Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

ضَحْضَحَ, [inf. n. ضَحْضَحَةٌ, which see below,] said of the سَرَاب [or mirage], It was, or became, in a state of commotion; or moved to and fro; as alsoتَضَحْضَحَ↓. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

And, (Ḳ, TA,) said of an affair, (TA,) It was, or became, manifest, evident, or apparent. (Ḳ,* TA.)

ضِحٌّ The sun: (Ṣ, O, Ḳ:) and (Ḳ) the light of the sun, (Lth, A, O, Ḳ,) when it has possession of the ground: (Lth, O, TA:) or the light of the sun upon the surface of the ground; sunshine; contr. of ظِلٌّ: (AHeyth, T, O, TA:) accord. to AHeyth, originally وِضْحٌ, the و being rejected and a ح added to the radical ح; but correctly, it is originally ضِحْىٌ, from ضحيت الشمس [app. a mistranscription for ضَحِيتُ لِلشَّمْسِ]: (TA; as from the T:) also land, or ground, that lies open and exposed (Ḳ, TA) to the sun: (TA:) and what is shone upon, or smitten, by the sun: (Ḳ, TA:) it has no pl. in any of these senses. (El-Fihree, TA.) It is said in a trad., لَا يَقْعُدَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بَيْنَ الضِّحِّ وَالظِّلِّ فَإِنَّهُ مَقْعَدُ الشَّيْطَانِ (Ṣ, A) ‡ [None of you shall sit between the sunshine and the shade, for it is the sitting-place of the devil]; meaning half of him in the sun and half of him in the shade. (TA.) And one says, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ بِالضِّحِّ وَالرِّيحِ ‡ Such a one came with, or brought, that upon which the sun had risen, and that upon which the wind had blown; (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA;) meaning, abundance, or much; (Ṣ, A;) or much property, or many cattle: (TA:) [F asserts that] one should not say بالضِّيحِ, (Ḳ,) i. e. بِالضِّيحِ وَالرِّيحِ: (TA:) this the vulgar say, but [J affirms that] it is nought: (Ṣ:) several, however, assert that الضِّيح is correct: (MF:) [and the author of the Ḳ, who disallows it in this art., authorizes it in art. ضيح, q. v.:] Kr, also, is related to have said that الضِيحُ signifies “the sun” and “its light;” and is said to signify “what is exposed to the sun:” and a poet says,

* وَالشَّمْسُ فِى اللُّجَّةِ ذَاتِ الضِّيحِ *

[And the sun in the abyss of sunlight]: Aboo-Mis-hal, moreover, mentions, in his “Nawádir,” the saying, اُسْتُعْمِلَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى الضِّيحِ وَالرِّيحِ [meaning † Such a one was employed as manager of much property]. (TA.) مَاتَ عَنِ الضِّحِّ وَالرِّيحِ, occurring in a trad., is rendered agreeably with the explanation of the saying in a trad. mentioned above, and means ‡ He died leaving much property. (TA.) And it is said of the Prophet, in a trad., يَكُونُ فِى الضِّحِّ وَالرِّيحِ He will be exposed to the heat of the sun and the blowing of the winds; meaning, accord. to Hr, † he will be attended by, or in the midst of, numerous horsemen and military forces. (TA.)

ضَحْضَحَةٌ andضَحْضَحٌ↓ andضُحْضُحٌ↓ The running of the سَرَاب [or mirage, along the surface of the ground, like water: see R. Q. 1]. (Ḳ.)

ضَحْضَاحٌ Shallow water; (Ṣ, A, TA;) and hence metaphorically applied in a trad. to ‡ a shallow part of hell-fire: (TA:) or water little in quantity; as alsoضَحْضَحٌ↓: or water reaching to the ankles: or reaching to the middle of the skin: or in which there is no being drowned: (Ḳ:) or water little in quantity, in a pool left by a torrent, &c. (TA.)

And Many, or much; in the dial. of Hudheyl; (AA, O, Ḳ;) not known to others: (TA: [see also ضَحْلٌ:]) accord. to Aṣ, it is applied to sheep or goats, and to camels, as meaning many, or numerous: and also as meaning scattered, or dispersed, over the surface of the land, but, notwithstanding, few. (TA.)