דָּכָא, Pi. דִּכֵּא (b. h.; v. preced.) to crush, humble. Midr. Till. to Ps. XCIII, 3 (play on דכים ib.) אני מְדַכְּאָן וכ׳ I will crush them (the Philistines) by means of severe afflictions. Ib. וִידַּכְּאוּ ישראל וכ׳ and crush Israel by means of persecutions; a. e.—Part. pass. מְדוּכָּא, pl. מְדוּכָּאִין. Keth. 8ᵇ