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1 دَجَّ دج , aor. دَجِ3َ inf. n. دَجِيجٌ (S A, * K) and دَجَجَانٌ (S) and دَجٌّ, (TA,) He, (a man, TA,) or it, (a company of people, accord. to ISk not said of a single person, S, TA,) crept along; i. e. went, or walked, leisurely, softly, or gently: (S, A, K:) or did so with short steps: or came and went. (TA.) You say, مَرَّ القَوْمُ يَدِجُّونَ عَلى الأَرْضِ The company of men passed, going leisurely, &c., upon, or over, the ground. (S.) ― -b2- Hence, (TA,) He trafficked, or exercised the business of a merchant: (K) because the merchant travels about at a slow pace. (TA.) ― -b3- And He hastened, or went quickly. (TA.) ― -b4- Also, [aor. دَجِ3َ ] inf. n. دَجٌّ, said of a بَيْت [or tent, or house, or chamber], It dripped. (K.) -A2- See also 2. -A3- دَجَّ, [aor., accord. to rule, دَجُ3َ ,] (As, K,) inf. n. دَجٌّ, (TA,) He let down a veil, or curtain. (As, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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