دره

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of attacking, invading, or rushing upon someone or something, often unexpectedly. It also extends to defending or repelling, and metaphorically to leadership and eloquence, with some related terms for specific objects or phenomena.

Derived headwords

دَرِهَverb

1.
to attackboth
To attack or invade, especially suddenly and unexpectedly.
2.
to defendclassical
To defend or repel from.
3.
to come uponclassical
To come upon people without them realizing.

دَرْهnoun

1.
attackclassical
An attack or invasion, particularly one that is unexpected.
2.
defenseclassical
The act of defending or repelling.

دارهاتnoun

1.
sudden eventsclassical
The sudden, unexpected events or adversities of time.

تَدَرُّؤnoun

1.
aggressivenessclassical
Aggressiveness or the quality of being an attacker, especially against enemies unexpectedly.

تَدَرُّهnoun

1.
aggressivenessclassical
Aggressiveness or the quality of being an attacker, especially against enemies unexpectedly.
2.
defenseclassical
The act of defending or repelling.

ادْرَهِيverb

1.
attack!classical
An imperative form meaning 'attack!' or 'rush upon!'

دَرِهَ عنverb

1.
to defendclassical
To defend or repel from a group of people.

مِدْرَهnoun

1.
defenderclassical
One who defends or repels from others.
2.
leaderclassical
A leader, chief, or lord, especially one who is strong and capable of handling matters.
3.
speakerclassical
The spokesperson or eloquent speaker for a group, whose opinion is respected.

مِدْرَه حربnoun

1.
warriorclassical
A warrior or one skilled in warfare.

مِدْرَه القومnoun

1.
leader of the peopleclassical
The leader, chief, or spokesperson of a people.

مَدَارِهnoun

1.
leadersclassical
Plural of مدره, referring to leaders or chiefs.

دَرَهَverb

1.
to repelclassical
To repel or defend someone or something.

ذو تَدَرُّهnoun phrase

1.
defenderclassical
One who is a defender of a people.

ذو تَدَرُّهُمnoun phrase

1.
their defenderclassical
The one who defends them.

دَرَهَ القومverb

1.
to come upon themclassical
To come upon a people without them being aware.

سِكِّين دَرْهَرْهَةnoun

1.
curved knifeclassical
A knife with a curved or bent head.

دَرْهَرْهَةnoun

1.
bent headclassical
The state of having a bent or curved head, referring to a knife.
2.
overpowering womanclassical
A woman who is dominant or overpowering to her husband.
3.
bright starclassical
A bright, shining star that appears on the horizon.

بَرْهَرْهَةnoun

1.
bent headclassical
A variant spelling for a knife with a bent head.

Parallel reading

دَرِهَ فلان علينا ودرأ إذا هجم من حيث لم نحتسبه.

So-and-so attacked us and came upon us when he attacked from where we did not expect him.

ودارهات الدهر: هواجمه؛ عن ابن الأعرابي؛ وأنشد: عزير علي فقده ففقدته، ... فبان وخلى دارهات النوائب دارهاتها: هاجماتها.

And the sudden events of time are its attacks; from Ibn al-A'rabi; and he recited: His loss is grievous to me, so I lost him, ... then he became clear and left the attackers of calamities, its attackers.

وإنه لذو تدرإ وذو تدره إذا كان هجاما على أعدائه من حيث لا يحتسبون

And indeed he is aggressive and has aggressiveness if he is an attacker against his enemies from where they do not expect.

وادرهي عليها إنما معناه: اهجمي عليها وأقدمي.

And 'attack upon her' only means: attack upon her and advance.

ودرهت عن القوم: دفعت عنهم مثل درأت، وهو مبدل منه

And 'he defended from the people' means he repelled from them, like 'dar'a', and it is a substitution from it.

رجل مدره حرب، ومدره القوم هو الدافع عنهم.

A man of war, and the defender of the people is the one who repels from them.

والمدره: المقدم في اللسان واليد عند الخصومة والقتال، وقيل: هو رأس القوم والدافع عنهم.

And the leader is the foremost in speech and action in dispute and combat, and it is said: he is the chief of the people and their defender.

إذ أقبل شيخ من بني عامر هو مدره قومه

When a sheikh from Banu 'Amir approached, he was the leader of his people.

والمدره: زعيم القوم وخطيبهم والمتكلم عنهم والذي يرجعون إلى رأيه، والميم زائدة، والجمع المداره

And the leader is the chief of the people, their orator, the one who speaks for them, and to whose opinion they refer, and the 'mim' is extra, and the plural is 'madarah'.

والمدره لسان القوم والمتكلم عنهم

And the leader is the spokesperson of the people and the one who speaks for them.

ومدره الكتيبة الرداح

And the leader of the formidable battalion.

ودره لقومه يدره درها: دفع.

And he defended his people, he defended them, a defense: he repelled.

وهو ذو تدرههم أي الدافع عنهم

And he is their defender, meaning the one who defends them.

ودره القوم: جاءهم من غير أن يشعروا به.

And he came upon the people: he came to them without them being aware of him.

فسكين درهرهة؛ قال ابن الأعرابي: هي المعوجة الرأس التي تسميها العامة المنجل

So a knife 'darharhah'; Ibn al-A'rabi said: it is the one with the bent head which the common people call a sickle.

فجاءه الملك بسكين درهرهة

Then the angel came to him with a knife 'darharhah'.

الدرهرهة المرأة القاهرة لبعلها.

The 'darharhah' is the woman who overpowers her husband.

ويقال للكوكبة الوقادة بنورها تطلع من الأفق دارئة درهرهة.

And the bright constellation shining with its light that appears from the horizon is called 'dari'ah darharhah'.