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دَسِيعَةٌ دسيعه دسيعة an inf. n. (S, TA.) دَسِيعَةُ ظُلْمٍ A wrongful, or tyrannical, pushing, or thrusting, or the like; for دَسِيعَةٌ مِنْ ظُلْمٍ; occurring in a trad. (TA.) ― -b2- A gift: (S:) a large gift: (S, K:) because given at once, like as a camel's cud is propelled by him with a single impulse. (TA.) You say of a munificent man, (Az, TA,) هُوَ ضَخْمُ الدَّسِيعَةِ (Az, S, TA) He is a large giver; one who gives much. (Az, TA.) ― -b3- Natural disposition: (S, K:) or, as some say, generosity of action: or, as some say, make; or natural constitution. (TA.) ― -b4- The pl. is دَسَائِعُ. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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