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دحى

1 دَحَى دحى دحي , first pers. دَحَيْتُ, aor. يَدْحَى, inf. n. دَحْىٌ: see 1 in art. دحو. ― -b2- دَحَيْتُ الإِِبِلَ, (K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) I drove the camels; (K;) as also ذَحَيْتُهَا. (TA.) [ 4 أَدْحَىَ mentioned by Freytag as on the authority of the K is a mistake for 5.] 5 تَدَحَّىَ (mentioned in this art. in the K and TA): see art. دحو. 7 إِِنْدَحَىَ (mentioned in this art. by MF): see art. دحو. دَحَيْتُهُ دحيته دحيتة A single act of دَحْىٌ, i. e. spreading, &c. (Msb.) -A2- A she-ape, or she-monkey. (K.) دِحْيَةٌ دحيه دحية A mode, or manner, of دَحْىٌ, i. e. spreading, &c. (Msb.) -A2- A headman, or chief, (R, K, TA,) in an absolute sense, in the dial. of ElYemen, (R, TA,) and particularly, of an army, or a military force. (K, TA.) AA says that it originally signifies “ a lord, ” or “ chief, ” in Pers.; but seems to be from دَحَاهُ, aor. يَدْحُوهُ, meaning “ he spread it, and made it plain or even; ” because it is for the headman or chief to do this; the و being changed into ى as it is in صِبْيَةٌ and فِتْيَةٌ; and if so, it belongs to art. دحو. (TA.) [Accord. to Golius, the pl. is دِحَآءٌ; but I think that it is more probably دِحًى.] It is said in a trad. that what is called البَيْتُ المَعْمُورُ [q. v. in art. عمر] is entered every day by seventy thousand companies of angels, every one of these companies having with it a دِحْيَة and consisting of seventy thousand angels. (TA.) أُدْحِىٌّ ذ and إِِدْحِىٌّ: see art. دحو. أُدْحِيَّةٌ ذ : see أُدْحِىٌّ, in art. دحو, in two places. مِدْحَاةٌ مدح مدحاه مدحاة مدحى (mentioned in this art. in the K): see art. دحو. المَدْحِيَّاتٌ المدحيات : see دَاحٍ, in art. دحو.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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