د ع ص

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts related to sand formations, specifically mounds and dunes. It also extends to meanings of being struck, killed, or perishing, often metaphorically linked to the harshness of heat or being overwhelmed. Additionally, it touches upon the idea of being crushed or trampled.

Derived headwords

الدَّعْصnoun

1.
sand moundboth
A piece of sand, round in shape, or a small dune.
2.
sand duneboth
A heap of sand, smaller than a large dune (ḥiqf).

الدَّعْصَةnoun

1.
sand moundboth
A piece of sand, round in shape, or a small dune.
2.
heap of sandboth
A portion of a sand mound.

دعصverb

1.
to stabboth
To stab someone with a spear.
2.
to trampleboth
To tread or step heavily on something.

أَدْعَصَverb

1.
to killclassical
To kill someone, possibly by causing them to 'cook' or be overwhelmed.
2.
to overwhelmclassical
To cause someone to perish or be destroyed, often by intense heat.
3.
to strikeclassical
To strike something, like a target.

الدَّعْصَاءnoun

1.
hot, easy groundclassical
Level ground that becomes intensely hot under the sun, making its heat more severe than other areas.

المَدْعَصnoun

1.
perished from heatclassical
One who has been severely affected or perished due to the intense heat of the ground, to the point of their feet disintegrating.
2.
overwhelmed by heatclassical
Applies to livestock and wild animals suffering from extreme heat.

إِدْعَاصnoun

1.
killing by heatclassical
The act of being killed or overwhelmed by intense heat.

المُنْدَعِصnoun

1.
decomposed corpseclassical
A dead body that has decomposed or disintegrated.
2.
weak or swollen thingclassical
Something dead, or possibly something growing (in some manuscript variations), likened to a sand dune due to its swelling or weakness.

تَدَعْصَverb

1.
to rotclassical
Meat that has rotted or decayed.

المَدَاعِصnoun

1.
spearsclassical
A plural referring to spears.

مُدْعَصadjective

1.
skilled spearmanclassical
A man who is skilled in fighting with a spear.

دعصاًnoun

1.
a stabbingboth
The act of stabbing with a spear.

دعصتانnoun

1.
two sand dunesboth
A dual form referring to two sand dunes.

دعصnoun

1.
sand heapboth
A heap of sand.

أدعاصnoun

1.
sand heapsboth
Plural of دعص, referring to heaps of sand.

Parallel reading

قطعة من الرمل مستديرة، كما في الصحاح، أو الكثيب منه المجتمع، أو الكثيب الصغير

A piece of sand, round in shape, as in Al-Sihah, or a dune formed from it, or a small dune.

وقيل: الدعص: قور من الرمل مجتمع، وهو أقل من الحقف

And it was said: The da's is a mound of collected sand, and it is less than a large dune (ḥiqf).

والطائفة منه دعصة

And a portion of it is a da'sah.

ودعصه بالرمح دعصا: طعنه به

And he stabbed him with a spear, da'san: he pierced him with it.

ودعصه بالرمح دعصا: قتله

And he stabbed him with a spear, da'san: he killed him.

ودعص برجله ودحص، ومحص، وقعص، إذا ارتكض

And he trampled with his foot, and he stumbled, and he fell, and he recoiled, if he recoiled.

والدعصاء: الأرض السهلة تحمى عليها الشمس، فتكون رمضاؤها أشد حرا من غيرها

And Al-Da'saa': is the level ground that the sun heats up, so its heat is more intense than other ground.

والمدعص، كمخرج: من اشتد عليه حر الرمضاء فهلك أو تفسخ قدماه منه

And Al-Mad'as, like makhraj: is one who was severely afflicted by the heat of the ground and perished or his feet disintegrated from it.

أدعصه الحر إدعاصا: قتله، كما يقال: أهرأه البرد

The heat overwhelmed him, id'asan: it killed him, just as it is said: the cold destroyed him.

المندعص: الميت إذا تفسخ

Al-Mund'as: the dead if it has decomposed.

تدعص اللحم: تهرأ فسادا

The meat rotted, tad'asa: it decayed in corruption.

رميته فأدعصه، كأقعصه

I shot him and he was struck, like aq'asahu.

والمداعص: الرماح

And Al-Mada'is: are the spears.

ورجل مدعص بالرمح: طعان

And a man mad'as with a spear: is a skilled fighter.

وأدعصه الموت: ناجزه

And death overtook him, ad'asahu: it approached him suddenly.