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الدحر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of pushing, repelling, or driving something away. It encompasses concepts of expulsion, banishment, and forceful propulsion, often implying a definitive removal or rejection.

Derived headwords

الدَّحْرnoun
  1. 1.
    repulsion, expulsionboth

    The act of pushing or driving something away forcefully; banishment or expulsion.

  2. 2.
    driving awayclassical

    The act of repelling or warding off an enemy or an unwanted entity.

دَحَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to repel, to drive awayboth

    To push or force someone or something away; to expel or banish.

  2. 2.
    to banishclassical

    To send someone away from a place as a punishment.

الدَّحُورnoun
  1. 1.
    repulsion, expulsionboth

    The act of repelling or driving away; a forceful pushing out.

  2. 2.
    banishmentclassical

    The state of being expelled or banished.

دَاحِرadjective
  1. 1.
    repelling, driving awayboth

    That which repels or drives away; an active agent of expulsion.

  2. 2.
    banishingclassical

    One who banishes or expels.

Parallel reading

الطرد
repulsion
الإبعاد
banishment
الدفع
pushing
كالدحور
like expulsion
فعلهن كجعل
its verb is like 'to make'
وهو داحر
and it is repelling
ودحور
and expulsion