دهي

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Arabic

Root
د ه ي (d h y)
5 terms

Etymology

From the roots د ه ي (d-h-y). Compare دَهَى (dahā).

Verb

دَهِيَ (dahiya) I (non-past يَدْهَى (yadhā), verbal noun دَهَاء (dahāʔ) or دَهْي (dahy) or دِهَايَة (dihāya) or دَهَاءَة (dahāʔa))

  1. to be sly, to be cunning

Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “دهي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Freytag, Georg (1830–1837) “دهي”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), Halle: C. A. Schwetschke
  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “دهي”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “دهي”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “دهي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz