دعس

From the root د ع س (d ʕ s). Probably derived from د و س (d w s).

دَعَسَ • (daʕasa) I (non-past يَدْعَسُ (yadʕasu), verbal noun دَعْس (daʕs))

1. to tread on, to run over, to trample

   Synonyms: دَهَسَ (dahasa), دَاسَ (dāsa), وَطِئَ (waṭiʔa)

   • a. 525, Aš-Šanfara, أقيموا بني أمي صدور مطيكم (first line)‎:

     وَلَيْلَةِ نَحْسٍ يَصْطَلِيَ القَوْسَ رَبُّهَا … وَأَقْطُعَهُ ٱللَّاتِي بِهَا يَتَنَبَّلُ
     دَعَسْتُ عَلَى غَطَشٍ وَبَغْشٍ وَصُحْبَتِي … سُعَارٌ وَإِرْزِيزٌ وَوَجْرٌ وَأَفْكُلُ

     wa-laylati naḥsin yaṣṭaliya l-qawsa rabbu-hā … wa-ʔaqṭuʕa-hū l-lātī bi-hā yatanabbalu
     daʕastu ʕalā ḡaṭašin wabaḡšin wa-ṣuḥbatī … suʕārun wa-ʔirzīzun wa-wajrun wa-ʔafkulu

     And the ill-fated night when the master warmed up his bow, … and his arrowtips, in the handling of which he had trow
     I trod upon darkness and rain-shower and my following … was the heat of night and snowy hail and timid gulps and shivering

2. to fill, to overflood

دَعْس • (daʕs) m (collective, singulative دَعْسَة f (daʕsa))

1. (collective) footprints

From Arabic دَعَسَ (daʕasa).

• IPA^(key): /da.ʕas/,

• Audio (Ramallah):

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دعس • (daʕas) I (present بدعس (bidʕas))

1. to step on, to trample