درك

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root 'درك' primarily concerns the concept of reaching, catching up with, or attaining something. It extends to the idea of consequence, a lower level or depth, and sequential or continuous action. This includes physical attainment, the end of a period, and metaphorical reaching of understanding or a state.

Derived headwords

أَدْرَكَverb

1.
to reach, attainboth
To catch up with, arrive at, or achieve something, whether physically or metaphorically.
2.
to mature, ripenboth
To reach a stage of full development, such as a child maturing or fruit ripening.
3.
to perceive, seeboth
To become aware of something through sight or other senses.
4.
to become exhausted, run outclassical
To reach an end or depletion, like a resource running out.

وقد أدركه — and he caught up with him

وأدرك الغلام — and the boy matured

وأدركته ببصري — and I saw him with my sight

أدرك الدقيق بمعنى فني — flour ran out

إِدْرَاكnoun

1.
reaching, attainmentboth
The act or process of reaching, catching up with, or achieving something.
2.
perceptionboth
The act of perceiving or becoming aware of something.
3.
maturityboth
The state of being mature or fully developed.

إدراك الحاجة ومطلبه — attaining one's need and its pursuit

أدركته إدراكا ودركا — I reached him, a reaching and an attainment

دَرَاكadjective

1.
quick to reach, perceptiveclassical
Describing someone who is very quick to understand or attain things.
2.
sequential, successiveclassical
Indicating something that follows in succession or is continuous.

ورجل دراك: مدرك كثير الإدراك — and a man 'darrāk': one who attains, who attains much

وطعنه طعنا دراكا — and he stabbed him with successive stabs

دَرَاكnoun

1.
imperative 'come!'classical
An imperative form used to urge someone to come quickly, functioning as a command.

وقولهم: دراك أي أدرك — and their saying: 'dirāk' meaning 'catch up!'

تَدَارَكَverb

1.
to catch up with each otherboth
A group of people or things catching up with one another.
2.
to make up for, retrieveboth
To recover or compensate for something that was lost or missed.
3.
to follow each otherboth
To occur in succession or sequence.

وتدارك القوم: تلاحقوا أي لحق آخرهم أولهم — and the people 'tadaraka': they caught up with each other, meaning the latter of them caught up with the former

واستدركت ما فات وتداركته بمعنى — and I retrieved what was missed and I made up for it similarly

وتدارك الثريان أي أدرك ثرى المطر ثرى الأرض — and the two moistures 'tadārakā': meaning the moisture of the rain reached the moisture of the earth

ادَّارَكَverb

1.
to catch up with each otherboth
A form of 'tadaraka', indicating mutual catching up or attainment.

حتى إذا اداركوا فيها جميعا — until when they catch up with each other in it, all together

مُدْرِكَةadjective

1.
quick to attain, perceptiveclassical
Describing someone who is quick to understand or achieve.

ورجل مدركة، بالهاء، سريع الإدراك — and a man 'mudrikah', with the 'ha', quick to attain

مُدْرِكَةname

1.
a man's nameclassical
A proper name derived from the concept of attainment.

ومدركة: اسم رجل مشتق من ذلك — and 'Mudrikah': a man's name derived from that

دَرْكnoun

1.
consequence, liabilityboth
A consequence, responsibility, or legal liability, especially in a transaction.
2.
reaching, attainmentclassical
The act of reaching or attaining something, similar to 'idrāk'.
3.
lowest part, depthboth
The lowest part or bottom of something, especially a deep place like a well or hell.

والدرك: اللحق من التبعة — and 'ad-dark': the consequence of a liability

والدرك: اسم من الإدراك مثل اللحق — and 'ad-dark': a noun from 'al-idrāk' like 'al-laḥaq'

أعوذ بك من درك الشقاء — I seek refuge in You from the depth of misery

دَرَكَاتnoun

1.
levels of hellboth
The different levels or stages within hell.

والنار دركات والجنة درجات — and Hell is levels ('darkāt') and Paradise is degrees ('darajāt')

دِرْكnoun

1.
lowest part, depthboth
The lowest part or bottom of something, especially a deep place like a well or hell.

والدرك الأسفل في جهنم، نعوذ بالله منها — and the lowest depth ('ad-dark') in Hell, may Allah protect us from it

دَرْكnoun

1.
rope for a bucketclassical
A piece of rope attached to the rim of a bucket to keep the main rope from rotting.

والدرك، بالتحريك، قطعة حبل يشد في طرف الرشاء إلى عرقوة الدلو — and 'ad-dark', with harakah, is a piece of rope tied to the end of the bucket-rope to the handle of the bucket

دَرِيكَةnoun

1.
prey, quarryclassical
An animal that is hunted or pursued.

والدريكة: الطريدة — and 'ad-daryikah': the quarry

مُدَارَكَةnoun

1.
succession, sequenceclassical
The state of following one after another; a sequence.

والدراك: المداركة — and 'ad-dirāk': 'al-mudārakah'

تَدْرِيكnoun

1.
successive rainclassical
Rain where the drops follow each other closely.

والتدريك: من المطر: أن يدارك القطر كأنه يدرك بعضه بعضا — and 'at-tadrik': of rain: is when the drops follow each other as if one reaches the other

Parallel reading

الدرك: اللحاق، وقد أدركه.

Ad-dark: catching up, and he caught up with him.

ورجل دراك: مدرك كثير الإدراك

And a man is 'darrāk': one who attains, who attains much.

وحكى اللحياني: رجل مدركة، بالهاء، سريع الإدراك

And Al-Laythiyānī narrated: a man 'mudrikah', with the 'ha', quick to attain.

وتدارك القوم: تلاحقوا أي لحق آخرهم أولهم.

And the people 'tadaraka': they caught up with each other, meaning the latter of them caught up with the former.

حتى إذا اداركوا فيها جميعا

Until when they catch up with each other in it, all together.

وتدارك الثريان أي أدرك ثرى المطر ثرى الأرض.

And the two moistures 'tadārakā': meaning the moisture of the rain reached the moisture of the earth.

الدرك إدراك الحاجة ومطلبه.

Ad-dark is attaining one's need and its pursuit.

يقال: بكر ففيه درك.

It is said: he hurried, and in him is attainment.

والدرك: اللحق من التبعة

And 'ad-dark': the consequence of a liability.

ومن ضمان الدرك في عهدة البيع.

And from the guarantee of liability in the warranty of sale.

وفي الحديث: أعوذ بك من درك الشقاء

And in the Hadith: I seek refuge in You from the depth of misery.

والدرك: اللحاق والوصول إلى الشيء

And 'ad-dark': catching up and reaching something.

أدركته إدراكا ودركا

I reached him, a reaching and an attainment.

وفي الحديث: لو قال إن شاء الله لم يحنث وكان دركا له في حاجته.

And in the Hadith: If he had said 'if Allah wills', he would not have broken his oath, and it would have been a protection for him in his need.

والدرك: التبعة، يسكن ويحرك.

And 'ad-dark': the liability, it is pronounced with sukoon and with harakah.

يقال: ما لحقك من درك فعلي خلاصه.

It is said: whatever liability attaches to you from my action, its release is yours.

والإدراك: اللحوق.

And 'al-idrāk': catching up.

يقال: مشيت حتى أدركته وعشت حتى أدركت زمانه.

It is said: I walked until I caught up with him, and I lived until I reached his time.

وأدركته ببصري أي رأيته

And I perceived him with my sight, meaning I saw him.

وأدرك الغلام وأدرك الثمر أي بلغ

And the boy matured and the fruit ripened, meaning they reached their full stage.

وربما قالوا أدرك الدقيق بمعنى فني.

And sometimes they say 'adrika ad-daqīq' meaning it ran out.

واستدركت ما فات وتداركته بمعنى.

And I retrieved what was missed and I made up for it similarly.

وقولهم: دراك أي أدرك، وهو اسم لفعل الأمر

And their saying: 'dirāk' meaning 'catch up!', and it is a noun for the imperative verb.

والدراك: لحاق الفرس الوحش وغيرها.

And 'ad-dirāk': the horse catching up with wild animals and others.

وفرس درك الطريدة يدركها

And a horse that is 'dark' of the quarry, it catches it.

والدريكة: الطريدة.

And 'ad-daryikah': the quarry.

والدراك: اتباع الشيء بعضه على بعض في الأشياء كلها، وقد تدارك

And 'ad-dirāk': following one thing after another in all matters, and it has the form 'tadāraka'.

والدراك: المداركة.

And 'ad-dirāk': 'al-mudārakah'.

يقال: دارك الرجل صوته أي تابعه.

It is said: the man 'dāraka' his voice, meaning he followed it.

المتواتر: الشيء الذي يكون هنية ثم يجيء الآخر، فإذا تتابعت فليست متواترة، هي متداركة متواترة.

The 'mutawātir': is something that occurs briefly then another comes. If they follow in succession, it is not 'mutawātir', it is 'mutadārikah' and 'mutawātirah'.

والمتدارك من القوافي والحروف المتحركة ما اتفق متحركان بعدهما ساكن

And the 'mutadārik' of rhymes and vowels is when two vowels are followed by a consonant.

وطعنه طعنا دراكا وشرب شربا دراكا، وضرب دراك: متتابع.

And he stabbed him with successive stabs, and drank successive drinks, and a successive strike: meaning sequential.

والتدريك: من المطر: أن يدارك القطر كأنه يدرك بعضه بعضا

And 'at-tadrik': of rain: is when the drops follow each other as if one reaches the other.

واستدرك الشيء بالشيء: حاول إدراكه به

And one 'istadraka' a thing with another: meaning he tried to attain it with it.

وأدرك الشيء: بلغ وقته وانتهى.

And a thing 'adraka': meaning its time arrived and it ended.

وأدرك أيضا: فني.

And 'adraka' also means: to become exhausted.

بل ادارك علمهم في الآخرة

Rather, their knowledge of the Hereafter has reached (its end).

إن المنافقين في الدرك الأسفل من النار

Indeed, the hypocrites are in the lowest level ('ad-dark') of the Fire.

والدرك الأسفل توابيت من حديد تصفد عليهم في أسفل النار

And the lowest level ('ad-dark') are iron coffins in which they will be bound at the bottom of the Fire.

والنار دركات والجنة درجات

And Hell is levels ('darkāt') and Paradise is degrees ('darajāt').

والدرك إلى أسفل والدرج إلى فوق

And 'ad-dark' is downwards and 'ad-daraj' is upwards.

فقد أخرج بسببي من أسفل درك من النار

He was indeed brought out because of me from the lowest depth ('dark') of the Fire.

والضحضاح أريد به القليل من العذاب

And 'ad-daḥḍāḥ' is intended to mean a small amount of punishment.

والدرك والتبلغة

And 'ad-dark' and 'at-tablaghah'.

والدرك: قطعة حبل يشد في طرف الرشاء إلى عرقوة الدلو

And 'ad-dark': a piece of rope tied to the end of the bucket-rope to the handle of the bucket.

والدرك حبل يوثق في طرف الحبل الكبير ليكون هو الذي يلي الماء فلا يعفن الرشاء عند الاستقاء.

And 'ad-dark' is a rope tied to the end of the large rope so that it is the part that touches the water, preventing the rope from rotting during drawing water.