Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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دحو دحى دخدر


1. ⇒ دحى

دَحَى, first pers. دَحَيْتُ, aor. يَدْحَى, inf. n. دَحْىٌ: see 1 in art. دحو.

Root: دحى - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

دَحَيْتُ الإِبِلَ, (Ḳ,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) I drove the camels; (Ḳ;) as also ذَحَيْتُهَا. (TA.)


[4. {ادحى}]


5. ⇒ تدحّى

(mentioned in this art. in the Ḳ and TA): see art. دحو.


7. ⇒ اندحى

(mentioned in this art. by MF): see art. دحو.


دَحَيْتُهُ

دَحَيْتُهُ A single act of دَحْىٌ, i. e. spreading,, &c. (Mṣb.)

Root: دحى - Entry: دَحَيْتُهُ Dissociation: B

A she-ape, or she-monkey. (Ḳ.)


دِحْيَةٌ

دِحْيَةٌ A mode, or manner, of دَحْىٌ, i. e. spreading,, &c. (Mṣb.)

Root: دحى - Entry: دِحْيَةٌ Dissociation: B

A headman, or chief, (R, Ḳ, TA,) in an absolute sense, in the dial. of El-Yemen, (R, TA,) and particularly, of an army, or a military force. (Ḳ, TA.) AA says that it originally signifies “a lord,” or “chief,” in Pers.; but seems to be from دَحَاهُ, aor. يَدْحُوهُ, meaning “he spread it, and made it plain or even;” because it is for the headman or chief to do this; the و being changed into ى as it is in صِبْيَةٌ and فِتْيَةٌ; and if so, it belongs to art. دحو. (TA.) [Accord. to Golius, the pl. is دِحَآءٌ; but I think that it is more probably دِحًى.] It is said in a trad. that what is called البَيْتُ المَعْمُورُ [q. v. in art. عمر] is entered every day by seventy thousand companies of angels, every one of these companies having with it a دِحْيَة and consisting of seventy thousand angels. (TA.)


أُدْحِىٌّ / إِدْحِىٌّ

أُدْحِىٌّ and إِدْحِىٌّ: see art. دحو.


أُدْحِيَّةٌ

أُدْحِيَّةٌ: see أُدْحِىٌّ, in art. دحو, in two places.


مِدْحَاةٌ

مِدْحَاةٌ (mentioned in this art. in the Ḳ): see art. دحو.


المَدْحِيَّاتٌ

المَدْحِيَّاتٌ: see دَاحٍ, in art. دحو.


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