درء

كَوْكَبٌ دِرِّىْءٌ كوكب درىء كوكب دريء كوكب درئ , (T, S, K, &c.,) like خِمِّيرٌ and سِكِّيرٌ (S) or سِكِّينٌ, (K,) from دَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا فُلَانٌ; (S;) and ↓ دُرِّىْءٌ, (M, K,) the only instance of the measure فُعِّيلٌ except مُرِّيقٌ; (K;) [which latter word has been mistaken by Golius and Freytag for a noun qualified by the epithet درّىء;] but A'Obeyd says that when it is pronounced with the first letter madmoomeh it is دُرِّىٌّ, without ء, a rel. n. from دُرٌّ, of the measure فُعْلِىٌّ, [and the like is said in the K, though دُرِّىْءٌ is also there mentioned as correct,] because there is not [to his knowledge] in the language of the Arabs any word of the measure فُعِّيلٌ; and that he who pronounces it [دُرِّىْءٌ] with ء means that it is [originally of the measure] فُعُّولٌ, like سُبُّوحٌ, and that one of its vowels is changed to kesr because it is deemed difficult of pronunciation; and Akh mentions also ↓ دَرِّىْءٌ, with ء, of the measure فَعِّيلٌ, with fet-h to the first letter, (S, TA,) on the authority of Katádeh and AA; (TA;) (tropical:) A star that shines, or glistens, (S, K, TA,) intensely: (S:) or a star that is impelled in its course from the east to the west: (M:) accord. to IAar, [ a shooting star; ] a star that is impelled (يُدْرَأُ) against the devil [ or a devil; for the Arabs believed, and still believe, that a shooting star is one that is darted against a devil when he attempts to hear by stealth the discourse of the angels in the lowest heaven]: (T, TA:) and said by some to signify one of the five planets: (TA in art. در:) pl. دَرَارِىْءُ; (T, S, M;) said by Fr to be applied by the Arabs to the great stars of which the names are not known. (S.)