דָּקַר (b. h.) 1) to dig, bore, pierce. Sabb. 110ᵃ, a. e. (explain. מי דקרין, v. דֶּקֶל) שהם דּוֹקְרִין וכ׳ because they make an opening in the bile. Y. Ned. IX, 41ᵇ bot. ודוֹקְרָהּ בלבו and sticks it (the sword) into his own heart. Gitt. 56ᵃ, v. next w.—Kidd. 22ᵇ; a. fr. —2) (cmp. דֶּקֶל) to spread, branch off. Succ. 13ᵃ Ar.; Erub. 11ᵇ; 16ᵃ קנים הדּוֹקְרִים (הדּוֹקְרִין) reeds which spread, i.e. the top reeds, v. דּוֹקְרָן.—Part. Pu. מְדוּקָּר ramified, formed like a דּוֹקְרָן. Erub. 11ᵇ Ar.
Nif. - נִדְקָר to be pierced, stabbed. Tanḥ. Pinḥ. 1; Num. R. s. 21, beg.