muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarدَكٌّ
Core sense — he broke it, or crushed it; he levelled the ground; he pushed himgenerated
1.1and they shall be beaten together with one beating, and the whole shall become fine dust—فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً
. He broke it, or crushed it, in any manner; or bruised, brayed, or pounded it — that is, beat it with something so as to break or crush it; the same as دَقَّ.
he made the elevations and depressions of the ground even—دَكَّ الأَرْضَ
when the earth shall be made level—أَذَا دُكَّتِ الأَرْضُ دَكًّا
He threw it down, pulled it to pieces, or demolished it. He broke a wall, or a mountain. He beat a thing and broke it so as to lay it level with the ground.
In the Qur'ān 69:14. Or: they shall both be spread with one spreading, so as to become even ground.
In the Qur'ān 89:22: when the earth shall be made level, without hills (Ibn-ʿArafeh) and without mountains; or it means it shall become fine dust scattered; or it shall be shaken so that every building on it shall be demolished and gone.
See also دَكٌّ below.
1.1.1spreading earth and making it even—دَكٌّ
The word for spreading here is كَبْس; كَنْس is put for it in error in the CK.
[earth was spread upon it]—دُكَّ التُّرَابُ عَلَيْهِ
Said when a roof, or flat house-top, has been spread with earth.
he poured earth upon the corpse—دَكَّ التُّرَابَ عَلَى المَيِّتِ
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1.1.2I filled up the wells with earth—دَكَكْتُ الرَّكِىَّ
Also filling up a well with earth; and دَكْدَكَةٌ means the same.
he filled up the wells with earth—دَكْدَكَ الرَّكِىَّ
1.1.3he pushed him, or thrust him—دَكَّهُ
Like صَكَّهُ and لَكَّهُ.
1.1.4figurative · مجازhe distressed his young woman, or female slave, by throwing his weight on her—دَكَّ جَارِيَتَهُ
Said of a man, when he wanted to have sex with her. AA. [See also رَكَّ.]
he distressed, or jaded, or fatigued, the beast by journeying—دَكَّ الدَّابَّةَ بِالسَّيْرِ
fever, or disease, weakened the man—دُكَّ الرَّجُلُ
That is, دَكَّتْهُ الحُمَّى or دَكَّهُ المَرَضُ; or the meaning is: he became sick, or ill.
1.1.5sending forth camels all together—دَكٌّ
Ibn-ʿAbbād.
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
69:14
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةًAnd the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke,-
89:21
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّاNay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
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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, aor. دَكُكَ , (S,) inf. n. دَكٌّ , (S, K,) He broke, or crushed, in any manner; or bruised, brayed, or pounded; i. e., beat with a thing so as to break or crush; i. q. دَقَّ . (S, K.) He threw down, pulled to pieces, or demolished. (K.) He broke a wall, and a mountain. (Lth, TA.) He beat a thing and broke it so as to lay it even with the ground. (S.) Hence the saying in the Kur [lxix. 14], فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً , (S,) i. e. And they shall be beaten together with one beating, and the whole shall become fine dust: or they shall both be spread with one spreading, so as to become an even ground. (Bd.) [For] دَكَّ الأَرْضَ , (TA,) inf. n. as above, (K, TA,) means He made even the elevations and depressions of the earth, or ground. (K, TA.) أَذَا دُكَّتِ الأَرْضُ دَكًّا , in the Kur [lxxxix. 22], means When the earth shall be made level, without hills, (Ibn-'Arafeh, Bd,) and without mountains: or it means, shall become fine dust scattered: (Bd:) or shall be shaken so that every building thereon shall be demolished and non-existent. (Jel.) See also دَكٌّ below. دَكٌّ also signifies The spreading ( كَبْس [for which كَنْس is erroneously put in the CK]) of earth, and making it even. (K.) When a roof, or flat house-top, has been spread with earth ( كُبَِسَ بِالتُّرَابِ ), one says, دُكَّ التُّرَابُ عَلَيْهِ [Earth was spread upon it]: and دَكَّ التُّرَابَ عَلَى المَيِّتِ , inf. n. دَكٌّ , means He poured earth upon the corpse. (AZ, AHn.) Also The filling up a well (K, TA) with earth; and so دَكْدَكَةٌ . (TA.) You say, دَكَكْتُ الرَّكِىَّ I filled up the wells with earth: (S:) and دَكْدَكَ الرَّكِىَّ He filled up the wells with earth. (TA.) And دَكَّهُ signifies also He pushed him, or thrust him; like صَكَّهُ and لَكَّهُ . (As, TA.) [Hence,] دَكَّ جَارِيَتَهُ He (a man) distressed his young woman, or female slave, by throwing his weight upon her when desiring to compress her. (AA, TA. [See also رَكَّ .]) And دَكَّ الدَّابَّةَ بِالسَّيْرِ He distressed, or jaded, or fatigued, the beast by journeying. (TA.) And دُكَّ الرَّجُلُ , (S, K,) i. e. دَكَّتْهُ الحُمَّى , (AZ, S,) or دَكَّهُ المَرَضُ , (K,) meaning Fever, or disease, weakened the man: (TA:) or he became sick, or ill. (K.) And دَكٌّ also signifies The sending forth camels all together. (Ibn- 'Abbád, TA.)