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دحي

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of spreading, stretching out, and flattening. It extends to meanings of driving or herding animals, and also encompasses specific terms for a type of ostrich nest, a celestial station, and a type of game.

Derived headwords

دَحَا الشَّيْءَverb
  1. 1.
    to spread it outboth

    To spread something out, to flatten it.

أَدْحَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to spread it outboth

    To spread something out, to flatten it. This is a causative form of the root.

دَحْيًاnoun
  1. 1.
    spreadingboth

    The act of spreading or flattening something out.

دَحَتِ الإِبِلُverb
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    to drive the camelsclassical

    To drive camels, to herd them. The letter 'dh' (ذ) is a variant pronunciation for this meaning.

الأُدْحِيُّnoun
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    ostrich nestboth

    A whitish nest made by an ostrich. It can be pronounced with either 'u' or 'i' vowel on the first letter.

أَدَاحِيnoun
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    ostrich nestsboth

    Plural of 'udhiyy', referring to ostrich nests.

الأُدْحِيُّnoun
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    station of the moonclassical

    A specific station or mansion of the moon in the sky, located between the constellations of al-Na'ā'im and Sa'd al-Dhābiḥ. It is also called 'al-Balda' and is similar to the ostrich nest.

دَحِيٌّname
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    Dahiyyclassical

    A name for a tribe or a section of Arabs, mentioned by Ibn Durayd.

دَحِيٌّname
  1. 1.
    Dahiyyclassical

    A name, possibly referring to a person or place, mentioned by Ibn Sidah.

الدَّحْيَةُnoun
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    leader of soldiersclassical

    The chief or commander of soldiers. In the dialect of Yemen, it can refer to a leader in general. Its origin is possibly from Persian 'sayyid' (lord), with a sound change.

الدَّحْيَةُname
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    Dahiyyahboth

    A proper name, referring to Dahiyyah ibn Khalifa al-Kalbi, a famous companion of the Prophet Muhammad. It is noted that the angel Gabriel used to appear in his form.

الدَّحْيَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    female apeclassical

    The female of the ape. The 'ta' (ة) is likely for gender specification.

دِحْيَةُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَname
  1. 1.
    Dahiyyah ibn Mu'awiyahclassical

    A person named Dahiyyah ibn Mu'awiyah, brother of Dahwah. Mentioned by Al-Jawhari.

المِدْحَاةُnoun
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    wooden stickclassical

    A wooden stick used by children, which rolls on the ground and destroys whatever it encounters.

المِدْحَاةُnoun
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    game piececlassical

    A game played by the people of Mecca, involving stones the size of a flat cake ('qursah') and a hole. It is also referred to as 'al-madāḥī' and 'al-masāwī'.

المَدَاحِيnoun
  1. 1.
    game piecesclassical

    Stones used in a game, also called 'al-madḥāh' and 'al-masāwī'.

تَدَحَّىverb
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    to spread outboth

    To spread oneself out, to lie down in a spacious area.

المَدْحِيَّاتُnoun
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    spread out thingsclassical

    Things that are spread out. It is a variant of 'al-madḥūwāt'.

تَدَحَّتِ الإِبِلُverb
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    camels searchedclassical

    Camels searching for good grazing spots in flat lands until they leave marks resembling large basins. This occurs when they are fat.

الدَّحْيَةُnoun
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    the oncemodern

    A single instance or occurrence.

الدِّحْيَةُnoun
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    the mannermodern

    The way or manner in which something is done.

انْدَحَى البَطْنُverb
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    the stomach expandedclassical

    The stomach became wide or distended.

Parallel reading

دحيت الشيء أدحاه دحيا: بسطته
I spread out the thing, I spread it out with spreading: I flattened it.
دحيت الإبل دحيا: سقتها سوقا
The camels were driven with driving: I herded them.
الأدحي: مبيض النعام
The udḥiyy: the whitish nest of the ostrich.
الأدحي: منزل للقمر
The udḥiyy: a station for the moon.
دحي: بطن من العرب
Dahiyy: a tribe from the Arabs.
دحي: ع
Dahiyy: 'ayn (a letter, or possibly a name).
الدحية: رئيس الجند
The daḥyah: the leader of the soldiers.
يدخل البيت المعمور كل يوم سبعون ألف دحية مع كل دحية سبعون ألف ملك
Seventy thousand daḥyahs enter the much-frequented House every day, and with each daḥyah are seventy thousand angels.
وهو الذي كان جبريل، عليه السلام، يأتي بصورته وكان من أجمل الناس وأحسنهم صورة
And he is the one in whose form Gabriel, peace be upon him, used to come, and he was among the most beautiful and best-formed of people.
الدحية: القردة الأنثى
The daḥyah: the female ape.
المدحاة: خشبة يدحى بها الصبي فتمر على وجه الأرض لا تأتي على شيء إلا اجتحفته
The midḥāh: a wooden stick with which a child plays, and it passes over the face of the earth, not encountering anything without destroying it.
المدحاة لعبة يلعب بها أهل مكة
The midḥāh is a game played by the people of Mecca.
وهو يدحو ويسدو إذا دحاها على الأرض إلى الحفرة
And he plays and moves when he rolls it on the ground towards the pit.
نام فلان فتدحى أي اضطجع في سعة من الأرض
So-and-so slept and spread himself out, meaning he lay down in a spacious part of the land.
المدحيات: المبسوطات
Al-madḥiyyāt: the spread-out things.
تدحت الإبل في الأرض: إذا تفحصت في مباركها السهلة حتى تدع فيها قراميص أمثال الجفار
The camels searched in the land: when they examined their easy resting places until they left in them marks like large basins.
اندحى البطن: اتسع
The stomach expanded: it became wide.