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د ي ك

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the rooster, its various plural forms, and related terms. It extends to metaphorical uses for a compassionate man, spring, and specific anatomical parts of a horse. It also includes place names and nicknames.

Derived headwords

الدِّيكnoun
  1. 1.
    roosterboth

    The well-known male chicken.

  2. 2.
    henclassical

    Sometimes used to refer to a hen, in which case it is feminized.

  3. 3.
    compassionate manclassical

    In the speech of the people of Yemen, it refers to a man who is compassionate and kind.

  4. 4.
    springclassical

    It is also called spring in their language, perhaps due to the changing colors of its vegetation, by way of simile.

  5. 5.
    tripod/stonesclassical

    Refers to the stones used to support a cooking pot; the singular and plural are the same.

  6. 6.
    horse's anatomyclassical

    The bony prominence behind a horse's ear.

  7. 7.
    nicknameclassical

    A title given to Harun ibn Musa al-Muhaddith.

دُيُوكnoun
  1. 1.
    roostersboth

    The plural of 'dīk' (rooster), used for a large number.

أَدْيَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    roostersclassical

    The plural of 'dīk' (rooster), used for a small number.

دِيكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    roostersclassical

    A plural form of 'dīk' (rooster), similar to 'qirada' for 'qird'.

ديك الجنname
  1. 1.
    nicknameclassical

    The title of Abd al-Salam ibn Raghban al-Himsi, the famous poet.

مَدَاكَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, with the first letter pronounced with a fatha or damma, meaning a land with many roosters.

مَدِيكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, with the first letter pronounced with a fatha and the second with a kasra, meaning a land with many roosters.

دَكّverb
  1. 1.
    to drive/urgeclassical

    To drive or urge a rooster.

أبو بكر بن أبي العز بن أبي الديكname
  1. 1.
    nameclassical

    A hadith narrator who died in a certain year.

ابن الديكname
  1. 1.
    nameclassical

    The son of Abu Bakr ibn Abi al-Izz ibn Abi al-Dīk, also a hadith narrator.

ابن غلام الديكname
  1. 1.
    nameclassical

    Another hadith narrator who reported from Abu al-Husayn.

منية الديكname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A village in Egypt, in the district of Itfih.

الدويكname
  1. 1.
    diminutive nameclassical

    A diminutive form of 'al-Dīk', referring to Abd al-Aziz ibn Ahmad ibn Baqa and his brother Abdullah, who were hadith narrators.

Parallel reading

الديك، بالكسر: معروف، وهو ذكر الدجاج
The rooster, with a kasra, is well-known, and it is the male of the chicken.
ديوك في الكثير وأدياك في القليل وديكة في الكثير كقردة وقرد
Duyūk for the many, adyāk for the few, and dīkah for the many, like qirada for qird.
وقد يطلق على الدجاجة فيؤنث على إرادتها كقوله: وزقت الديك بصوت زقا لأن الديك دجاجة أيضا
And it may be used for a hen, and is feminized according to the intended meaning, as in his saying: 'The hen crowed with a crowing sound,' because the rooster is also a hen.
الديك في كلام أهل اليمن: الرجل المشفق الرؤوف
The rooster, in the speech of the people of Yemen, means the compassionate, kind man.
والديك أيضا: الربيع في كلامهم كأنه لتلون نباته فيكون على التشبيه بالديك
And the rooster is also spring in their language, as if due to the changing colors of its vegetation, by way of simile to the rooster.
والديك: الأثافي، الواحد فيه والجميع سواء
And the rooster: the tripod stones, the singular and plural are the same.
والديك: خششاء الفرس وهو العظم الشاخص خلف أذنه
And the rooster: the bony prominence of the horse, which is the bone protruding behind its ear.
ديك الجن: لقب عبد السلام بن رغبان الحمصي الشاعر المشهور
Dīk al-Jinn: the title of Abd al-Salam ibn Raghban al-Himsi, the famous poet.
وأرض مداكة بالفتح ويضم وكذا مديكة بفتح فكسر: كثيرة الديكة
And a land madākkah (with fatha or damma) and likewise madīkah (with fatha then kasra): meaning abundant with roosters.
ودك، بالكسر: زجر لها أي! للديكة
And dakk, with a kasra: is a call to them, meaning! for the roosters.
وأبوه المبارك يقال له: ابن الديك
And his father al-Mubarak is called: Ibn al-Dīk.
وابن غلام الديك: محدث آخر روى عن أبي الحصين
And Ibn Ghulām al-Dīk: another hadith narrator who reported from Abu al-Husayn.
ومنية الديك: قرية بمصر من أعمال إطفيح
Minyat al-Dīk: a village in Egypt from the districts of Itfih.
وعبد العزيز بن أحمد بن باقا، وأخوه عبد الله يعرفان بابن الدويك مصغرا: من المحدثين
And Abd al-Aziz ibn Ahmad ibn Baqa, and his brother Abdullah, are known as Ibn al-Duwayk (diminutive): among the hadith narrators.