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دحرج

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of rolling, tumbling, or moving something in a circular or downward motion. It extends to describe things that are round or spherical, and by extension, can refer to small, round objects or even young creatures that move in a rolling manner.

Derived headwords

دَحْرَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to roll somethingboth

    To cause something to roll or tumble, especially down an incline.

دَحْرَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rollingboth

    The act or process of rolling or tumbling.

دَحْرَاجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    rollingclassical

    A continuous or repeated act of rolling.

تَدَحْرَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to rollboth

    To move by rolling or tumbling, especially downwards.

المُدَحْرَجadjective
  1. 1.
    roundboth

    Having a rounded or spherical shape.

الدَّحْرُوجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    something that rollsboth

    That which rolls or tumbles, often referring to a small, round object.

  2. 2.
    dung beetle's ballclassical

    Specifically, the ball of dung that a dung beetle rolls.

الدَّحَارِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    things that rollboth

    Plural of 'duḥrūjah', referring to things that roll or tumble.

  2. 2.
    small round objectsclassical

    Used metaphorically for small, round objects, like pebbles or seeds.

  3. 3.
    young birds/creaturesclassical

    Figuratively used for young, unfledged birds or small creatures that move in a rolling manner.

المَدْحَرْجnoun
  1. 1.
    rollerboth

    An object used for rolling, or something that rolls.

Parallel reading

دحرج الشيء دحرجة ودحراجا فتدحرج أي تتابع في حدور.
He rolled the thing, a rolling and a continuous rolling, so it rolled, meaning it followed in a descent.
والمدحرج: المدور.
And 'al-madḥaraj': the round.
والدحروجة: ما تدحرج من القدر؛
And 'ad-duḥrūjah': that which rolls from the pot;
كأنهم، تحت دفيها، دحاريج
As if they, beneath its cover, were rolling things.
والدحروجة: ما يدحرجه الجعل من البنادق؛
And 'ad-duḥrūjah': what the dung beetle rolls of dung balls;
أشداقها كصدوح النبع في قلل، ... مثل الدحاريج، لم ينبت لها زغب
Their mouths are like the hollows of the Naba' tree on summits, ... like rolling things, no down has sprouted for them.
وقلها: رؤوسها؛ وجمع الدحروجة دحاريج.
And their 'qalluha': their heads; and the plural of 'ad-duḥrūjah' is 'ad-daḥārīj'.
يقال للجعل المدحرج؛
It is said of the dung beetle that rolls.
قمطر كحواز الدحاريج أبتر
A bundle like the path of the rolling things, severed.