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دِقَّةٌ

Root: دق

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دِقَّةٌ Verbal.Noun of the intrans. verb دَقَّ [q. v.]. [As a simple subst.,] The state, or condition, or quality, of that which is termed دِقٌّ [and دَقِيقٌ; properly and tropically: i. e., it signifies slenderness, &c.]: and smallness, littleness, or the like; [properly and tropically;] contr. of عِظَمٌ.
2 [Hence,] Littleness in estimation, paltriness, inconsiderableness, meanness, vileness, or contemptibleness.
3 [And Subtileness, niceness, abstruseness, reconditeness, or obscureness.]
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