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ذرء

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns creation and origination, extending to concepts of abundance, propagation, and the beginning of things. It also encompasses terms related to physical appearance, emotional states, and specific actions like sowing or causing to flow.

Derived headwords

ذَرَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to createboth

    To bring something into existence; to originate or fashion.

  2. 2.
    to make abundantboth

    To increase the quantity of something; to make numerous.

الذُّرِّيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    progenyboth

    Offspring, descendants, or lineage, specifically referring to the progeny of humans and jinn.

فُوهverb
  1. 1.
    to fallclassical

    To descend or drop from a higher place.

الأرضverb
  1. 1.
    to sowboth

    To scatter seeds in the ground for cultivation.

ذَرِيءadjective
  1. 1.
    sownboth

    Describing land that has been sown with seeds.

الذَّرَأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    graying hairboth

    The appearance of white hair, particularly the first signs of graying at the front of the head.

ذَرِئَverb
  1. 1.
    to turn grayboth

    To begin to show signs of graying hair.

أَذْرَأَadjective
  1. 1.
    white-headedclassical

    Describing a ram with white on its head, or one with mottled ears and a black body.

ذَرْعَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    white-headedclassical

    Describing a ram with white on its head, or one with mottled ears and a black body.

أَذْرَأَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to angerclassical

    To provoke someone to anger.

  2. 2.
    to startleclassical

    To frighten or alarm someone suddenly.

  3. 3.
    to make eagerclassical

    To make someone intensely desirous or obsessed with something.

  4. 4.
    to compelclassical

    To force or oblige someone to do something.

  5. 5.
    to cause to flowclassical

    To make a liquid flow or run.

مِذْرَاءparticiple
  1. 1.
    milkingboth

    Describing a female camel that has produced milk.

ذَرْءnoun
  1. 1.
    part ofclassical

    A portion or segment of something, often used in the context of news or information.

  2. 2.
    barrierclassical

    An obstruction or separation between two things.

ذَرْأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bleatingclassical

    The sound made by a goat calling for milk.

مِلْح ذَرَنَانِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    very white saltclassical

    Salt that is intensely white, derived from the concept of graying hair.

Parallel reading

خلق، و الشيء: كثره
To create, and the thing: to make it abundant.
ومنه: الذرية، مثلثة: لنسل الثقلين
And from it: offspring, with three possible pronunciations: for the progeny of humans and jinn.
والأرض: بذرها
And the land: to sow it.
وزُرِعَ ذَرِيءٌ
And sown land.
والذرأة، بالضم: الشيب، أو أول بياضه في مقدم الرأس
And al-Dhara'ah, with dammah: graying hair, or the first of its whiteness at the front of the head.
وكبش أذرأ: في رأسه بياض، أو أرقش الأذنين، وسائره أسود
And a ram that is adhra': with whiteness on its head, or mottled ears, and the rest of it is black.
وأذرأه: أغضبه، وذعره، وأولعه بالشيء، وألجأه، وأساله
And to make him adhra'ahu: to anger him, to startle him, to make him obsessed with something, to compel him, and to make it flow.
والناقة: أنزلت اللبن، فهي مذرئ
And the she-camel: she has produced milk, so she is midhri'.
ذرء من خبر: شيء منه
Dhar' from news: a part of it.
وهم ذرء النار: خلقوا لها
And they are the creation of the Fire: they were created for it.
وما بيننا ذرء: حائل
And what is between us is a barrier: a separation.
وذرأة، بالكسر: دعاء العنز للحلب، يقال: ذرء ذرء
And dhara'ah, with kasrah: the bleating of a goat for milk; it is said: dhara' dhara'.