engl1a to be thin, fine, fragile, frail; b to be little, small, tiny, minute; 2a to be subtle, delicate; b to be too fine, too subtle (ʕan for perception); c to be insignificant, unimportant, trifling, inconsiderable; – 3a u (daqq) to crush, bruise, bray (s.th.); b to grind, pulverize, powder (s.th.); c to pound (s.th., e.g., meat); 4a to strike (clock); b to beat, throb (heart); c to hammer, throb (engine); d to knock, rap, bang (al-bābᵃ on the door); 5 to bump (raʔsa-hū bi’l-ḥāʔiṭ, one’s head against the wall); 6a to drive (a nail); b to ram in, drive in (constr. eng.); 7a to beat, strum, play (ʕalà a musical instrument); b to type (ʕalà on a typewriter); – 8 to sound, resound, ring out (said of musical instruments) – WehrCowan1979.