دحض

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Form 1دَحَضَتْ رِجْلُهُ4 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarدَحْضٌ دُحُوضٌ

Core sense — his foot slipped; his argument became nullgenerated

1.1he slipped—دَحَضَ

His foot slipped.

Said of a man.

1.1.1figurative · مجازthe sun declined towards the place of setting—دَحَضَتِ الشَّمْسُ

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdars as above.

Also expressed as عَنْ كَبِدِ السَّمَآءُ or عن بَطْنِ السمآء [from the meridian]; as though the sun slipped.

1.1.2figurative · مجازhis argument, plea, or evidence became null and void—دَحَضَتْ حُجَّتُهُ

1.2

See also Form 4, in two places.

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, (S, A, K,) aor. دَحَضَ , (S,) inf. n. دَحْضٌ (S, A) and دُحُوضٌ , (A, TA,) His foot slipped. (S, A, K.) And دَحَضَ said of a man, He slipped. (Msb.) دَحَضَتِ الشَّمْسُ , (S, A, K,) aor. and inf. ns. as above, (TA,) The sun declined (S, A, K) towards the place of setting, (TA,) عَنْ كَبِدِ السَّمَآءُ (S) or عن بَطْنِ السمآء (A) [from the meridian]; as though it slipped. (TA.) دَحَضَتْ حُجَّتُهُ , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. دَحَضَ , (Msb,) inf. n. دُحُوضٌ , (S, K,) or دَحْضٌ , (Msb,) His argument, plea, allegation, or evidence, was, or became, null, or void. (S, A, * Msb, K.) See also 4, in two places.

Form 4ادحض3 senses · 1 main

maṣdarإِدْحَاضٌ دَحْضٌ

Core sense — he made him slip; he annulled an argumentgenerated

4.1he made a man's foot, and a man, slip—دَحَضَ

The form 4 verb has the and the same meaning.

4.1.1

Said of rain: it made a place slippery.

4.1.2figurative · مجازhe annulled an argument, a plea, or evidence; he rebutted it—دَحَضَ

Said of God or of a man.

for this second verb only the maṣdar is mentioned.

that they may rebut the truth by it—لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الحَقَّ

In the Qur'ān 18:54 and 40:5.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4

18:56

وَمَا نُرْسِلُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ ۚ وَيُجَـٰدِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَايَـٰتِى وَمَآ أُنذِرُوا۟ هُزُوًا

We only send the messengers to give Glad Tidings and to give warnings: But the unbelievers dispute with vain argument, in order therewith to weaken the truth, and they treat My Signs as a jest, as also the fact that they are warned!

40:5

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ وَهَمَّتْ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍۭ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ ۖ وَجَـٰدَلُوا۟ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ

But (there were people) before them, who denied (the Signs),- the People of Noah, and the Confederates (of Evil) after them; and every People plotted against their prophet, to seize him, and disputed by means of vanities, therewith to condemn the Truth; but it was I that seized them! and how (terrible) was My Requital!

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (A, TA,) inf. n. إِدْحَاضٌ , (S,) He made (S, A, TA) a man's foot, (A, TA,) and a man, (TA,) to slip; (S, A, TA;) as also دَحَضَ . (TA.) It (rain) made a place slippery. (TA.) He (God, S, Msb, or a man, K) annulled, or rendered null or void, an argument, a plea, an allegation, or an evidence: (S, Msb, K:) he rebutted it; as also دَحَضَ , inf. n. دَحْضٌ . (TA; but in this instance, only the inf. n. of the latter verb is mentioned.) Thus in the Kur [xviii. 54, and xl. 5], لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الحَقَّ That they may, or might, rebut thereby the truth. (TA.)

Derived nouns 7

Nounدَحْضٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a slippery place; water that causes slippinggenerated

A slippery place; also دَحَضٌ and دَحُوضٌ and مِدْحَضٌ (Freytag, from the Dīwān of the Hudhalīs) [or مَدْحَضٌ?].

Plural دِحَاضٌ [a plural of the second], as جِبَالٌ is the plural of جَبَلٌ.

1.1

Also water that causes slipping; plural أَدْحَاضٌ.

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A slippery place; as also دَحَضٌ (S, K) and دَحُوضٌ (O, K) and مِدْحَضٌ (Freytag, from the Deewán of the Hudhalees,) [or مَدْحَضٌ ?]: pl. دِحَاضٌ , (K,) [a pl. of the second,] like as جِبَالٌ is pl. of جَبَلٌ . (TA.) Also Water that causes slipping: pl. أَدْحَاضٌ . (TA.)

Nounدَحَضٌ1 sense

Core sense — a slippery placegenerated

See the preceding paragraph.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.

Nounدَحُوضٌ1 sense

Core sense — a slippery placegenerated

See the preceding paragraph.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.

Nounدَاحِضٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — slipping; null, void, said of a pleagenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

[Slipping]. Its plural دُحْضٌ occurs in a tradition, in the phrase دُحْضُ الأَقْدَامِ, meaning those who have no firmness or stability, and no resolution, in affairs.

1.1figurative · مجازtheir argument, or plea, is null and void—حُجَّتُهُمْ دَاحِضَةٌ

In the Qur'ān 42:15.

IDrd, on the authority of AO, says it means مَدْحُوضَةٌ [rebutted].

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[Slipping] has for a pl. دُحْضٌ : occur- ring in a trad., in the phrase دُحْضُ الأَقْدَامِ , meaning those having no firmness, or stability, nor determination, or resolution, in affairs. (TA.) حُجَّتُهُمْ دَاحِضَةٌ , in the Kur [xlii. 15], means Their argument, or plea, or allegation, is null, or void: or, as IDrd says, on the authority of AO; it means مَدْحُوضَةٌ [rebutted]. (TA.)

Nounمِدْحَضٌ1 sense

Core sense — a slippery placegenerated

[Or مَدْحَضٌ?]: see دَحْضٌ.

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[or مَدْحَضٌ ?]: see دَحْضٌ .

Nounمَدْحَضَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a cause of slippinggenerated

1[this is a cause of slipping to the foot]—هٰذِهِ مَدْحَضَةٌ لِلْقَدَمِ

A cause of slipping; synonym مَزَلَّةٌ.

a place on which the feet will not remain firm—مَكَانٌ مَدْحَضَةٌ

In a tradition about the Ṣirāṭ.

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A cause of slipping; syn. مَزَلَّةٌ . (K.) You say, هٰذِهِ مَدْحَضَةٌ لِلْقَدَمِ [This is a cause of slipping to the foot]. (A.) And مَكَانٌ مَدْحَضَةٌ , in a trad. respecting the Sirát, means A place on which the feet will not remain firm. (TA.)

Nounمِدْحَاضٌ1 sense

Core sense — a place in which one slips muchgenerated

A place in which one slips much, or often; plural مَدَاحِضُ.

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A place in which one slips much, or often: pl. مَدَاحِضُ . (TA.)