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د ح ص

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the action of kicking, stamping, or thrusting with the feet, often in a vigorous or agitated manner. It extends to digging, searching, and stirring up the earth, as well as rapid movement.

Derived headwords

دَحَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to kick and struggleboth

    The slaughtered animal kicked its legs on the ground, struggling.

  2. 2.
    to stamp and digboth

    To stamp or dig into the ground with the heel, searching or moving the earth.

  3. 3.
    to move quicklyclassical

    To move or hasten.

دَحْصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    kicking and strugglingboth

    The masdar (verbal noun) for the action of kicking and struggling, particularly of a slaughtered animal.

  2. 2.
    stirring up the earthboth

    The masdar for the action of digging, searching, or stirring up the earth with the feet.

يَدْحَصُverb
  1. 1.
    he kicks and strugglesboth

    Present tense verb form indicating the action of kicking and struggling.

  2. 2.
    he stamps and digsboth

    Present tense verb form indicating the action of stamping or digging into the ground.

فَحَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to search and investigateboth

    To search, investigate, and examine thoroughly, often by moving things around.

فَحَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to kick and struggleboth

    The verb form indicating the action of kicking and struggling, used in the context of a slaughtered animal.

دَاحِصٌadjective
  1. 1.
    kicking and strugglingboth

    An active participle describing something or someone that is kicking and struggling, especially an animal at slaughter.

  2. 2.
    digging and stirringboth

    An active participle describing something that is digging or stirring up the earth.

دَاحِصٌadjective
  1. 1.
    hasteningclassical

    An active participle meaning one who hastens or moves quickly.

المِدْحَصnoun
  1. 1.
    place of searchingclassical

    The place where something is searched for or investigated; a place of examination.

  2. 2.
    place of diggingclassical

    The place where the earth is dug or stirred up.

دُحُوصnoun
  1. 1.
    young girlclassical

    A young, lively girl. This usage is considered weak or incorrect by some.

Parallel reading

دحص المذبوح برجله الأرض، كمنع، يدحص دحصا: ارتكض
The slaughtered animal kicked its leg on the ground, as in 'man'a', it kicks a kicking and struggling.
ودحص الأرض بعقبه: فحص، وبحث وحرك التراب
And he stamped the ground with his heel: he searched, investigated, and moved the earth.
ومنه حديث إسماعيل عليه السلام فجعل يدحص الأرض بعقبه
And from this is the hadith of Isma'il, peace be upon him, 'he began to stamp the ground with his heel'.
دحصت الذبيحة برجليها عند الذبح، إذا فحصت وارتكضت
The slaughtered animal kicked its legs at the time of slaughter, if it struggled and thrashed.
قال علقمة بن عبدة: (رغا فوقهم سقب السماء فداحص ... بشكته لم يستلب وسليب)
Alqamah ibn 'Abdah said: (A young camel of the sky bellowed above them, struggling... with its spear, not having been stripped nor stripped).
دحصت الشاة برجليها تدحص عند الذبح
The sheep kicked its legs, kicking, at the time of slaughter.
وكذلك إن مات في غرق ولم يذبح فضرب برجله
And likewise if it died by drowning and was not slaughtered, and it struck with its leg.
ولم يبق في القنان إلا فاحص مجرنثم، أو داحص متجرجم
And nothing remained in the valley but a searching, heavy one, or a kicking, stumbling one.
والدحص: إثارة الأرض
And ad-dahs: stirring up the earth.
والمدحص: المفحص والمبحث
And al-midhas: the place of searching and the place of investigation.
دحص يدحص: أسرع
Dahasa, yadhasu: to hasten.