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دحرجه

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of rolling, tumbling, or moving something downwards in a continuous manner. It also extends to the concept of roundness and objects that are rolled.

Derived headwords

دَحْرَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to rollboth

    To cause something to roll or tumble, especially downwards.

دَحْرَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rollingboth

    The act or process of rolling or tumbling.

دَحْرَاجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    rollingclassical

    A continuous rolling or tumbling motion.

تَدَحْرَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to roll downboth

    To roll or tumble downwards by oneself or spontaneously.

مُدَحْرِجadjective
  1. 1.
    roundclassical

    Having a rounded or spherical shape.

الدُّحْرُوجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dung beetle's ballclassical

    The ball of dung that a dung beetle rolls.

Parallel reading

دحرجه دحرجة ودحراجا
He rolled it with a rolling and continuous rolling motion.
فتدحرج
And it rolled.
أي: تتابع في حدور
Meaning: it followed in a downward descent.
والمدحرج: المدور
And al-mudahrij: the round one.
والدحروجة: ما يدحرجه الجعل من البنادق
And ad-duhrujah: what the dung beetle rolls of dung.