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الدنقرة

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes a slow, awkward, or ignoble manner of movement or action, often associated with something base or contemptible. It can also refer to a person or animal that is short and unattractive.

Derived headwords

الدنقرةnoun
  1. 1.
    following upclassical

    To meticulously follow up on the minor details of matters, often in a tedious or insignificant way.

  2. 2.
    awkward gaitclassical

    Refers to the gait of a horse or other animal, or the walk of a person, when it is ignoble, clumsy, or contemptible.

دنقريadjective
  1. 1.
    short and uglyclassical

    Describes a horse or a man as being short and unattractive or ignoble in appearance.

دنقريadjective
  1. 1.
    short and uglyclassical

    Describes a horse or a man as being short and unattractive or ignoble in appearance.

Parallel reading

الدنقرة: تتبع مداق الأمور
Al-Danqurah: following up on the minutiae of matters.
وهي من عدو الدابة ومشيها إذا كان ذميما
And it pertains to the gait of an animal and its walk when it is ignoble.
وفرس ورجل دنقري ودنقري: قصير دميم
And a horse and a man are danqari and danqari: short and ugly.