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درح

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes physical bulkiness, stoutness, and corpulence, often associated with age or a specific physical build. It can also refer to extreme old age and the resulting physical decline.

Derived headwords

دَرَحَايَةadjective
  1. 1.
    corpulent, stoutclassical

    Describing a person who is very fleshy, short, fat, and pot-bellied, with an unpleasant physique.

دَرْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    corpulence, stoutnessclassical

    A state of being corpulent, fleshy, and stout, particularly referring to a person's physique.

دَرْحَايَةnoun
  1. 1.
    corpulence, stoutnessclassical

    A state of being corpulent, fleshy, and stout, particularly referring to a person's physique.

دَرْحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    old ageclassical

    Complete old age, referring to the state of being very old and frail.

دَرْدَحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    aged, oldclassical

    Describing an old and aged female camel, indicating extreme old age and its effects.

Parallel reading

رجل درحاية: كثير اللحم قصير سمين ضخم البطن لئيم الخلقة
A darḥāya person: very fleshy, short, fat, pot-bellied, and of unpleasant creation.
وهو فعلاية ملحق بجعظارة
And it is a faʿlāya pattern, attached to jaʿẓāra.
إما تريني رجلا دعكايه ... عكوكا، إذا مشى درحايه تحسبني لا أحسن الحدايه
If you show me a man who is daʿkāya... a stubborn one, when he walks stoutly, you think I do not know how to guide.
الدرح الهرم التام
Ad-darḥ is complete old age.
ومننه قيل: ناقة دردح للهرمة المسنة
And from it, it is said: A dardah camel is for the aged, old female.