دَوْكَةٌ

and ↓ دُوكَةٌ Evil, or mischief; and contention, or altercation; (S, K, TA;) and a confused state of affairs: plural of the former دِوَكٌ and دِيَكٌ, and of the latter دُوَكٌ. (TA.) One says, وَقَعُوافِى دَوْكَةٍ and ↓ دُوكَةٍ [They fell into evil, &c.]. (S, K.) And Ru-beh says,

↓ فَرُبَّمَا نَجَيْتُ مِنْ تِلْكَ الدُّوَكْ

[And seldom, or often, I escaped from those evils, &c.] (TA.)