ضهو ضهى ضهيأ


1. ⇒ ضهى

ضَهِيَتْ, aor. ـَ {يَضْهَىُ}, inf. n. ضَهًى, She was, or became, such as is termed ضَهْيَآء. (Ḳ.)


3. ⇒ ضاهى

ضاهاهُ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. مُضَاهَاةٌ, (Ṣ, Mṣb,) He resembled, or conformed with, him, or it; syn. شَاكَلَهُ; (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ;) like ضَاهَأَهُ [q. v.]: (Ṣ, Mṣb:) and, like the latter, he imitated him. (Mṣb, TA.*) It is said in a trad., أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ عَذَابًا يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ الَّذِين يُضَاهُونَ خَلْقَ ٱللّٰهِ i. e. [The most severely punished of mankind on the day of resurrection will be] those who imitate by what they make [the creation of God]; meaning the sculptors or limners or the like. (Mṣb.)

Root: ضهى - Entry: 3. Signification: A2

Also, [or ضَاهَى بِهِ, like ضَاهَأَ به, q. v.,] He was, or became, gentle, tender, or courteous, or he acted, or behaved, gently,, &c., with him, or to him; namely, a man, and other than a man. (TA.)


4. ⇒ اضهى

اضهى He married, i. e. took to wife, a woman such as is termed ضَهْيَآء. (AA, Ḳ.)

Root: ضهى - Entry: 4. Dissociation: B

And He pastured his camels upon the species of tree called ضَهْيَآء. (Ḳ.)


ضَهْيًا

ضَهْيًا: see the next paragraph, in four places.


ضَهْيَآءُ

ضَهْيَآءُ A woman that does not menstruate: pl. ضُهْىٌ; which necessarily implies that the former is [as above, i. e.] with the long ا: but AA mentionsضَهْيَاةٌ↓ andضَهْيَاهٌ↓, with ة and with ه, as having this meaning; which necessarily implies that ضهيا is with the short ا [i. e., accord. to a general rule,ضَهْيًا↓, with tenween, like ضَهْيَأٌ, q. v. in art. ضهيأ, though (accord. to a general rule) this should be regarded as a masc. epithet]: (Ṣ) or ضَهْيَآءُ, and also with the short ا [app.ضَهْيًا↓, as above, not ضَهْيَا, or, as I rather incline to think, ضَهْيَأٌ (which is mentioned in art. ضهيأ) may be here meant], signify a woman that does not menstruate nor become pregnant; (Ḳ, TA;) so that she is as though she resembled a man: (TA: [see 3:]) or that menstruates but does not become pregnant: (Ḳ, TA:) or that does not bring forth, though she menstruate: (TA:) or whose breasts do not grow forth; (Ḳ, TA;) and when this is the case, she does not menstruate: or the former signifies that does not menstruate, being pregnant. (TA.)

Root: ضهى - Entry: ضَهْيَآءُ Signification: A2

And † Land that does not give growth to anything; as also with the short ا [i. e.ضَهْيًا↓ or ضَهْيَأٌ]. (Ḳ. [In the TA this meaning is restricted, app. without reason, to the form with the short ا.])

Root: ضهى - Entry: ضَهْيَآءُ Dissociation: B

Also, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and with the short ا [i. e.ضَهْيًا↓ or ضَهْيَأٌ], (Ḳ,) A species of tree (Ṣ, Ḳ) of the kind called عِضَاه, (Ḳ,) having a بَرَمَة [q. v.] and a pod (عُلَّفَة) [which succeeds the بَرَمَة], and many thorns. (TA. [For further descriptions thereof, see ضَهْيَأٌ, in art. ضهيأ.])


ضَهْيَاةٌ / ضَهْيَاهٌ

ضَهْيَاةٌ and ضَهْيَاهٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.


ضَهِىٌّ

ضَهِىٌّ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) of the measure فَعِيلٌ, (Ṣ,) The like of another [thing or person]: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) one says, هٰذَا ضَهِىُّ هٰذَا This is the like of this: (Ṣ:) or هُوَ ضَهِيُّكَ He is the like of thee. (Ḳ.)