درب

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns pathways, routes, and passages, both literal and figurative. It extends to concepts of habituation, experience, and becoming accustomed to something, often through repeated exposure or training. It also encompasses notions of skill, expertise, and resilience gained through practice or hardship.

Derived headwords

الدَّرْبnoun

1.
wide gateboth
A wide gate, often referring to the main entrance to a street or alleyway.
2.
passageboth
A passage or route, especially a narrow or difficult one through mountains.
3.
pathboth
A route or way, particularly one used for travel or entry into enemy territory.
4.
place for drying datesclassical
A specific location where dates are placed to dry and ripen.

الدرب باب السكة الواسع — The درب is the wide gate of the alley.

كل مدخل إلى الروم: درب من دروبها — Every entrance to Rome: a درب from its routes.

دَرَبَverb

1.
to become accustomedboth
To become habituated, trained, or familiar with something through repeated practice or experience.
2.
to trainboth
To train or accustom someone or something to a particular action or situation.

درب بالأمر دربا ودربة — He became accustomed to the matter through practice and habit.

تَدَرَّبَverb

1.
to become accustomedboth
To become habituated or accustomed to something, often through repeated exposure.
2.
to trainboth
To undergo training or practice to become skilled or accustomed to something.

تدرب الرجل: تهدأ — The man became calm or accustomed.

دَرِبَverb

1.
to become accustomedboth
To become habituated or accustomed to something, often through repeated practice.

درب دربا، ولهج لهجا، وضري ضرى إذا اعتاد الشيء وأولع به — He became accustomed to something, became fond of it, and became intensely familiar with it if he became accustomed to and obsessed with the thing.

دَرَّبَverb

1.
to trainboth
To train or accustom someone or something to a particular action or situation.
2.
to make accustomedboth
To make someone or something accustomed or habituated to something.

دربه به وعليه وفيه: ضراه — He trained him in it, on it, and with it: he made him accustomed to it.

دربت البازي على الصيد — He trained the falcon for hunting.

المُدَرَّبadjective

1.
experiencedboth
Experienced, skilled, or seasoned, especially through hardship or extensive practice.
2.
trainedboth
Trained or accustomed to a particular task or situation.
3.
resilientclassical
One who has endured hardships and become strong and resilient as a result.

شيخ مدرب أي مجرب — An experienced elder, meaning one who is tested.

وكانت ناقة مدربة أي مخرجة مؤدبة — And it was a trained camel, meaning one that was led and disciplined.

الدَّرْبَةnoun

1.
habituationboth
The state of being accustomed or habituated to something; habit or routine.
2.
experienceboth
Experience gained through practice or repeated exposure.
3.
boldnessboth
Boldness or daring, especially in warfare or challenging situations.
4.
familiarityclassical
Familiarity or skill acquired through practice.

والدربة: الضراوة — And الدربة: boldness or habituation.

والدربة: عادة وجرأة على الحرب وكل أمر — And الدربة: habit and boldness in war and every matter.

التَّدْرِيبnoun

1.
trainingboth
The process of training or accustoming someone or something to a particular activity or situation.
2.
endurance in battleclassical
Patience and steadfastness in battle, especially during a retreat.
3.
habituationclassical
The act of becoming accustomed or habituated to something.

والتدريب: الصبر في الحرب وقت الفرار — And التدريب: patience in war at the time of flight.

فإذا صاروا إلى التدريب، وقفت الحرب — And when they reached the point of التدريب, the war stopped.

الدَّرَّابnoun

1.
wide gateclassical
A plural form of درب, referring to wide gates or passages.
2.
type of cattleclassical
A specific breed of cattle characterized by thin hooves, humps, and thin skin.

مثل الكلاب، تهر عند درابها — Like dogs, they bark at their gates.

الدَّرَّابَةnoun

1.
habituationclassical
Habituation, custom, or routine.
2.
experienceclassical
Experience or skill acquired through practice.

والدرابة: الدربة والعادة — And الدرابة: habituation and custom.

الدَّارِبadjective

1.
skilledclassical
Skilled or expert in one's craft or profession.

والدارب: الحاذق بصناعته — And الدارب: the one skilled in his craft.

الدَّارِبَةnoun

1.
intelligent womanclassical
An intelligent or sensible woman.
2.
drummerclassical
A female drummer or one who plays the drum.

والداربة: العاقلة — And الداربة: the intelligent woman.

والداربة أيضا: الطبالة — And الداربة also: the drummer.

أَدْرَبَverb

1.
to enter enemy territoryclassical
To enter the land of the enemy, particularly through a difficult or strategic passage.
2.
to sound the drumclassical
To beat or sound the drum.

أدرب القوم إذا دخلوا أرض العدو من بلاد الروم — The people entered (enemy territory) when they entered the land of the enemy from the lands of the Romans.

وأدربنا أي دخلنا الدرب — And we entered (enemy territory), meaning we entered the passage.

وأدرب إذا صوت بالطبل — And he sounded the drum if he made a sound with the drum.

دَرْبُوتadjective

1.
docileclassical
A docile or submissive female animal, like a young camel or she-camel, that follows when led.

بكر دربوت وتربوت أي مذلل — A young she-camel, دربوت and تربوت, meaning docile.

دَرْبَجَرْدname

1.
Darbajardclassical
A place name referring to a city in Persia.

ودرابجرد: بلد من بلاد فارس — And Darbajard: a country from the lands of Persia.

دَرْبَىverb

1.
to throwclassical
To throw someone down or cast them.

دربى فلان فلانا إذا ألقاه — So-and-so threw so-and-so down if he cast him.

ويدربياه يشبياه أي يلقيانه — And they cast him down, meaning they throw him.

الدَّرَبnoun

1.
stomach ailmentclassical
A disease or ailment affecting the stomach.

الدرب داء في المعدة — الدرب is a disease in the stomach.

Parallel reading

الدرب باب السكة الواسع

The درب is the wide gate of the alley.

وفي التهذيب: الواسعة، وهو أيضا الباب الأكبر، والمعنى واحد، والجمع دراب.

And in Al-Tahdhib: the wide one, and it is also the larger gate, and the meaning is one, and the plural is دراب.

مثل الكلاب، تهر عند درابها، ...

Like dogs, they bark at their gates, ...

وكل مدخل إلى الروم: درب من دروبها.

And every entrance to Rome: a درب from its routes.

وقيل: هو بفتح الراء، للنافذ منه، وبالسكون لغير النافذ.

And it was said: it is with a fatha on the ra, for the one that passes through it, and with a sukun for the one that does not pass through.

وأصل الدرب: المضيق في الجبال؛

And the origin of الدرب is: the narrow passage in the mountains;

ومن قولهم: أدرب القوم إذا دخلوا أرض العدو من بلاد الروم.

And from their saying: the people entered (enemy territory) if they entered the land of the enemy from the lands of the Romans.

وفي حديث جعفر بن عمرو: وأدربنا أي دخلنا الدرب.

And in the hadith of Ja'far bin Amr: And we entered (enemy territory), meaning we entered the passage.

ودرب بالأمر دربا ودربة، وتدرب: ضري؛

And he became accustomed to the matter through practice and habit, and he became accustomed: he became habituated;

ودربه به وعليه وفيه: ضراه.

And he trained him in it, on it, and with it: he made him accustomed to it.

والمدرب من الرجال: المنجذ.

And the المدرب among men: the one who is skilled.

والمدرب: المجرب.

And المدرب: the experienced.

وشيخ مدرب أي مجرب.

And an experienced elder, meaning one who is tested.

والمدرب أيضا: الذي قد أصابته البلايا، ودربته الشدائد، حتى قوي ومرن عليها؛

And المدرب also: one who has been afflicted by calamities, and hardships have trained him, until he became strong and resilient to them;

والدرابة: الدربة والعادة؛

And الدرابة: habituation and custom;

والتدريب: الصبر في الحرب وقت الفرار،

And التدريب: patience in war at the time of flight,

فإذا صاروا إلى التدريب، وقفت الحرب ؛

And when they reached the point of التدريب, the war stopped;

وكانت ناقة مدربة أي مخرجة مؤدبة، قد ألفت الركوب والسير أي عودت المشي في الدروب، فصارت تألفها وتعرفها ولا تنفر.

And it was a trained camel, meaning one that was led and disciplined, accustomed to riding and walking, meaning accustomed to walking in the paths, so she became familiar with them and knew them and did not shy away.

والدربة: الضراوة.

And الدربة: boldness or habituation.

والدربة: عادة وجرأة على الحرب وكل أمر.

And الدربة: habit and boldness in war and every matter.

وقد درب بالشيء يدرب، ودردب به إذا اعتاده وضري به.

And he became accustomed to the thing, he became accustomed, and he became accustomed to it if he became accustomed to it and habituated to it.

تقول: ما زلت أعفو عن فلان، حتى اتخذها دربة؛

You say: I kept forgiving so-and-so, until he made it a habit;

درب دربا، ولهج لهجا، وضري ضرى إذا اعتاد الشيء وأولع به.

He became accustomed to something, became fond of it, and became intensely familiar with it if he became accustomed to and obsessed with the thing.

والدارب: الحاذق بصناعته.

And الدارب: the one skilled in his craft.

والداربة: العاقلة.

And الداربة: the intelligent woman.

والداربة أيضا: الطبالة.

And الداربة also: the drummer.

وأدرب إذا صوت بالطبل.

And he sounded the drum if he made a sound with the drum.

ومن أجناس البقر: الدراب، مما رقت أظلافه، وكانت له أسنمة، ورقت جلوده، واحدها درباني؛

And among the breeds of cattle: الدراب, whose hooves were thin, and it had humps, and its skin was thin, its singular is درباني;

ودربت البازي على الصيد أي ضريته.

He trained the falcon for hunting, meaning he made it accustomed to it.

ودرب الجارحة: ضراها على الصيد.

And he trained the bird of prey: he made it accustomed to hunting.

وعقاب دارب ودربة: كذلك.

And a skilled or accustomed eagle: likewise.

وجمل دروب ذلول: وهو من الدربة.

And a tractable, docile camel: and it is from الدربة.

بكر دربوت وتربوت أي مذلل؛

A young she-camel, دربوت and تربوت, meaning docile;

وهي التي إذا أخذت بمشفرها، ونهزت عينها، تبعتك.

And she is the one that if you take her by her muzzle, and nudge her eye, she follows you.

وتدرب الرجل: تهدأ.

And the man became calm or accustomed.

ودرابجرد: بلد من بلاد فارس، النسب إليه دراوردي، وهو من شاذ النسب.

And Darbajard: a country from the lands of Persia, the attribution to it is دراوردي, and it is from irregular attributions.

دربى فلان فلانا إذا ألقاه؛

So-and-so threw so-and-so down if he cast him;

اعلوطا عمرا، ليشبياه ... في كل سوء، ويدربياه يشبياه ويدربياه أي يلقيانه

Hold Amr tightly, so they may cast him down ... in every evil, and they cast him down, meaning they throw him down.

الدرب داء في المعدة.

الدرب is a disease in the stomach.

وهذا عندي غلط، وصوابه الذرب، داء في المعدة، وسيأتي ذكره في كتاب الذال المعجمة.

And this, in my opinion, is an error, and its correction is الذرب, a disease in the stomach, and its mention will come later in the book of the letter Dhal.