دَجَا
Root: دجو
Form: 1
Full Definition
دَجَاI
, Present.T يَدْجُو, Verbal.Noun دَجْوٌ and دُجُوٌّ [and app. دُجًا or دُجًى, q. v. infrà], It was, or became, dark; as also
and
and
اِدْجَوْجَى : or, accord. to As, دَجَا, said of the night, is not from the being dark, but signifies it covered everything: and hence, he says, the phrase, مُنْذُ
دَجَا الإِسْلَامُ, meaning Since [the religion of] El-Islám became strong, and covered everything; or became strong, and spread, and covered everything: and he also said that دَجَا means It was, or became, still, or calm; and
is said to mean the same.
2 Also It was, or became, such that one part thereof overlay another, and it was not loose and sparse.
3 Also, Verbal.Noun دُجُوٌّ, It was complete, full, or ample; [such as covered the wearer completely;] or long, reaching to the ground.
4 And, said of a man, i. q. جَامَعَ; as also دَحَا. (K in art. دحو.) You say, دَجَاهَا He compressed her.
5 دَجَا أَمْرُهُمْ عَلَى ذٰلِكَ means
6 دَجْ لَا دَجَ كُنَّ ٱللّٰهُ [app. Come hither, may God not protect you; if, as is probably the case, from دَجَا said of the night, as meaning “ it covered everything; ”] is said in chiding the domestic fowl. (TA. [See دَجْ in art. دج.])
2 Also It was, or became, such that one part thereof overlay another, and it was not loose and sparse.
3 Also, Verbal.Noun دُجُوٌّ, It was complete, full, or ample; [such as covered the wearer completely;] or long, reaching to the ground.
4 And, said of a man, i. q. جَامَعَ; as also دَحَا. (K in art. دحو.) You say, دَجَاهَا He compressed her.
5 دَجَا أَمْرُهُمْ عَلَى ذٰلِكَ means
6 دَجْ لَا دَجَ كُنَّ ٱللّٰهُ [app. Come hither, may God not protect you; if, as is probably the case, from دَجَا said of the night, as meaning “ it covered everything; ”] is said in chiding the domestic fowl. (TA. [See دَجْ in art. دج.])
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