دكر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of remembrance, memory, and recalling. It also extends to related ideas like a reminder, a male animal, and in some contexts, a type of game or a specific pronunciation variant.

Derived headwords

الدِّكْرnoun

1.
gameclassical
A game played by the Zanj and Abyssinians.
2.
male animalclassical
Refers to a male animal, specifically attributed to the tribe of Rabia.

ذِكْرnoun

1.
remembranceboth
The act of remembering or recalling something; memory.
2.
mentionboth
The act of mentioning or speaking about something.
3.
maleboth
Referring to the male sex, particularly in animals.

ذِكْرَةnoun

1.
reminderboth
Something that serves to remind one of something; a memento or token.
2.
memoryboth
A recollection or trace of something from the past.

مُدَّكِرparticiple

1.
one who remembersboth
One who is remembering or taking heed; an admonisher.

مُذَكِّرparticiple

1.
reminderboth
Something that reminds or admonishes.
2.
maleboth
Masculine; pertaining to the male sex.

تَذَكَّرَverb

1.
to rememberboth
To recall something to mind; to recollect.
2.
to take heedboth
To be mindful or attentive; to consider.

ذَكَرَverb

1.
to mentionboth
To speak of or refer to something or someone.
2.
to rememberboth
To keep in mind; to recall.
3.
to nameboth
To call by name.

ذُكُورnoun

1.
malesboth
Plural of 'dhakar', referring to males, especially of animals.

ذَكَرnoun

1.
maleboth
A male, particularly referring to male animals.
2.
penisboth
The male reproductive organ.

دِكْرَةnoun

1.
reminderclassical
A variant pronunciation or form of 'dhikra', meaning a reminder.

Parallel reading

الدكر: لعبة يلعب بها الزنج والحبش.

Ad-dikr: a game played by the Zanj and Abyssinians.

والدكر أيضا لربيعة: في الذكر، وهو غلط، حملهم عليه ادكر؛

And ad-dikr is also used by Rabia: for adh-dhikr, which is an error; they were led to it by 'idtakar'.

حكاه سيبويه؛ وكذلك ما حكاه ابن الأعرابي من قولهم الدكر في جمع دكرة إنما هو على الذكر،

Sibawayh narrated it; likewise what Ibn al-A'rabi narrated of their saying ad-dikr for the plural of dakarah, it is only based on adh-dhikr.

ونفى ابن الأعرابي الدكر، بسكون الكاف؛

And Ibn al-A'rabi denied ad-dikr, with a sukoon on the kaf.

حكاه سيبويه كما بينته.

Sibawayh narrated it as I have explained.

قال أبو العباس أحمد بن يحيى: الدكر، بتشديد الدال، جمع ذكرة، أدغمت اللام في الذال فجعلتا دالا مشددة،

Abu al-Abbas Ahmad bin Yahya said: Ad-dikr, with a shaddah on the dal, is a plural of dhikrah, where the lam was assimilated into the dhal, making them a shaddah-d on the dal.

فإذا قلت دكر بغير ألف ولام التعريف قلت ذكر، بالذال،

And when you say dikr without the definite article 'al', you say dhikr, with the dhal.

وجمعوا الذكرة الذكرات، بالذال أيضا.

And they pluralized adh-dhikrah as adh-dhikarat, also with the dhal.

وأما قول الله تعالى: فهل من مدكر*

As for the saying of Allah the Almighty: 'So is there any who will remember?'

فإن الفراء قال: حدثني الكسائي عن إسرائيل عن أبي إسحاق عن الأسود قال: قلت لعبد الله فهل من مذكر ومدكر،

Al-Farra' said: Al-Kisa'i narrated to me from Isra'il from Abu Ishaq from Al-Aswad who said: I said to Abdullah, 'Is there any who reminds and any who remembers?'

فقال: أقرأني رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، مدكر ، بالدال،

He said: The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, recited to me 'muddekkir', with the dal.

قال الفراء: ومدكر في الأصل مذتكر على مفتعل فصيرت الذال وتاء الافتعال دالا مشددة،

Al-Farra' said: And 'muddekkir' was originally 'mudhtakkir' on the pattern 'muf't'il', so the dhal and the ta' of ifti'al were made into a shaddah-d.

قال: وبعض بني أسد يقول مذكر فيقلبون الدال فتصير ذالا مشددة.

He said: And some of Banu Asad say 'mudhakkir', reversing the dal so it becomes a shaddah-dh.

وقد قال الليث: الدكر ليس من كلام العرب وربيعة تغلط في الذكر فتقول دكر.

And Al-Layth has said: Ad-dikr is not from the speech of the Arabs, and Rabia errs in adh-dhikr by saying dikr.