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د ق س

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root د ق س (d-q-s) primarily relates to the concept of penetrating, going deep, or disappearing into something. It extends to meanings of forceful action, filling, and also refers to specific entities like a type of grain, a small creature, and even foreign names associated with royalty.

Derived headwords

دَقَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to penetrate deeplyboth

    To go deep into something, such as the earth or a place.

  2. 2.
    to disappearclassical

    To go away and become hidden or lost.

  3. 3.
    to charge forwardclassical

    To make a forceful charge or attack, especially behind an enemy.

  4. 4.
    to fillclassical

    To fill something, such as a well.

دقس في الأرض دقسا، ودقوسا — He penetrated deep into the earth, with the masdars 'daqsan' and 'daqūsan'.
دقس الوتد في الأرض: مضى — The peg penetrated into the earth: it went in.
دقس خلف العدو: حمل حملة — He charged behind the enemy: he made a charge.
دَقَسَاnoun
  1. 1.
    penetrationclassical

    The act of penetrating deeply into something.

دقس في الأرض دقسا، ودقوسا — He penetrated deep into the earth, with the masdars 'daqsan' and 'daqūsan'.
دُقُوسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    penetrationclassical

    The act of penetrating deeply into something.

دقس في الأرض دقسا، ودقوسا — He penetrated deep into the earth, with the masdars 'daqsan' and 'daqūsan'.
مُدَقِّسadjective
  1. 1.
    penetratingclassical

    Describing something that penetrates deeply.

مُدَقَّسadjective
  1. 1.
    penetratedclassical

    Describing something that has been penetrated deeply.

مَدْقَسnoun
  1. 1.
    place of penetrationclassical

    A place where something penetrates deeply.

مَدْقُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    penetrationclassical

    The act or result of penetrating deeply.

جَمَلٌ مُدَقَّسadjective
  1. 1.
    forceful camelclassical

    A camel that is strong and pushes forcefully.

وجمل مدقس، كمنبر: شديد دفوع — And a 'mudqas' camel, like 'minbar': strong and pushing forcefully.
إِبِلٌ مَدَاقِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    stone-crushing camelsclassical

    Camels whose hooves are so hard or strong that they crush gravel.

وإبل مداقيس، من ذلك، وهي التي تدق الحصى — And 'madāqīs' camels, from this root, which are those that crush the gravel.
الدَّقْسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    millet-like grainclassical

    A type of grain similar to millet (jawāris).

  2. 2.
    small insectclassical

    A small crawling creature or insect.

والدقسة، بالضم: حب كالجاورس — And 'ad-daqsah', with dammah: a grain like jawāris (millet).
وقال ابن دريد: الدقسة: دويبة صغيرة — Ibn Durayd said: 'ad-daqsah': a small crawling creature.
دَقْيُوسname
  1. 1.
    foreign king's nameclassical

    The name of a foreign king, associated with the story of the People of the Cave.

ولكن دقيوس، بالفتح، اسم ملك أعجمي اتخذ مسجدا على أصحاب الكهف — But 'Daqyūs', with fatha, is the name of a foreign king who took a mosque over the People of the Cave.
دَقْيَانُوسname
  1. 1.
    foreign king's nameclassical

    The name of a foreign king from whom people fled, linked to the story of the People of the Cave.

ودقيانوس: اسم ملك هربوا منه، وقصتهم مذكورة — And 'Daqyānūs': the name of a king from whom they fled, and their story is mentioned.
الدَّقْسnoun
  1. 1.
    kingclassical

    A ruler or king.

وقال الصاغاني: الدقس: الملك — Al-Sāghānī said: 'ad-daqs': the king.
الدَّقُوسadjective
  1. 1.
    one who advances in warclassical

    One who goes ahead or takes the lead in wars and perilous situations.

وقال الأزهري: الدقوس، كصبور: الذي يستقدم في الحروب والغمرات، كالقدوس — Al-Azhari said: 'ad-daqūs', like 'ṣabūr': he who advances in wars and perilous situations, like 'al-Quddūs'.

Parallel reading

دقس في البلاد أهمله الجوهري.
He penetrated into the lands; al-Jawharī neglected it.
وقال الليث: دقس في الأرض دقسا، ودقوسا، بالضم، أوغل فيها
Al-Layth said: He penetrated into the earth with 'daqsan' and 'daqūsan' (with dammah), meaning he went deep into it.
وفي اللسان: ذهب فتغيب.
And in Al-Lisān: he went and became hidden.
ودقس الوتد في الأرض: مضى، من ذلك.
And the peg penetrated into the earth: it went in, derived from this.
نقله ابن عباد.
Ibn 'Abbād transmitted it.
ودقس خلف العدو: حمل حملة، نقله الصاغاني.
And he charged behind the enemy: he made a charge, transmitted by Al-Sāghānī.
ودقس البئر: ملأها.
And he filled the well: he filled it.
وجمل مدقس، كمنبر: شديد دفوع، ولم يخصه الصاغاني بالجمل.
And a 'mudqas' camel, like 'minbar': strong and pushing forcefully, and Al-Sāghānī did not limit it to camels.
وإبل مداقيس، من ذلك، وهي التي تدق الحصى.
And 'madāqīs' camels, from this root, which are those that crush the gravel.
والدقسة، بالضم: حب كالجاورس.
And 'ad-daqsah', with dammah: a grain like jawāris (millet).
وقال ابن دريد: الدقسة: دويبة صغيرة.
Ibn Durayd said: 'ad-daqsah': a small crawling creature.
ويفتح، أو الصواب بالفتح، كذا هو بخط أبي سهل الهروي. ضبطا مجودا.
And it is read with fatha, or the correct pronunciation is with fatha, as it is in the handwriting of Abū Sahl al-Harawī, with accurate vocalization.
وقال الأزهري: قرأت في نوادر الأعراب: ما أدري أين دقس، ولا أين دقس به، ولا أين طهس وطهس به، أي أين ذهب وذهب به.
Al-Azhari said: I read in the 'Nawādir al-A'rāb': I do not know where he went, nor where he was taken, nor where he went and was taken, meaning where he went and where he was taken.
وقال الليث: الدقس ليس بعربي، ولكن دقيوس، بالفتح، اسم ملك أعجمي اتخذ مسجدا على أصحاب الكهف.
Al-Layth said: 'ad-daqs' is not Arabic, but 'Daqyūs', with fatha, is the name of a foreign king who took a mosque over the People of the Cave.
زاد الصاغاني: ودقيانوس: اسم ملك هربوا منه، وقصتهم مذكورة.
Al-Sāghānī added: And 'Daqyānūs': the name of a king from whom they fled, and their story is mentioned.
وقال الصاغاني: الدقس: الملك.
Al-Sāghānī said: 'ad-daqs': the king.
وقال الأزهري: الدقوس، كصبور: الذي يستقدم في الحروب والغمرات، كالقدوس.
Al-Azhari said: 'ad-daqūs', like 'ṣabūr': he who advances in wars and perilous situations, like 'al-Quddūs'.