دحض

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root دحض primarily relates to slipping, sliding, and falling, often due to instability or lack of firmness. It extends metaphorically to the invalidation or refutation of arguments and evidence, and also describes the setting of the sun.

Derived headwords

دَحَضَverb

1.
to slip, slideboth
To lose one's footing and slide or slip.
2.
to invalidate, refuteboth
To make an argument or evidence invalid or void.
3.
to move away, declineclassical
Used to describe the sun moving away from the zenith towards the west.

دَحْضًاnoun

1.
slipping, slidingboth
The act of slipping or sliding.
2.
invalidation, refutationboth
The act of making something invalid or void.

دُحُوضًاnoun

1.
slipping, slidingboth
The act of slipping or sliding.
2.
invalidation, refutationboth
The act of making something invalid or void.

دَحَضَ بهاverb

1.
to examine with itclassical
To examine or investigate something using a particular means, like a foot.

دَحَضَ عن الأمرverb

1.
to investigate the matterclassical
To inquire into or research a particular matter.

دَحَضَتْ رجلُهverb

1.
his foot slippedboth
His foot lost its grip and slid.

أَدْحَضَهاverb

1.
to make it slipboth
To cause something to slip or slide.
2.
to invalidate itboth
To make an argument or evidence invalid or void.

دَاحِضadjective

1.
slipperyboth
Having a surface that is easy to slip on.
2.
invalid, voidboth
Describes an argument or evidence that is baseless or has been disproven.

دَاحِضَةadjective

1.
slipperyboth
Having a surface that is easy to slip on.
2.
invalid, voidboth
Describes an argument or evidence that is baseless or has been disproven.

دَاحِض الأقدامadjective

1.
unsteady of footclassical
Lacking stability in one's footing, implying weakness or lack of resolve.

دَحْضnoun

1.
slipping, slidingboth
The act of slipping or sliding.
2.
invalidation, refutationboth
The act of making something invalid or void.
3.
pushing awayclassical
The act of repelling or pushing something away.
4.
slippery waterclassical
Water that causes slipping.

دُحُوضnoun

1.
slipping, slidingboth
The act of slipping or sliding.
2.
invalidation, refutationboth
The act of making something invalid or void.

دَحِيضَةname

1.
name of a water sourceclassical
A place name referring to a water source belonging to the Banu Tamim tribe.

مَكَانٌ دَحْضadjective

1.
slippery placeboth
A location where one can easily slip and fall.

مَكَانٌ دَحُوضadjective

1.
slippery placeboth
A location where one can easily slip and fall.

دَحْضًاnoun

1.
slippery groundboth
Ground that is prone to causing slips.

دَحَاضnoun

1.
slippery placesboth
Plural of a slippery place or ground.

المَدْحَضَةnoun

1.
slippery placeboth
A place that causes one to slip; a treacherous spot.

دُحُوضname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A location in the Hijaz region.

الأدْحَاضnoun

1.
slippery placesboth
Plural of a slippery place or ground.

مَزَلَّةٌ مِدْحَاضadjective

1.
very slippery placeclassical
A place that is extremely prone to causing slips.

مَدَاحِضnoun

1.
slippery placesboth
Plural of a slippery place or ground.

Parallel reading

دحض برجله، كمنع: فحص بها، وكذلك دحض، بالصاد، قال أبو سعيد.

He examined with his foot, as in 'man'a': he investigated with it. And similarly, 'dahada' (with ṣād) was said, according to Abu Sa'id.

تدحض بها في بولك، أنحن قتلناه إنما قتله الذي جاء به.

You bring it forth to invalidate [our claim] regarding your urine; did we kill him? Only he who brought it killed him.

دحض عن الأمر: بحث عنه، نقله الصاغاني.

He investigated the matter: he searched for it, as reported by Al-Saghani.

دحضت رجله تدحض دحضا ودحوضا: زلقت، وقد دحضها وأدحضها: أزلقها.

His foot slipped, it slips, with dahdan and duḥūḍan: it slid. And he made it slip and caused it to slip: he made it slide.

نجباء غير دحض الأقدام والدحض: جمع داحض، وهم الذين لا ثبات لهم ولا عزيمة في الأمور.

Noble, not unsteady of foot. And ad-daḥḍ: is the plural of dāḥiḍ, and they are those who have no firmness or resolve in matters.

دحضت الشمس عن كبد السماء، تدحض دحضا: ودحوضا: زالت إلى جهة المغرب، كأنها دحضت، أي زلقت.

The sun declined from the zenith of the sky, it declines with dahdan: and with duḥūḍan: it moved towards the west, as if it had slipped, meaning it slid.

دحضت الحجة دحوضا: بطلت.

The argument became invalid with duḥūḍan: it became void.

حجتهم داحضة.

Their argument is invalid.

ليدحضوا به الحق، أي ليدفعوا به.

So that they may invalidate the truth with it, meaning they may repel it with it.

أتنسين أياما لنا بدحيضة ... وأيامنا بين البدي فثهمد

Do you forget days we had at Dahiḍah... and our days between Al-Badi and Thahmad?

حتى يعود دحضا تشممه العوم: جمع عومة لدويبة تغوص في الماء، كأنها فص أسود.

Until it becomes slippery ground that the swimming [creatures] sniff: 'ʿawm' is the plural of 'ʿūmah', a small creature that dives in water, as if it were a black gem.

وحدت كما حاد البعير عن الدحض

And shied away like a camel shies away from slippery ground

بثابت النعل على الدحاض

With a firm sole on the slippery ground

مكان مدحضة، إذا كان لا تثبت عليه الأقدام.

A slippery place, if feet cannot remain firm upon it.

فيوما بأذناب الدحوض ومرة ... أنسئها في رهوه والسوائل

So one day with the slopes of Ad-Duḥūḍ, and another time... I drive her in its lowlands and the flowing waters.

فدحضت التلاع، أي صيرتها مزلقة.

So the ravines became slippery, meaning it made them a place of slipping.

والماء الذي يكون عنه الزلق، والجمع الأدحاض.

And the water from which slipping occurs, and the plural is Al-Adḥāḍ.

وقعوا على الأدحاض.

They fell upon the slippery places.

مزلة مدحاض: يدحض فيها كثيرا، والجمع مداحض.

A very slippery place: one slips in it a lot, and the plural is Madāḥiḍ.