Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

دَأْدَأَةٌ

Root: دأ

Full Definition

دَأْدَأَةٌ Verbal.Noun of R. Q. 1 [q. v.].
2 Also The hasty replying of a foolish, or stupid, person.
3 The sound of the falling of stones in a torrent, or of a stone upon the bed of a torrent: or the falling of stones in the bed of a torrent.
4 And The sound of one's moving, or putting in motion, [or rocking,] a child in the cradle in order that it may sleep.

def.2 See also the next paragraph, in two places.


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