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دهرس
Root entry · 8 derived lemmasThis 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.calamitiesclassical
Severe misfortunes, disasters, or calamities.
دَهْرَسnoun
- 1.calamityclassical
A severe misfortune or calamity, similar to 'dahris'.
دَهْرِسnoun
- 1.calamityclassical
A severe misfortune or calamity, similar to 'dahris'.
الدَّرَاهِيسnoun
- 1.calamitiesclassical
Another plural form for severe misfortunes or calamities.
الدَّهْرِسnoun
- 1.calamityclassical
A severe misfortune or calamity.
الدَّهَارِسnoun
- 1.calamityclassical
A severe misfortune or calamity.
دَهْرِسnoun
- 1.swiftnessclassical
Lightness, swiftness, and agility, especially when describing a camel.
دَهْرِسnoun
- 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.