والعود يشكو ظهره قد دخدخا
And the old man complains of his back, it has become worn out.
مر فلان مدخدخا ومزخزخا، إذا مر مسرعا.
So-and-so passed by quickly, if he passed by swiftly.
ضحكت ثم أغربت أن رأتني لاقتطاعي قوائم الدخداخ
She laughed, then went far away, seeing me cutting off the legs of the Dakhdakh.
ورجل دخدخ ودخادخ، بضمهما
And a man Dakhdakh and Dakhadikh, with both of them being pronounced with dammah.
وتدخدخ الرجل: انقبض.
And the man Tadakhdakh: he contracted.
ودخدخ عني الدخان: كفه.
And the smoke Dakhdakh from me: it ceased.
تدخدخ الليل، إذا اختلط ظلامه
The night Tadakhdakh, if its darkness mixed.