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داحى داحى داحي , inf. n. مُدَاحَاةٌ : see 1.

تدحّى دحا تدحى تدحي He spread out, or extended, himself; syn. تَبَسَّطَ . (K in art. دحى .) You say, نَامَ فُلَانٌ فَتَدَحَّى Such a one slept, and [extended himself so that he] lay upon a wide space of ground. (TA in that art.) ― -b2- And تَدَحَّتُ الاـِبِلُ فِى الأَرْضِ The camels made hollows in the ground where they lay down, it being soft; leaving therein cavities like those of bellies: thus they do only when they are fat. (El-'Itreefee, TA in art. دحى .)

اـِنْدَحَوَ see 1, last sentence.

اِدْحَوَى ادحوى ادحوي [of the measure اِفْعَلَلَ for اِفْعَلَّ , like اِرْعَوَى ,] It (a thing, TA) was, or became, spread, spread out or forth, expanded, or extended. (K.)

دَاحٍ داح [act. part. n. of 1]. ↓ اَللّٰهُمَّ دَاحِىَ المَدْحُوَّاتِ , in a prayer of 'Alee, means O God, the Spreader and Expander of the [seven] earths: (TA:) المَدْحُوَّاتٌ [properly] signifies the things that are spread, &c.; as also ↓ المَدْحِيَّاتٌ . (TA in art. دحى .) ― -b2- المَطَرَ الدَّاحِى The rain that removes [or drives] the pebbles from the surface of the earth. (TA.)

أُدْحِىٌّ , (S, K,) [originally أُدْحُوىٌ , of the measure أُفْعُولٌ from دَحَيْتُ , but said in the S to be of that measure from دَحَوْتُ , the dial. var. دَحَيْتُ not being there mentioned,] and اـِدْحِىٌّ and ↓ أُدْحِيَّةٌ and ↓ أُدْحُوَّةٌ , (K,) The place of the laying of eggs, (S, K,) and of the hatching thereof, (S,) of the ostrich, (S, K,) in the sand; (K;) because that bird expands it, and makes it wide, with its foot, or leg; for the ostrich has no [nest such as is termed] عُشّ : (S:) pl. أَدَاحٍ (TA in the present art.) and اداحى [i. e., if not a mistranscription, أَدَاحِىٌّ , agreeably with the sing.]: (TA in art. دحى :) and ↓ مَدْحًى [likewise] signifies the place of the eggs of the ostrich. (S.) [Hence,] ↓ بِنْتُ أُدْحِيَّةٍ A female ostrich. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence also,] الأُدْحِىٌّ and الاـِدْحِىٌّ (assumed tropical:) A certain Mansion of the Moon, (K, TA,) [namely, the Twenty-first Mansion,] between the نَعَايءِم and سَعْد الذَّابِح ; [more commonly] called البَلْدَةُ : likened to the ادحّى of the ostrich. (TA.)

أُدْحُوَّةٌ and أُدْحِيَّةٌ : see the next preceding paragraph, in three places: ― -b2- and for the latter, see also مِدْحَاةٌ , below.

مَدْحًى مدح مدحى مدحي : see أُدْحِىٌّ .

مِدْحَاةٌ مدح مدحاه مدحاة مدحى A wooden thing with which a child is driven along ( يُدْحَى ), and which, passing over the ground, sweeps away everything against which it comes. (K, TA.) ― -b2- Accord. to Sh, A certain thing with which the people of Mekkeh play: he says, I heard El-Asadee describe it thus: المَدَاحِىّ and المَسَادِىّ signify stones like the [small round cake of bread called] قُرْصَة , according to the size of which a hole is dug, and widened a little: then they throw those stones ( بِهَا ↓ يَدْحُونَ ) to that hole; and if the stone fall therein, the person wins; but if not, he is overcome: you say of him, ↓ يَدْحُو and يَسْدُو when he throws the stones ( اـِذَا دَحَاهَا ) over the ground to the hole: and the hole is called ↓ أُدْحِيَّةٌ . (TA.) [Accord. to Freytag, on the authority of the Deewán El-Hudhaleeyeen, A round thing made of lead, by the throwing of which persons contend together.]

المَدْحُوَّاتُ المدحوات and المَدْحِيَّاتُ : see دَاحٍ .