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دَحَا , (S, Msb, K,) first pers. دَحَوْتُ, (S,)
aor. يَدْحُو, (Msb, K,) inf. n. دَحْوٌ, (S, Msb, K,)
He spread; spread out, or forth; expanded; or
extended; (S, Msb, K;) a thing; (S;) and,
when said of God, the earth; (Fr, S, Msb, K;)
as also دَحَى, (Msb, K,) first pers. دَحَيْتُ, (K in
art. دحى,) aor. يَدْحَى, inf. n. دَحْىٌ: (Msb, and
K in art. دحى:) or He (God) made the earth
wide, or ample; as explained by an Arab woman
of the desert to Sh: (TA:) also, said of an
ostrich, (S, TA,) he expanded, and made wide,
(TA,) with his foot, or leg, the place where he
was about to deposit his eggs: (S, * TA:) and,
said of a man, he spread, &c., and made plain,
even, or smooth. (TA in art. دحى.) ―
2-b2- Also,
said of a man, (K,) aor. يَدْحُو, inf. n. دَحْوٌ,
(TA,) i. q. جَامَعَ; (K;) as also دَجَا; on the
authority of IAar. (TA.) [You say, دَحَاهَا He
compressed her; like as you say, دَجَاهَا.] ―
2-b3- Also
He threw, or cast, and impelled, propelled, or
removed from its place, a stone, with his hand.
(TA.) One says also, to him who is playing
with walnuts, أَبْعِدِ المَدَىوَٱدْحُهُ, meaning [Make
thou the distance far, and] throw it. (S, TA.)
See also مِدْحَاةٌ, in two places. And of a torrent,
one says, دَحَا بِٱلْبَطْحَاءِ It cast along [the soft
earth and pebbles in its course; or drove them
along]. (TA.) And of rain, one says, دَحَا
الحَصَى عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ (S, Msb) It drove the pebbles from the surface of the earth; (Msb;) or removed them. (TA.) [See also دَحَى, in the next
art.] And الدَّحْوُ بِالحِجَارَةِ also signifies The
vying, one with another, in throwing stones, and
striving to surpass [in doing so]; as also ↓ المُدَاحَاةُ
[inf. n. of دَاحَى]. (TA.) ―
2-b4- مَرَّ يَدْحُو, inf. n. دَحْوٌ,
said of a horse, He went along throwing out his
fore legs without raising his hoofs much from the
ground. (S, TA.) ＝
1-A2- دَحَا البَطْنُ The belly was,
or became, large, and hanging down; (Kr, K;)
and ↓ اندحى it (the belly) was, or became,
wide, or distended: (MF:) or both signify it
(the belly) became swollen, or inflated, or big,
and hung down, by reason of fatness or disease;
as also دَاحَ and اِنْدَاحَ. (TA in art. دوح.)