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دهرس

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to severe calamities, misfortunes, and difficult situations. It also extends to concepts of swiftness, agility, and energetic movement, particularly when describing animals.

Derived headwords

الدَّهَارِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    calamitiesclassical

    Severe misfortunes, disasters, or calamities.

دَهْرَسnoun
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A severe misfortune or calamity, similar to 'dahris'.

دَهْرِسnoun
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A severe misfortune or calamity, similar to 'dahris'.

الدَّرَاهِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    calamitiesclassical

    Another plural form for severe misfortunes or calamities.

الدَّهْرِسnoun
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A severe misfortune or calamity.

الدَّهَارِسnoun
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A severe misfortune or calamity.

دَهْرِسnoun
  1. 1.
    swiftnessclassical

    Lightness, swiftness, and agility, especially when describing a camel.

دَهْرِسnoun
  1. 1.
    swiftnessclassical

    Lightness, swiftness, and agility, especially when describing a camel.

Parallel reading

فإن أبل لاقيت الدهاريس منهما
If I recover, I will have faced the calamities from them.
فقد أفنيا النعمان، قبل، وتبعا
They have already destroyed Al-Nu'man, before, and followed.
فلا أدري لم ثبتت الياء في الدهاريس
So I do not know why the 'ya' remained in 'al-daharis'.
الدراهيس أيضا
Al-darahees also.
والدهرس الخفة
And 'al-dahras' means lightness.
ناقة ذات دهرس أي ذات خفة ونشاط
A she-camel with 'dahras' meaning she has lightness and vigor.
ذات أزابي وذات دهرس
Possessing agility and possessing swiftness.
حجت إلى النخلة القصوى فقلت لها: ... حجر حرام ألا تلك الدهاريس
She went to the farthest palm tree, and I said to her: ... It is forbidden, beware, those are calamities.
والدهرس والدهرس جميعا: الداهية كالدهرس
And 'al-dahras' and 'al-dahras' both mean: the calamity, like 'al-dahras'.
وهي الدهارس
And it is 'al-daharis'.
معي ابنا صريم جازعان كلاهما، ... وعرزة لولاه لقينا الدهارسا
With me are the two sons of Sarim, both anxious, ... and a strong enclosure, without which we would have encountered calamities.