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, aor. يَدِقُّ, inf. n. دِفَّةٌ, (S, Msb, K,) It (a thing, S) was, or became, دَقِيق, which means the contr. of غَلِيظ; as also ↓ استدقّ: (S, K:) [i. e. it was, or became, thin as meaning slender, or small in diameter or circumference as compared with length: also small in all dimensions; small in size; minute, or fine, either as a whole, or in its component particles: and sometimes, as said of a garment or the like, thin, or fine, as opposed to thick or coarse; like رَقَّ:] contr. of غَلُظَ: (Msb:) ↓ استدقّ is said of the هِلَال [or moon a little after or before the change], and of other things. (TA.) [See also رِقَّةٌ.] ― -b2- And [hence], aor. and inf. n. as above, (tropical:) He, or it, was, or became, little in estimation, paltry, inconsiderable, mean, vile, or contemptible. (TA.) One says to him who refuses to confer a benefit, دَقَّ بِكَ خُلُقُكَ (assumed tropical:) [Thy nature, or natural disposition, hath rendered thee mean, &c.; the verb being made trans. by بِ, agreeably with a common usage mentioned in p. 141]. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, [aor. and] inf. n. as above, said of a thing, an affair, or a case, [and of speech, or language,] (assumed tropical:) It was, or became, subtile, nice, abstruse, recondite, or obscure. (Msb.) And you say, دَقَّ فِى كَلَامِهِ (tropical:) [He was, or became, subtile, nice, abstruse, &c., in his speech, or language]. (TA.) -A2- دَقَّهُ, (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. , inf. n. دَقٌّ, (M, Msb,) He broke it, (M, K, TA,) or crushed it, (M,) in any manner: (M, TA:) or he bruised, brayed, or pounded, it; i. e., he beat it with a thing so that he broke it, or crushed it: (M, K: *) namely, a thing, (S, M, TA,) such as medicine, &c. (TA.) ― -b2- [And hence, He beat it; namely, a garment or the like; in washing and whitening it. And دَقَّ البَابَ He knocked at the door for admission.] ― -b3- And [hence also, (in the CK, erroneously, “ or, ”) as appears from what follows,] (assumed tropical:) He made it apparent; showed, exhibited, manifested, or revealed, it: (K:) so says IAar, citing the following verse of Zuheyr: " تَدَارَكْتُمَا عَبْسًا وَذُبْيَانَ بَعْدَمَا تَفَانَوْا وَدَقُّوا بَيْنَهُمْ عِطْرَ مَنْشِمِ " (TA:) i. e. Ye two repaired the condition of the tribes of 'Abs and Dhubyán by peace, (تَلَافَيْتُمَا أَمْرَهُمَا بِالصُّلْحِ,) after they had shared, one with another, in destruction, and had brayed [among themselves] the perfume of Menshim as a sign of their having leagued together against their enemy; i. e., after slaughter had come upon the last of their men, as upon the last of those who perfumed themselves with the perfume of Menshim: for [it is said that] منشم is the name of a woman who sold perfume in Mekkeh, and a party bought of her some perfume, and leagued together to fight their enemy, making the dipping of their hands in that perfume to be a sign of their league; and they fought until they were slain to the last of them: whence the prov., أَشْأَمُ مِنْ عِطْرِ مَنْشِمَ: (EM p. 117:) [so that, accord. to this explanation, which is one of many, منشم is made perfectly decl. for the sake of the rhyme:] or the meaning is, (assumed tropical:) after they had manifested enmities and faults. (TA.) One says also, in cases of enmity, لَأَدُقَّنَّ شُعُورَكَ, meaning (assumed tropical:) I will assuredly manifest thy circumstances. (TA.) -A3- دُقَّ, inf. n. دَقٌّ and دِقٌّ, He was seized with the malady termed دِقّ [i. e. hectic fever]. (MA.)

, (K,) inf. n. تَدْقِيقٌ, (S,) He bruised, brayed, or pounded, finely; he comminuted, or pulverized; syn. أَنْعَمَ الدَّقَّ. (S, K.) This is the primary signification. (TA.) ― -b2- And hence, (assumed tropical:) [He made a minute examination. ― -b3- And He spoke, or expressed himself, and] he proved a question, or a problem, in a subtile, nice, abstruse, recondite, or obscure, manner. (El-Munáwee, TA.) ― -b4- See also 4.

, inf. n. مُدَاقَّةٌ, (tropical:) [He was minute, observant of small things, nice, or scrupulous, with his companion in the reckoning; and so داقّهُ فِى الحِسَابِ;] (JK, K, TA;) he reckoned with his companion with minuteness: (TK:) it signifies an act between two. (TA.) [And داقّهُ فِى الأَمْرِ (assumed tropical:) He was minute, &c., with him in the affair, or case.] المُدَاقَّةُ فِى الأَمْرِ signifies ↓ التَّدَاقُّ; (S;) which is an instance of تَفَاعُلٌ from الدِّقَّةُ: (Sgh, K:) you say, ↓ تَدَاقَّا, meaning (assumed tropical:) They were minute, &c., each with the other. (TK.) You say also, داقّ النَّظَرَ فِى مُعَامَلَاتِهِ وَنَفَقَاتِهِ [He examined minutely into his dealings and his expenses]. (TA in art. دنق.) ― -b2- And [hence] مُدَاقَّةٌ, metonymically, signifies (tropical:) The being niggardly, stingy, or avaricious. (Az, TA in art. دنق.)

He made, or rendered, it (a thing, S, M) دَقِيق [i. e. thin, or slender, &c.]; (S, M, K;) as also ↓ دقّقهُ. (S, M.) ― -b2- And He gave him a small thing: (S, TA:) or he gave him little: (S in art. جل:) or (tropical:) he gave him a sheep, or goat; (M;) or sheep, or goats. (K, TA.) You say, أَتَيْتُهُ فَمَا أَدَقَّنِى وَلَا أَجَلَّنِى (S, M) I came to him, and he gave me not a small thing, nor gave he me a great thing: (S in the present art.:) or he gave me not little, nor gave he me much: (S in art. جل:) or he gave me not a sheep, or goat, nor gave he me a camel. (M.) ― -b3- And ادقّت, said of the eye, It shed few tears; opposed to اجلّت; as in the saying of El-Fak'asee cited in art. جل. (S * and TA voce أَجَلَّ, q. y.) -A2- And ادقّ (assumed tropical:) He pursued little, paltry, or mean, things. (TA.)

see 3, in two places.

It (a thing, S, M, TA, such as medicine, &c., TA) was, or became, broken, (M, K, TA,) or crushed, (M,) in any manner: (M, TA:) or bruised, brayed, or pounded; i. e. beaten with a thing so that it was broken, or crushed: (M, K: *) quasi-pass. of دَقَّهُ. (S, M, K.)

see 1, first sentence, in two places. استدقّ نُحُولُهَا means Her thinness increased in thinness. (Ham p. 33.)

: see دَقِيقٌ, in nine places. ― -b2- Hence, حُمَّى الدِّقِّ [Hectic fever; so termed in the present day]; that is, from دِقٌّ as signifying the contr. of غَلِيظٌ. (S.) -A2- دِقٌّ in measuring, relating to the thing measured, is The being broken, crushed, or bruised, in the measure, so as to become close, or compact. (TA.) -A3- Also (tropical:) Niggardliness, stinginess, or avarice; the condition of him in whom is little, or no good. (M, TA.)

Soft dust swept by the wind (S, K) from the ground: pl. دُقَقٌ: (S:) or dust swept from the ground; as also ↓ دُقَاقَةٌ: (TA:) or دُقَقُ التُّرَابِ signifies fine dust; and دُقَّةٌ is its sing.: (M:) or, accord. to IB, the sing. of دُقَقٌ is ↓ دُقَّى, like as the sing. of جُلَلٌ is جُلَّى. (TA.) ― -b2- Also Seeds that are used in cooking, for seasoning food, (IDrd, M, K,) bruised, or brayed, (M,) and what are mixed therewith; (IDrd;) such as are termed قَزْح, and the like: all such seeds of the cooking-pot are called دُقَّة by the people of Mekkeh: (IDrd, Sgh:) and salt with such seeds mixed therewith: (M, K:) this is the application now commonly obtaining: (TA:) or salt alone: (M:) or salt bruised, or brayed: (Lth, K:) whence the saying, مَا لَهُ دُقَّةٌ He has not salt. (Lth, M, K. *) ― -b3- And [hence,] (tropical:) Beauty, or prettiness: (M, K, TA:) whence the phrase اِمْرَأَةٌ لَا دُقَّةَ لَهَا, (M,) or قَلِيلَةُ الدُّقَّةِ, (K,) or مَا لَهَا دُقَّةٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) A woman who is not beautiful, or pretty; (M, K; *) who has not beauty, or prettiness. (TA.) ― -b4- Also A certain ornament (حَلْىٌ) of the people of Mekkeh. (K.) ― -b5- And The small, or young, (حَشْو,) of camels. (TA.)

inf. n. of the intrans. verb دَقَّ [q. v.]. (S, Msb, K.) [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. (K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) Littleness in estimation, paltriness, inconsiderableness, meanness, vileness, or contemptibleness. (K, TA.) ― -b3- [And (assumed tropical:) Subtileness, niceness, abstruseness, reconditeness, or obscureness.]

[pl. of ↓ دَاقٌّ, agreeably with analogy,] Persons who manifest, or reveal, the faults, or vices, of the Muslims. (IAar, K.)

What is broken, or crushed; or bruised, brayed, or pounded; of a thing; as also ↓ دُقَاقَةٌ: (M:) broken particles of anything: (JK, K:) and [particularly] fragments, or broken pieces, of branches; as also ↓ دِقَاقٌ. (K.) ― -b2- See also مَدْقُوقٌ [with which it is sometimes syn.]: ― -b3- and see دَقِيقٌ.