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Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of fullness, thickness, and coarseness, particularly in relation to flesh or physical build. It also extends to descriptions of dark and large individuals.

Derived headwords

دَخَشَverb

1.
to be full of fleshclassical
To become corpulent and fleshy, to be filled out.

دَخْشًاnoun

1.
fullness of fleshclassical
The state of being full of flesh or corpulent.

الدَّخْشَمnoun

1.
thickset personclassical
A person who is thickset, stout, and possibly dark-skinned.
2.
dark and largeclassical
Describing someone as large and black, implying a robust or imposing physique.

الدَّخْشَنnoun

1.
thickset personclassical
A person who is thickset, stout, and coarse.

رجلٌ دَخْشَنadjective

1.
thickset and coarseclassical
Describing a man as being thickset, coarse, and rough in build or nature.

Parallel reading

الدخش، فعل ممات، يقال: دخش دخشا، كفرح، إذا امتلأ لحما

Ad-dakhsh is an obsolete verb. It is said: dakhasha dakhshan, like faraha, meaning to be full of flesh.

وكأنه أخذ منه الدخشم، والميم زائدة

And it is as if Ad-dakhsham was derived from it, with the 'mim' being an addition.

الدخشم، كجعفر وعصفر، للغليظ

Ad-dakhsham, like Ja'far and 'Asfar, refers to the thickset.

وكذلك الدخشن، والميم والنون زائدتان

And likewise Ad-dakhshan, with the 'mim' and 'nun' being additions.

الدخشم: الضخم الأسود، والميم زائدة

Ad-dakhsham: the large and black, with the 'mim' being an addition.

ورجلٌ دخشن: غليظ خشن

And a dakhshan man: meaning thickset and coarse.

أنشد: (أصبحت يا عمرو كمثل الشن ... مرأ خروسا كعصا الدخشن)

He recited: (You have become, O Amr, like a waterskin... a dried-up, coarse thing like the staff of Ad-dakhshan).