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Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific ailment affecting the chests of horses and camels, characterized by difficulty breathing or coughing. It also extends to a general sense of affliction or sickness.

Derived headwords

الدكاعnoun
  1. 1.
    Chest ailment in animalsclassical

    A disease affecting the chests of horses and camels, causing respiratory distress.

  2. 2.
    Coughing sicknessclassical

    Specifically, a cough that affects horses and camels.

  3. 3.
    Afflictionclassical

    Similar to a severe illness or affliction, like 'al-khabṭah' in humans.

دكعverb
  1. 1.
    To be afflictedclassical

    To be struck by the ailment 'ad-dukāʿ'.

مدكوعadjective
  1. 1.
    Afflictedclassical

    One who has been struck by the ailment 'ad-dukāʿ'.

Parallel reading

الدكاع، كغراب: داء في صدور الخيل والإبل.
Ad-dukāʿ, like ghurāb: a disease in the chests of horses and camels.
وقال أبو زيد: هو سعال يأخذها.
And Abū Zayd said: it is a cough that affects them.
وقال الليث: هو كالخبطة في الناس.
And Al-Layth said: it is like al-khabṭah among people.
ويقال منه: قد دكع، كعنى، فهو مدكوع، أصابه ذلك.
And it is said from it: he has been afflicted (dakaʿa), as in 'aʿnā, so he is afflicted (madkūʿ), that struck him.
ترى منه صدور الخيل زورا ... كأن بها نخازا أو دكاعا
You see from them the chests of horses crooked... as if they have a piercing or a chest ailment.