درج

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root 'درج' primarily relates to the concepts of gradual movement, progression, and the passage of time. It encompasses ideas of stepping, ascending, descending, and the aging or maturation of animals, particularly camels. It also extends to the idea of something being rolled up or inserted, and metaphorically to the transmission of information or influence.

Derived headwords

دَرَجَverb

1.
to step, to walkboth
To move forward by steps, to walk gradually.
2.
to ascend, to descendclassical
To move up or down in stages or degrees.
3.
to pass away, to dieclassical
To pass on from life, to die.

دَرجةnoun

1.
step, degreeboth
A step in ascending or descending, a degree or level.
2.
a piece of cloth for medicineclassical
A piece of cloth into which medicine is placed and inserted into the vulva of a female camel when it is sick.
3.
a small containerclassical
A small container, often for perfume or personal items, also called 'حفش'. Plural is 'أدراج' and 'درجة'.

والدرجة أيضا: خرقة يوضع فيها دواء ثم يدخل في حياء الناقة، وذلك إذا اشتكت منه — And the 'darajah' is also: a piece of cloth in which medicine is placed then inserted into the vulva of the she-camel, when it complains of it.

دُرْجnoun

1.
small containerclassical
A small container in which a woman keeps her perfume and belongings; also called 'حفش'. Plural is 'أدراج' and 'درجة'.
2.
small rollclassical
A small roll or bundle, like a small piece of cloth where a woman places her belongings and perfume.

والدرج، بالضم: سفيط صغير تدخر فيه المرأة طيبها وأداتها، وهو الحفش أيضا، والجمع أدراج ودرجة — And 'durj', with damma: a small pouch in which a woman stores her perfume and her tools; it is also 'hafsh', and the plural is 'adraj' and 'darajah'.

أَدْرَجَverb

1.
to insert, to roll upboth
To insert something, to roll it up.
2.
to pass the time (of birth)classical
Said of a she-camel when it passes the year without giving birth.
3.
to move gentlyclassical
To draw a bucket gently when drawing water.

وأدرجت الناقة، وهي مدرج: جاوزت الوقت الذي ضربت فيه — And the she-camel 'adrajat', and she is 'mudraj': she passed the time in which she was due to give birth.

أدرجت الدلو إذا متحت به في رفق — 'Adrajat' the bucket if you drew water from it gently.

مَدْرَجnoun

1.
she-camel that delays birthclassical
A she-camel that delays its pregnancy beyond the usual term.
2.
place of insertionclassical
A place where something is inserted or rolled up.

والمدرج والمدراج: التي تؤخر جهازها وتدرج عرضها وتلحقه بحقبها، وهي ضد المسناف — And 'al-madraj' and 'al-midraj': she (a she-camel) who delays her pregnancy and gradually brings forward her conception and attaches it to her previous pregnancy, and she is the opposite of 'al-misnaf'.

مِدْرَاجnoun

1.
she-camel that delays birthclassical
A she-camel that delays its pregnancy beyond the usual term, sometimes by a few days.
2.
one who moves gentlyclassical
One who draws water gently.

وقيل: المدراج التي تزيد على السنة أياما ثلاثة أو أربعة أو عشرة ليس غير — And it was said: 'al-midraj' is she (a she-camel) who exceeds the year by three, four, or ten days, and no more.

ولا أحب الساقي المدراجا — Nor do I like the gentle water-drawer.

إدْرَاجnoun

1.
gradual movementboth
The act of moving gradually, or inserting something.
2.
delay in pregnancyclassical
The delay of a pregnant animal beyond its due time.
3.
drawing water gentlyclassical
The act of drawing water gently.
4.
gradual withdrawalclassical
The act of withdrawing little by little.

الإدراج أن يضمر البعير فيضطرب بطانه حتى يستأخر إلى الحقب فيستأخر الحمل — 'Al-idraj' is when the camel conceives and its belly becomes distended until it is delayed to the next pregnancy, and the fetus is delayed.

أدرجا إدراجا — Draw it with a gentle drawing.

دَرّاجnoun

1.
quail-like birdboth
A type of bird, similar to the 'hayqatan', found in Iraq. It is speckled. It is also called 'darrajah'.
2.
talebearer, slandererclassical
One who carries tales or slanders others.
3.
a place nameclassical
A specific location mentioned in poetry.

والدراج: النمام؛ عن اللحياني — And 'al-darraj': the talebearer; according to Al-Lihyani.

بحومانة الدراج فالمتثلم — In the vicinity of 'Al-Darraj' and 'Al-Mutathallim'.

دَرّاجةnoun

1.
quail-like birdboth
A female of the 'darraj' bird, or the bird itself. It is black on the inside of the wings and dusty on the outside, similar in form to the 'qata' but more delicate.

دُرَيْجnoun

1.
stringed instrumentclassical
A stringed instrument, similar to a lute or oud, played by striking.

والدريج: شيء يضرب به، ذو أوتار كالطنبور — And 'al-durayj': something with which one strikes, having strings like a lute.

مُدَرِّجadjective

1.
gradualclassical
Moving or progressing gradually.

دَرَجَ يَدَكphrase

1.
obedient to your handclassical
Meaning obedient to your command or will.

ويقال: هم درج يدك أي طوع يدك — And it is said: 'They are the 'daraj' of your hand', meaning obedient to your hand.

أبو دراجname

1.
a small birdclassical
A name for a small bird.

مُدْرِج الرِّيحname

1.
poet's nameclassical
A name of a poet, so called because of a verse mentioning 'mudrij al-rayh'.

Parallel reading

والدرجة أيضا: خرقة يوضع فيها دواء ثم يدخل في حياء الناقة، وذلك إذا اشتكت منه.

And the 'darajah' is also: a piece of cloth in which medicine is placed then inserted into the vulva of the she-camel, when it complains of it.

والدرج، بالضم: سفيط صغير تدخر فيه المرأة طيبها وأداتها، وهو الحفش أيضا، والجمع أدراج ودرجة.

And 'durj', with damma: a small pouch in which a woman stores her perfume and her tools; it is also 'hafsh', and the plural is 'adraj' and 'darajah'.

كن يبعثن بالدرجة فيها الكرسف.

They used to send the 'darajah' containing cotton.

هكذا يروى بكسر الدال وفتح الراء، جمع درج، وهو كالسقط الصغير تضع فيه المرأة خف متاعها وطيبها، وقال: إنما هو الدرجة تأنيث درج؛ وقيل: إنما هي الدرجة، بالضم، وجمعها الدرج، وأصله ما يلف ويدخل في حياء الناقة وقد ذكرناه آنفا.

This is how it is narrated with a kasra on the dal and a fatha on the ra, plural of 'durj', and it is like a small bundle into which a woman places her belongings and perfume. He said: it is actually 'al-darajah', feminine of 'durj'; and it was said: it is actually 'al-darajah', with damma, and its plural is 'al-duraj', and its origin is what is rolled up and inserted into the vulva of the she-camel, which we have already mentioned.

المدراج الناقة التي تجر الحمل إذا أتت على مضربها.

The 'midraj' is the she-camel that drags its pregnancy when its time comes.

ودرجت الناقة وأدرجت إذا جازت السنة ولم تنتج.

And the she-camel 'darajat' and 'adrajat' if it passed the year without giving birth.

وأدرجت الناقة، وهي مدرج: جاوزت الوقت الذي ضربت فيه، فإن كان ذلك لها عادة، فهي مدراج؛ وقيل: المدراج التي تزيد على السنة أياما ثلاثة أو أربعة أو عشرة ليس غير.

And the she-camel 'adrajat', and she is 'mudraj': she passed the time in which she was due to give birth. If that was her habit, then she is 'midraj'; and it was said: 'al-midraj' is she who exceeds the year by three, four, or ten days, and no more.

والمدرج والمدراج: التي تؤخر جهازها وتدرج عرضها وتلحقه بحقبها، وهي ضد المسناف؛

And 'al-madraj' and 'al-midraj': she (a she-camel) who delays her pregnancy and gradually brings forward her conception and attaches it to her previous pregnancy, and she is the opposite of 'al-misnaf'.

إذا مطونا حبال الميس مصعدة، ... يسلكن أخرات أرباض المداريج

When we ascended the ropes of the game of Mays, ... they followed the late-conceiving she-camels.

الإدراج أن يضمر البعير فيضطرب بطانه حتى يستأخر إلى الحقب فيستأخر الحمل.

'Al-idraj' is when the camel conceives and its belly becomes distended until it is delayed to the next pregnancy, and the fetus is delayed.

وإنما يسنف بالسناف مخافة الإدراج.

And one seeks conception through 'al-sinaf' for fear of 'al-idraj'.

أدرجت الدلو إذا متحت به في رفق؛

'Adrajat' the bucket if you drew water from it gently.

يا صاحبي أدرجا إدراجا، ... بالدلو لا تنضرج انضراجا

O my two companions, draw it with a gentle drawing, ... with the bucket, do not draw it with a violent drawing.

ولا أحب الساقي المدراجا، ... كأنه محتضن أولادا

Nor do I like the gentle water-drawer, ... as if he were embracing children.

والدراج: النمام؛ عن اللحياني.

And 'al-darraj': the talebearer; according to Al-Lihyani.

وهي الدرجة مثال رطبة، والدرجة، الأخيرة عن سيبويه؛

And it is 'al-darajah' like 'ratbah', and 'al-darajah', the latter according to Sibawayh.

هو طائر أسود باطن الجناحين، وظاهرهما أغبر، وهو على خلقة القطا إلا أنها ألطف.

It is a bird black on the inside of its wings, and its exterior is dusty, and it is of the form of the 'qata' except that it is more delicate.

والدراج والدراجة ضرب من الطير للذكر والأنثى حتى تقول الحيقطان فيختص بالذكر.

And 'al-darraj' and 'al-darrajah' are a type of bird, male and female, until one says 'al-hayqatan', which is specific to the male.

وأرض مدرجة أي ذات دراج.

And 'ardun mudrajah' means a land with 'darraj' birds.

والدريج: شيء يضرب به، ذو أوتار كالطنبور.

And 'al-durayj': something with which one strikes, having strings like a lute.

بحومانة الدراج فالمتثلم

In the vicinity of 'Al-Darraj' and 'Al-Mutathallim'.