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دَقَّ elusive in Arabic

دَقَّ is how you say “elusive” in Arabic.

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وَأَبَان من نَص الْكتاب معنى دق عَن حَدِيد الإلحاظ

And he clarified from the text of the Book a meaning too subtle for sharp eyes.

دَقَّ elusive

A past-tense verb 'was fine / subtle', subject 'it' (the meaning) inside, opening a clause describing it — 'which was too subtle'. The meaning's delicacy.

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فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا عِنْدَهُ جَالِسٌ إِذْ دَقَّ دَاقُ الْبَابِ

While I was sitting with him, there came a knock at the door.

دَقَّ he knocked

A past-tense verb reporting the sudden knock, the event that interrupts the scene. Its subject, the knocker, follows it in the usual Arabic order.

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