دَقِيقٌ

Root: دق

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دَقِيقٌ contr. of غَلِيظٌ and جَلِيلٌ; as also دُقَاقٌ and دِقٌّ ; the last contr. of جِلٌّ: [i. e. 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 applied to a garment or the like, thin, or fine, as opposed to thick or coarse; like رَقِيقٌ: but properly,] دَقِيقٌ differs from رَقِيقٌ; the former signifying the contr. of غَلِيظٌ [as stated above], and the latter, the contr. of ثَخِينٌ: therefore one says حَسًا رَقِيقٌ and حَسًا ثَخِينٌ [“ thin soup ” and “ thick soup ”], but not حَسًا دَقِيقٌ; and one says سَيْفٌ دَقِيقُ المَضْرِبِ [a sword thin in the edge, or in the part next the point]; and رُمْحٌ دَقِيقٌ [a slender spear]; and غُصْنٌ دَقِيقٌ [a slender branch]; and حَبْلٌ دَقِيقٌ [a slender rope]: pl. [of mult. دِقَاقٌ and of pauc.] أَدِقَّةٌ. One says, مَا لَهُ دِقٌّ وَلَا جِلٌّ [He has neither slender, or small, or fine, nor thick, or great, or coarse]; i. e. دَقِيقٌ وَلَا جَلِيلٌ. (S in art. جل.) And أَخَذْتُ وَجِلَّهُ [I took the slender, &c., thereof, and the thick, &c., thereof]; like as one says, اخذت قَلِيلَهُ وَ كَثِيرَهُ. And it is said in a trad., اَللّٰهُمَّ ٱغْفِرْلِى ذَنْبِى كُلَّهُ وَجِلَّهُ [O God, forgive me all my sin, the small thereof and the great thereof]. شَجَرٌ دِقٌّ means Shrubs, bushes, or small trees: opposed to شَجَرٌ جِلٌّ. (Lth in art. جل, and Mgh in art. بقل.) Accord. to AHn, دِقٌّ signifies Plants that are slender and soft to the camels, so that the weak of the camels, and the young, and such as has its teeth worn down to the sockets, and the sick, eat them: or, as some say, their small leaves: or slender and long leaves of the أَرَاك: and grain trodden out but not winnowed: pl. أَدْقَاقٌ. And حُلَلُ means Thin, or fine, [garments, or dresses, of the kind called] حُلَل; opposed to حُلَلُ جِلٍّ: or دِقٌّ signifies the contr. of جِلٌّ as applied to carpets, and to the garments called أَكْسِيَة [pl. of كِسَآء] and the like, and to the [cloth called] حِلْس, and to the mat and the like. (TA in art. جَل.)
2 [Hence,] دَقِيقٌ is also applied to a thing, an affair, or a case, as meaning Little in estimation, paltry, inconsiderable, mean, vile, or contemptible; in this case, contr. of جَلِيلٌ: and means also niggardly, stingy, or avaricious; in whom is little, or no, good; applied to a man: pl. [of pauc.] أَدِقَّةٌ and [of mult.] دِقَاقٌ and أَدِقَّآءُ.
3 Also, applied to a thing, an affair, or a case, Subtile, nice, abstruse, recondite, or obscure: [applied likewise to speech; and so دِقٌّ :] you say, جَآءَ بِكَلَامٍ دِقٍّ and دَقِيقٍ [He uttered subtile, nice, abstruse, recondite, or obscure, speech].
4 [The fem.] [used as a subst.] signifies Small cattle; i. e. sheep or goats; opposed to جَلِيلَةٌ which signifies camels: pl. دَقَائِقُ. You say, مَا لَهُ دَقِيقَةٌ وَلَا جَلِيلَةٌ He has neither sheep, or goats, nor camels: or neither a sheep, or goat, nor a she-camel. And كَمْ دَقِيقَتُكَ How many are thy sheep, or goats? And هُوَ رَاعِى الدَّقَائِقِ He is the pastor of sheep, or goats. And أَعْطَاهُ مِنْ دَقَائِقِ المَالِ [He gave him of the small cattle].
5 Also, [i. e. دَقِيقَةٌ ,] as a conventional term of the astronomer, [A minute of a circle;] the sixtieth [in the O, and in some copies, app. most, of the K, erroneously, “ thirtieth, ” as remarked by MF and SM and others,] part of a دَرَجَة [or degree of a circle: pl. دَقَائِقُ, as above].
6 ↓ [And A minute of time; the fourth part of a دَرَجَة of time: pl. as above.
7 دَقِيقَةٌ is also sing. of دَقَائِقُ as syn. with مَدَاقٌّ, q. v.]

def.2 دَقِيقٌ signifies also Flour, or meal, of wheat &c.; [thus used as a subst.; as though] in the sense of مَدْقُوقٌ.
2 [Hence, Farina,] You say, جَرَى الدَّقِيقُ فِى السُّنْبُلِ [The farina pervaded the ears of wheat]. (L in art. قمح.) And حَمَلَ الدَّقِيقَ [It bore farina] is said of seed-produce [or corn]. (TA in art. حنق. [See 4 in that art.])

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