دَحَا
Root: دحو
Form: 1
Full Definition
دَحَاI
, first pers. دَحَوْتُ, Present.T يَدْحُو, Verbal.Noun دَحْوٌ, He spread; spread out, or forth; expanded; or extended; a thing; and, when said of God, the earth; as also دَحَى, first pers. دَحَيْتُ, (K in art. دحى,) Present.T يَدْحَى, Verbal.Noun دَحْىٌ: (Msb, and K in art. دحى:) or He made the earth wide, or ample; as explained by an Arab woman of the desert to Sh: also, said of an ostrich, he expanded, and made wide, with his foot, or leg, the place where he was about to deposit his eggs: and, said of a man, he spread, &c., and made plain, even, or smooth. (TA in art. دحى.)
2 Also, said of a man, Present.T يَدْحُو, Verbal.Noun دَحْوٌ, i. q. جَامَعَ; as also دَجَا; on the authority of IAar. [You say, دَحَاهَا He compressed her; like as you say, دَجَاهَا.]
3 Also He threw, or cast, and impelled, propelled, or removed from its place, a stone, with his hand. One says also, to him who is playing with walnuts, أَبْعِدِ المَدَىوَٱدْحُهُ, meaning [Make thou the distance far, and] throw it. See also مِدْحَاةٌ, in two places. And of a torrent, one says, دَحَا بِٱلْبَطْحَاءِ It cast along [the soft earth and pebbles in its course; or drove them along]. And of rain, one says, دَحَا الحَصَى عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ It drove the pebbles from the surface of the earth; or removed them. [See also دَحَى, in the next art.] And الدَّحْوُ بِالحِجَارَةِ also signifies The vying, one with another, in throwing stones, and striving to surpass [in doing so]; as also [Verbal.Noun of دَاحَى].
4 مَرَّ يَدْحُو, Verbal.Noun دَحْوٌ, said of a horse, He went along throwing out his fore legs without raising his hoofs much from the ground.
def.2 دَحَا البَطْنُ The belly was, or became, large, and hanging down; and it was, or became, wide, or distended: or both signify it became swollen, or inflated, or big, and hung down, by reason of fatness or disease; as also دَاحَ and اِنْدَاحَ. (TA in art. دوح.)
2 Also, said of a man, Present.T يَدْحُو, Verbal.Noun دَحْوٌ, i. q. جَامَعَ; as also دَجَا; on the authority of IAar. [You say, دَحَاهَا He compressed her; like as you say, دَجَاهَا.]
3 Also He threw, or cast, and impelled, propelled, or removed from its place, a stone, with his hand. One says also, to him who is playing with walnuts, أَبْعِدِ المَدَىوَٱدْحُهُ, meaning [Make thou the distance far, and] throw it. See also مِدْحَاةٌ, in two places. And of a torrent, one says, دَحَا بِٱلْبَطْحَاءِ It cast along [the soft earth and pebbles in its course; or drove them along]. And of rain, one says, دَحَا الحَصَى عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ It drove the pebbles from the surface of the earth; or removed them. [See also دَحَى, in the next art.] And الدَّحْوُ بِالحِجَارَةِ also signifies The vying, one with another, in throwing stones, and striving to surpass [in doing so]; as also [Verbal.Noun of دَاحَى].
4 مَرَّ يَدْحُو, Verbal.Noun دَحْوٌ, said of a horse, He went along throwing out his fore legs without raising his hoofs much from the ground.
def.2 دَحَا البَطْنُ The belly was, or became, large, and hanging down; and it was, or became, wide, or distended: or both signify it became swollen, or inflated, or big, and hung down, by reason of fatness or disease; as also دَاحَ and اِنْدَاحَ. (TA in art. دوح.)
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