دهق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of breaking, crushing, or shattering something. It also extends to meanings associated with vigorous boiling, intense laughter, and a specific gait of an animal.

Derived headwords

دَهَقَverb

1.
to break, shatterboth
To break something into pieces, to shatter it.

دَهْدَقَverb

1.
to break bonesclassical
Specifically mentioned in relation to breaking the bones of something.
2.
to boil vigorouslyclassical
Describing meat or food boiling intensely in a pot.

دَهْدَقَةnoun

1.
breaking, shatteringclassical
The act of breaking or shattering, particularly bones.
2.
vigorous boilingclassical
The state of vigorous boiling, especially of meat in a pot.

دَهْدَاقnoun

1.
breaking, shatteringclassical
The act or result of breaking or shattering, especially bones.
2.
vigorous boilingclassical
The sound or state of vigorous boiling in a pot.
3.
worst laughterclassical
Describing a particularly unpleasant or harsh form of laughter.
4.
trotting gaitclassical
A specific, fast gait of an animal, like a trot or amble.

Parallel reading

دهق الشيء: كسره

Dahaqa a thing: to break it.

ندهدق بضع اللحم للباع والندى

The flesh is broken for the strong and the generous.

وإن قلت: دهداقا أي: بالكسر كان فصيحا، أي: قطعه وكسر عظامه

And if you say: dahdaaqan (with kasra), it is eloquent, meaning: to cut it and break its bones.

دهدقت البضعة دهدقة: دارت في القدر إذا غلت

A piece of meat was dahdaqat (boiled vigorously): it swirled in the pot when it boiled.

وللقدر دهداق: الدهداق: غليانها

And the pot has dahdaaq: the dahdaaq is its boiling.

والدهداق: أسوأ الضحك

And the dahdaaq: is the worst laughter.

زهزق في ضحكه زهزقة ودهدق دهدقة

He laughed harshly, zahzaqatan, and he laughed dahdaqatan.

والدهداق: مشي فوق العنق

And the dahdaaq: is walking above the neck (a fast gait).

دابة دهداق، أي: هملاج

A dahdaaq animal, meaning: a fast trotter.