ضَحَا
Root: ضحو
Form: 1
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ضَحَاI
, Present.T يَضْحُو, Verbal.Noun ضَحْوٌ, or ضُحُوٌّ, like عُلُوٌّ, thus accord. to ISd and IKtt, and ضُحِىٌّ, The road appeared, or became apparent, to a person: so says AZ: [and so, app., signifies ضَحِىَ, Present.T يَضْحَى; for] As says, يُسْتَحَبُّ مِنَ الفَرَسِ أَنْ
يَضْحَى عِجَانُهُ i. e. [It is approved as a quality of the horse] that his
عجان [q. v., a word variously expl.,] appear.
2 ضَحِيَتِ اللّيْلَةُ The night was, or became, cloudless.
3 ضَحِىَ الفَرَسَ The horse was, or became, white.
4 ظِلُّهُ ضَحَا
5 And ضَحَا and ضَحِىَ, Present.T of each يَضْحَى, Verbal.Noun ضَحْوٌ, or, accord. to the M, ضُحُوٌّ, and ضُحِىٌّ, He, or it, was smitten by the sun; or the sun came, or fell, upon him, or it: or ضَحِىَ, Present.T يَضْحَى, Verbal.Noun ضَحًا; and ضَحَا, Present.T يَضْحُو, Verbal.Noun ضَحْوٌ and ضُحُوٌّ, he, or it, was smitten by the heat of the sun. Hence, in the Kur [xx. 117], لَا تَظْمَأُ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضْحَى [Thou shalt not thirst. therein nor shalt thou be smitten by the sun]; i. e., thou shalt be preserved from the heat of the sun.
6 And ضَحَا, Verbal.Noun ضَحْوٌ and ضُحُوٌّ
7 And ضَحِىَ, Verbal.Noun ضَحًى [or ضَحًا], He sweated.
2 ضَحِيَتِ اللّيْلَةُ The night was, or became, cloudless.
3 ضَحِىَ الفَرَسَ The horse was, or became, white.
4 ظِلُّهُ ضَحَا
5 And ضَحَا and ضَحِىَ, Present.T of each يَضْحَى, Verbal.Noun ضَحْوٌ, or, accord. to the M, ضُحُوٌّ, and ضُحِىٌّ, He, or it, was smitten by the sun; or the sun came, or fell, upon him, or it: or ضَحِىَ, Present.T يَضْحَى, Verbal.Noun ضَحًا; and ضَحَا, Present.T يَضْحُو, Verbal.Noun ضَحْوٌ and ضُحُوٌّ, he, or it, was smitten by the heat of the sun. Hence, in the Kur [xx. 117], لَا تَظْمَأُ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضْحَى [Thou shalt not thirst. therein nor shalt thou be smitten by the sun]; i. e., thou shalt be preserved from the heat of the sun.
6 And ضَحَا, Verbal.Noun ضَحْوٌ and ضُحُوٌّ
7 And ضَحِىَ, Verbal.Noun ضَحًى [or ضَحًا], He sweated.
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