د ج و
Verbs
Nouns and adjectives
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 14 entries-
دَجَا Form I It (the night) was, or became, dark
, (S, K,) aor. يَدْجُو, (S,) inf. n. دَجْوٌ (S, K) and دُجُوٌّ (K) [and app. دُجًا or دُجًى, q. v. infrà], It (the night) was, or became, dark; as also ↓ ادجى and ↓ تدجّى (S, K) and ↓ اِدْجَوْجَى: (K:) or, accord. to As, دَجَا, said of the night, is not from the being dark, but signifies it covered everything: and hence, he says, the phrase, مُنْذُ دَجَا الإِسْلَامُ, meaning Since [the religion of] El-Islám became strong, and covered everything; (S;) or became strong, and spread, and covered everything: (TA:) and he also said that دَجَا means It (the night) was, or became, still, or calm; and ↓ تدجّى is said to mean the same. (TA.) ― -b2- Also It (the hair of a she-goat) was, or became, such that one part thereof overlay another, and it was not loose and sparse. (K.) ― -b3- Also, (K,) inf. n. دُجُوٌّ, (TA,) It (a garment) was complete, full, or ample; [such as covered the wearer completely;] or long, reaching to the ground. (K.) ― -b4- And, said of a man, i. q. جَامَعَ; (K;) as also دَحَا. (K in art. دحو.) You say, دَجَاهَا He compressed her. (IAar, TA.) ― -b5- دَجَا أَمْرُهُمْ عَلَى ذٰلِكَ means (assumed tropical:) [Their affair, or case,] became in a good, right, or proper, state [upon that ground, or condition: probably from دَجَا said of the night, as meaning “ it was, or became, still, or calm ”]. (As, TA.) ― -b6- دَجْ لَا دَجَ كُنَّ ٱللّٰهُ [app. Come hither, may God not protect you; if, as is probably the case, from دَجَا said of the night, as meaning “ it covered everything; ”] is said in chiding the domestic fowl. (TA. [See دَجْ in art. دج.]) -
داجى Form III He treated
, (K,) inf. n. مُدَاجَاةٌ, (TA,) 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; (TA;) or from أَدْجَيْتُ البَيْتَ [q. v. infrà]. (Har p. 393.) ― -b2- [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: (S, K:) the treating hypocritically: (Har ubi suprà:) 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. (TA.) You say, دَاجَيْتُهُ, meaning I treated him with gentleness, or blandishment; &c.; as though with concealment of enmity. (S.) ― -b3- Also The preventing, or forbidding, or refusing, in a manner between that of severity and that of laxness. (AA, S, K.) -
أَدْجَوَ Form IV I let down the curtain
see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- [Hence,] أَدْجَيْتُ البَيْتَ I let down the curtain [of the door] of the chamber. (Har p. 393.) -
تَدَجَّوَ Form V The clouds closed together and spread so as to cover the sky
see 1, first sentence, in two places. ― -b2- [Hence,] تدجّى السَّحَابُ The clouds closed together and spread so as to cover the sky. (AHn.) -
اِدْجَوْجَى Form XII Open entry
: see 1, first sentence. -
دُجَةٌ three fingers
The three fingers [meaning the thumb and first and second fingers] with a mouthful upon [or between] them. (K.) And The mouthful [that is taken with the thumb and first and second fingers]. (TA.) ثَلَاثُ دُجَةٍ يَحْمِلْنَ دُجَةً إِلَى الغَيْهَبَانِ وَالمِنْثَجَةِ is an enigma of the Arabs of the desert, meaning Three fingers conveying a mouthful to the belly and the anus. (TA.) -A2- A button (T, M, K) of a shirt: (T, K:) pl. دُجَاتٌ and دُجًى. (K.) ― -b2- See also art. دجى. -
دُجًا Darkness
(as written by some) or دُجًى (as written by others) Darkness; (S;) and so ↓ دُجْيَةٌ, of which, in this sense, [as well as in others, mentioned in art. دجى,] دُجًى is also the pl., (S, and K in art. دجى,) accord. to Ks, as mentioned by IJ, who holds it to be [only] sing.; (Har p. 611;) and so, too, ↓ دَاجِيَةٌ, of which the pl. is دَوَاجٍ: (TA:) or دُجًى signifies the blackness of night, with clouds, so that one sees not star nor moon: or, as some say, [the state of the night] when it covers everything; not from the being dark: [see 1, first sentence:] (TA:) and اللَّيْلُ ↓ دَيَاجِى signifies the darknesses, or intense darknesses, of night. (S, K.) ― -b2- You say also لَيْلَةٌ دُجًى [A dark night, or a night that covers everything]: and لَيَالٍ دُجًى [dark nights, &c.]; not pluralizing the latter word, because it is an inf. n. used as an epithet. (TA.) [See also دَاجٍ.] -
دِجْوٌ A like, or an equal: and a
A like, or an equal: and a [friend, or companion, such as is termed] خِدْن. (TA.) -
دُجْيَةٌ Open entry
: see دُجًا, above: and see also art. دجى. -
دَجْوَآءُ Having full, ample, or long, hair or fur
, applied to a she-goat, (K,) and to a she-camel, (TA,) Having full, ample, or long, hair or fur. (K, TA.) -
دَجِىٌّ Open entry
: see what next follows, in two places. -
لَيْلٌ دَاجٍ Dark night
and ↓ دَجِىٌّ Dark night. (TA, and K in art. دجى.) And لَيْلَةٌ دَاجِيَةٌ A dark night. (S.) ― -b2- نِعْمَةٌ دَاجِيَةٌ (K) and نَعْمَآءُ دَاجِيَةٌ (IAar, TA) An ample benefit, boon, or blessing. (IAar, K. [Or, if the right reading in the former phrase be نَعْمَةٌ, both phrases may mean Ample enjoyment or good fortune.]) إِنَّهُ لَفِى عَيْشٍ دَاجٍ, (S,) or ↓ عَيْشٍ دَاجٍ دَجِىٍّ, (TA,) app. means Verily he is in an easy or a tranquil, or a plentiful and pleasant, or a soft or delicate, state of life. (S, TA.) -
دَاجِيَةٌ Open entry
[fem. of دَاجٍ, q. v.: ― -b2- ] as a subst.: see دُجًا. -
دَيَاجِى اللَّيْلِ Open entry
: see دُجًا.
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