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الدجر

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of slowness, sluggishness, and darkness. It encompasses agricultural tools, states of confusion or intoxication, and descriptive terms for the night and dry vegetation.

Derived headwords

الدَّجَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Cowpeasboth

    A type of legume, specifically cowpeas.

الدَّجَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Plough beamclassical

    A wooden beam to which the iron part of a plough (faddan) is attached.

الدَّجَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Seed drill attachmentclassical

    A device into which wheat is placed for sowing, with an iron part underneath that scatters seeds into the ground.

دَجِرadjective
  1. 1.
    Confusedboth

    In a state of confusion or bewilderment.

دَجِرadjective
  1. 1.
    Intoxicatedboth

    Under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicants.

دَجِرadjective
  1. 1.
    Disorderlyboth

    Characterized by chaos, uproar, or confusion.

دَجَرَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Confusionboth

    A state of bewilderment or lack of clarity.

دَجَرَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Uproarboth

    A state of noisy disturbance or confusion.

دَجَرَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Intoxicationboth

    The state of being drunk or overcome by an intoxicant.

الدَّيجُورnoun
  1. 1.
    Darknessboth

    The absence of light; the night.

الدَّيجُورnoun
  1. 1.
    Dustclassical

    Fine particles of earth or other matter.

الدَّيجُورnoun
  1. 1.
    Dark-coloredclassical

    Having a dusky or blackish hue.

الدَّيجُورnoun
  1. 1.
    Dry vegetationclassical

    A large quantity of withered or dry plant matter.

مُنْدَجِرadjective
  1. 1.
    Looseclassical

    Describing a rope that is slack or not taut.

الدَّجَرَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Trellis woodclassical

    Wooden poles set up for supporting climbing plants.

دَاجَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to fleeclassical

    To run away from a place or situation of danger.

Parallel reading

الدجر، مثلثة: اللوبياء، كالدجر، بضمتين، وخشبة تشد عليها حديدة الفدان
Al-dajr, with three possible pronunciations: cowpeas, like al-dajr, with two dammah vowels, and a beam to which the iron of the plough is attached.
وبالضم: شيء تلقى فيه الحنطة، إذا زرعوا، وأسفله حديدة تنثر في الأرض
And with dammah: a thing into which wheat is placed when they sow, and beneath it is an iron that scatters [seeds] in the ground.
وبالتحريك: الحيرة، والهرج، والسكر، فعل الكل، كفرح، فهو دجر ودجران، من دجارى ودجرى.
And with harakah (fathah): confusion, uproar, and intoxication; the verb for all of these is like 'faraha', so he is 'dajir' and 'dajran', from 'dajārā' and 'dajrā'.
والديجور: التراب، والظلام، والأغبر الضارب إلى السواد، والمظلم، والكثير من يبيس النبات.
And al-dajūr: dust, darkness, the dusky color tending towards black, the dark, and a large quantity of dry vegetation.
وحبل مندجر: رخو.
And a 'mundajir' rope: slack.
والدجران، بالكسر: الخشب المنصوب للتعريش.
And al-dajrān, with kasrah: the wood set up for trellising.
وداجر: فر.
And 'dājara': he fled.