ض
َعٌّ
1 ضَعَّ, (
S,
O,
K,) an
inf. n. of which the verb is ضَعَّ,
aor. ـُ (
TK,) The breaking, or training, (
S,) or training well, (
IAar,
O,
K,) a he-camel, (
IAar,
S,
O,
K,) and a she-camel, not previously trained: (
IAar,
O,
K:) or the saying to a camel ↓ ضَعْ in order that he may become well trained. (
Th,
S,
O,
K.)
R.
Q. 1 ضَعْضَعَهُ, (
inf. n. ضَعْضَعَةٌ,
TK,) He threw it down, or pulled it down, [or rased it,] to the ground; (
S,
O,
K;) namely, a building. (
S, O.)
b2: And ضَعْضَعَهُ الدَّهْرُ Time, or fortune, lowered, humbled, or abased him; (
S, O;) and so بِهِ الدَّهْرُ ↓ تَضَعْضَعَ. (
TA.) [See also ضَعْضَعَةٌ below.]
R.
Q. 2 تَضَعْضَعَتْ أَرْكَانُهُ, referring to a building,
i. q. اِتَّضَعَتْ, (
S,) i. e. [Its angles, or corners, or its sides,] sank down; and became in a state of ruin. (
PS.)
b2: And تضعضع said of a man, (
S,
O,) He was, or became, lowly, humble, submissive, or abased; (
S,
O,
K;) [or he lowered, humbled, or abased, himself;] لِآخَرَ [to another], (
S,) or لِغَنِىٍّ [to a rich person]. (
O.) Hence, (
S,) Aboo-Dhu-eyb says, وَتَجَلُّدِى لِلشَّامِتِينَ أُرِيهُمُ
أَنِّى لِرَيْبِ الدَّهْرِ لَا أَتَضَعْضَعُ [And my constraining myself to behave with hardiness to those who rejoice at my misfortune: I show them that I will not humble myself to the evil accidents of time]. (
S, * O.)
b3: And He became poor: (
O,
K:) as though from ضَعَّ: (
O:) and تصعصع is a
dial. var. thereof, on the authority of Aboo-Sa'eed. (
TA.)
b4: And He became weak, and light in his body, by reason of disease, or of grief. (
TA.)
b5: And تضعضع مَالُهُ His property became little. (
TA.)
b6: See also
R.
Q. 1.
ضَعْ: see the first paragraph above.
ضَعْضَعٌ: see ضَعْضَاعٌ.
ضَعْضَعَةٌ
inf. n. of ضَعْضَعَهُ [
q. v.]. (
TK.)
b2: And [as though
inf. n. of ضُعْضِعَ] Lowliness, humility, or submissiveness: (
TA, and
Ham p. 369:) [as used in the present day, a state of depression; languor; weakness; and poverty:] and hardship, or adversity. (
TA.) ضَعْضَاعٌ Weak: applied in this sense to anything. (
S,
O,
K.)
b2: And A man without judgment, (
S,
O,
K,) and without prudence, or precaution, or discretion; (
O,
K;) and ↓ ضَعْضَعٌ signifies the same, (
S,
O,
K,) being a contraction of the former word. (
S, O.) مُتَضَعْضِعٌ [the part.
n. of
R.
Q. 2,
q. v.,] is used by the Arabs as meaning A poor man. (
O.)
