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دعثر

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of destruction, demolition, and ruin, often applied to structures like basins or houses. It also extends to meanings related to foolishness, being broken or overcome, and the actions of digging or burrowing, particularly by animals.

Derived headwords

الدَّعْثَرnoun
  1. 1.
    foolclassical

    An idiot or a foolish person.

دَعْثُورnoun
  1. 1.
    hole, excavationclassical

    The dug-out part or excavation of anything.

  2. 2.
    basin, cisternclassical

    A basin or cistern that is not well-made or enlarged. It can also refer to a ruined or broken basin.

  3. 3.
    ruin, debrisclassical

    What has fallen down or become ruined, specifically referring to basins or structures.

  4. 4.
    broken objectclassical

    A broken part of something, such as a cistern or a mortar.

الدَّعَاثِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    ruined basinsclassical

    The ruined or demolished parts of basins.

الدَّعْثَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    demolition, ruinclassical

    The act of demolishing or destroying something; ruin.

المُدَعْثَرadjective
  1. 1.
    demolished, ruinedclassical

    That which has been demolished or ruined.

دَعْثَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to demolish, to ruinclassical

    To demolish, destroy, or ruin something, such as a basin or a house.

  2. 2.
    to knock down, to fellclassical

    To knock someone down, to cause them to fall, or to overcome them, implying destruction or incapacitation.

مَدْعَثَرَةadjective
  1. 1.
    trodden, trampledclassical

    An area of land that has been trodden upon or frequented.

دَعْثَارadjective
  1. 1.
    burrowed, dug outclassical

    A place that has been burrowed into or dug out, typically by animals like gerbils.

دَعْثَرadjective
  1. 1.
    strong, destructiveclassical

    A strong camel that breaks or destroys everything it encounters.

Parallel reading

الدعثر: الأحمق.
The Da'thar: the fool.
ودعثور كل شيء: حفرته.
And the da'thur of everything: its excavation.
والدعثور: الحوض الذي لم يتنوق في صنعته ولم يوسع، وقيل: هو المهدم؛
And the da'thur: the basin that was not refined in its making nor enlarged; and it was said: it is the ruined one;
أكل يوم لك حوض ممدور؟ ... إن حياض النهل الدعاثير
Is every day you have a broken basin? ... Indeed, the watering basins are ruined.
والجوابي والمراكي إذا تكسر منها شيء، فهو دعثور.
And cisterns and mortars, if a part of them breaks, it is a da'thur.
الدعثرة: الهدم.
The da'tharah: the demolition.
والمدعثر: المهدوم.
And the mud'athar: the demolished.
وقد دعثر الحوض وغيره: هدمه.
And he demolished the basin and other things: he ruined it.
إنه ليدرك الفارس فيدعثره ؛ أي يصرعه ويهلكه
Indeed, he catches up to the knight and da'tharahs him; meaning, he knocks him down and destroys him.
وأرض مدعثرة: موطوءة.
And a mud'atharah land: trodden upon.
ومكان دعثار: قد سوسه الضب وحفره؛
And a da'thar place: the gerbil has infested and dug it;
وجمل دعثر: شديد يدعثر كل شيء أي يكسره؛
And a da'thar camel: strong, it da'thars everything, meaning it breaks it;
ما أنسأتنا مذ أعارت شهرا حتى أعدت بازلا دعثرا،
It did not delay us since it lent for a month until it produced a strong, destructive young camel,