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د ن ق ش

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of looking intently, often with narrowed or lowered eyes. It also extends to meanings of causing discord or spoiling matters between people, and includes a proper name.

Derived headwords

دَنْقَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to narrow eyes when lookingclassical

    To look intently by narrowing or squinting one's eyes.

  2. 2.
    to lower gazeclassical

    To cast down one's eyes, to look downwards.

  3. 3.
    to cause discordclassical

    To sow discord or cause strife among people.

  4. 4.
    to spoilclassical

    To corrupt or spoil something.

الدَّنْقَشَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    narrowing of eyesclassical

    The act of narrowing or squinting one's eyes when looking.

  2. 2.
    lowering of gazeclassical

    The act of lowering one's gaze or looking downwards.

  3. 3.
    discordclassical

    The act of causing discord or strife.

دِنْقَاشٌname
  1. 1.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name of a man, with the 'nun' considered an addition.

Parallel reading

وذلك إذا نظر فكسر عينيه
And that is when he looks and narrows his eyes.
الدنقشة: خفض البصر
Ad-danqashah: lowering the gaze.
يدنقش العين إذا ما نظرا
He narrows his eyes when he looks.
تحسبه وهو صحيح أعورا
You would think him cross-eyed, though he is healthy.
دنقش بينهم دنقشة: أفسد
Danqasha between them a danqashah: he caused discord/spoiled.
وربما جاء بالسين
And sometimes it comes with a 'sin'.
ودنقش، كجعفر: علم رجل
And Dunqash, like Ja'far: a man's name.