Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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دعر دعك دعم


1. ⇒ دعك

دَعَكَهُ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَدْعَكُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. دَعْكٌ, (Ṣ,) He rubbed it, or rubbed and pressed it, (Ṣ,* Ḳ, TA,) or did so well, (KL,) and softened it; (TA;) namely, a skin, or hide. (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA.)

Root: دعك - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

He softened its (i. e. a garment's) roughness by wearing it. (Ḳ.)

Root: دعك - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

He softened him, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and subdued him, or rendered him submissive; (TA;) namely, an adversary, or antagonist; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) and so مَعَكَهُ, inf. n. مَعْكٌ. (TA.)

Root: دعك - Entry: 1. Signification: A4

دَعَكَهُ فِى التُّرَابِ He rolled him, or turned him over, in the dust. (Ḳ.)

Root: دعك - Entry: 1. Signification: A5

دَعَكْتُ الرَّجُلَ بِالقَوْلِ I pained the man by speech. (IDrd.)


3. ⇒ داعك

مُدَاعَكَةٌ [app. The act of contending, disputing, or litigating, vehemently: (see مُدَاعِكٌ, below; and see also 6:) accord. to Golius, (who names no authority,) the act of conflicting, or contending; as though rubbing against another.]

Root: دعك - Entry: 3. Signification: A2

[Also] The delaying with another, deferring with him, or putting him off, by repeated promises. (Z, TA.) You say, داعك الغَرِيمَ He delayed, or deferred, with the creditor, or put him off, promising him payment time after time; like دَالَكَهُ. (TA in art. دلك.)


6. ⇒ تداعك

تداعكوا They contended, disputed, or litigated, one with another, vehemently. (IDrd, Ḳ.)

Root: دعك - Entry: 6. Signification: A2

Also, (Ḳ,) or تداعكا, said of two men, (Ṣ,) They contended together, smiting one another; syn. تَمَرَّسُوا, (Ḳ,) or تَمَرَّسَا; (Ṣ;) contended, or conflicted; (IF, TA;) فِى الحَرْبِ [in war, battle, or fight]. (IF, Ṣ, Ḳ.)


دَعِكٌ

دَعِكٌ Very pertinacious in contention or the like; very contentious; or a great wrangler. (Ṣ,* Ḳ.)


مِدْعَكٌ

مِدْعَكٌ: see the following paragraph. [For أَلَدُّ in the Ḳ, Golius seems to have found in his copy of that Lexicon آلَةُ; for he has explained مِدْعَكٌ, as on the authority of the Ḳ, by “Instrumentum quo quid defricatur aut levigatur;” a meaning which it may possibly have, as agreeable with analogy, but for which I find no authority.]


مُدَاعِكٌ

خَصْمٌ مُدَاعِكٌ (Ḳ) andمِدْعَكٌ↓ (IDrd, Ḳ) An adversary, or antagonist, vehement in contention, dispute, or litigation. (IDrd, Ḳ, TA.)


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