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دَقِعٌ دقع [part. n. of دَقِعَ; Cleaving to the dust, or ground, &c.:] grieved, unhappy, or disquieted in mind; as also ↓ دَاقِعٌ ; and lowly, humble, submissive, or abased: (TA:) and ↓ مُدْقِعٌ [is syn. with دَقِعٌ as signifying] cleaving to the dust, or earth, and in a state of poverty: (TA:) [the pl. of دَقِعٌ is دَقْعَى; like as وَجْعَى is pl. of وَجِعٌ, and هَرْمَى of هَرِمٌ.] You say, رَأَيْتُ القَوْمَ صَقْعَى دَقْعَى [I saw the people, or company of men, struck by a thunderbolt, or struck by the enemy as with a thunderbolt,] cleaving to the ground. (TA.)

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