دَقَّ
Root: دق
Form: 1
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دَقَّI
, Present.T يَدِقُّ, Verbal.Noun دِفَّةٌ, It was, or became,
دَقِيق, which means the contr. of غَلِيظ; as also
: [i. e. it was, or became, thin as meaning slender, or small in diameter or circumference as compared with length: also small in all dimensions; small in size; minute, or fine, either as a whole, or in its component particles: and sometimes, as said of a garment or the like, thin, or fine, as opposed to thick or coarse; like رَقَّ:] contr. of
غَلُظَ:
is said of the هِلَال [or moon a little after or before the change], and of other things. [See also رِقَّةٌ.]
2 And [hence], Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above,
3 Also, [Present.T and] Verbal.Noun as above, said of a thing, an affair, or a case, [and of speech, or language,]
def.2 دَقَّهُ, Present.Tدَقُقَ
Verbal.Noun دَقٌّ, He broke it, or crushed it, in any manner: or he bruised, brayed, or pounded, it; i. e., he beat it with a thing so that he broke it, or crushed it: namely, a thing, such as medicine, &c.
2 [And hence, He beat it; namely, a garment or the like; in washing and whitening it. And دَقَّ البَابَ He knocked at the door for admission.]
3 And [hence also, as appears from what follows,]
def.3 دُقَّ, Verbal.Noun دَقٌّ and دِقٌّ, He was seized with the malady termed دِقّ [i. e. hectic fever].
2 And [hence], Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above,
3 Also, [Present.T and] Verbal.Noun as above, said of a thing, an affair, or a case, [and of speech, or language,]
def.2 دَقَّهُ, Present.T
2 [And hence, He beat it; namely, a garment or the like; in washing and whitening it. And دَقَّ البَابَ He knocked at the door for admission.]
3 And [hence also, as appears from what follows,]
i. e. Ye two repaired the condition of the tribes of 'Abs and Dhubyán by peace, (تَلَافَيْتُمَا أَمْرَهُمَا بِالصُّلْحِ,) after they had shared, one with another, in destruction, and had brayed [among themselves] the perfume of Menshim as a sign of their having leagued together against their enemy; i. e., after slaughter had come upon the last of their men, as upon the last of those who perfumed themselves with the perfume of Menshim: for [it is said that] منشم is the name of a woman who sold perfume in Mekkeh, and a party bought of her some perfume, and leagued together to fight their enemy, making the dipping of their hands in that perfume to be a sign of their league; and they fought until they were slain to the last of them: whence the prov., أَشْأَمُ مِنْ عِطْرِ مَنْشِمَ: [so that, accord. to this explanation, which is one of many, منشم is made perfectly decl. for the sake of the rhyme:] or the meaning is,تَدَارَكْتُمَا عَبْسًا وَذُبْيَانَ بَعْدَمَا تَفَانَوْا وَدَقُّوا بَيْنَهُمْ عِطْرَ مَنْشِمِ
def.3 دُقَّ, Verbal.Noun دَقٌّ and دِقٌّ, He was seized with the malady termed دِقّ [i. e. hectic fever].
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