داجى
Root: دجو
Form: 3
Full Definition
داجىIII
, Verbal.Noun مُدَاجَاةٌ, He treated another with concealment of enmity; (K and TA in art. دجى;) as though he came to him فى
دُجْيَةٍ, i. e. in darkness; or from أَدْجَيْتُ
البَيْتَ [q. v. infrà].
2 [Hence,] مُدَاجَاةٌ signifies [also] The treating with gentleness, or blandishment; soothing, coaxing, wheedling, or cajoling; or deceiving, deluding, beguiling, circumventing, or outwitting; or striving, endeavouring, or desiring, to do so: the treating hypocritically: the coaxing, or wheedling, with comely behaviour or speech, not rendering sincere brotherly affection; or simply the treating with comely behaviour: and the putting [one] off [in the matter of a right, or due], as one does by repeated promises. You say, دَاجَيْتُهُ, meaning I treated him with gentleness, or blandishment; &c.; as though with concealment of enmity.
3 Also The preventing, or forbidding, or refusing, in a manner between that of severity and that of laxness.
2 [Hence,] مُدَاجَاةٌ signifies [also] The treating with gentleness, or blandishment; soothing, coaxing, wheedling, or cajoling; or deceiving, deluding, beguiling, circumventing, or outwitting; or striving, endeavouring, or desiring, to do so: the treating hypocritically: the coaxing, or wheedling, with comely behaviour or speech, not rendering sincere brotherly affection; or simply the treating with comely behaviour: and the putting [one] off [in the matter of a right, or due], as one does by repeated promises. You say, دَاجَيْتُهُ, meaning I treated him with gentleness, or blandishment; &c.; as though with concealment of enmity.
3 Also The preventing, or forbidding, or refusing, in a manner between that of severity and that of laxness.
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