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الضور

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to intense hunger and, in a distinct sense, a dark cloud. It also appears in tribal names and specific animal behaviors.

Derived headwords

الضَّوْرnoun
  1. 1.
    intense hungerboth

    Extreme and severe hunger, a state of deep craving for food.

الضُّورnoun
  1. 1.
    dark cloudclassical

    A black or dark-colored cloud, often associated with rain or storms.

استضورتverb
  1. 1.
    became pregnantclassical

    Said of a cow when it becomes pregnant, implying a state of being with calf.

البقرةnoun
  1. 1.
    cowboth

    A female bovine animal, specifically a cow.

بنو ضورname
  1. 1.
    Banu Dawrclassical

    A tribe or clan of Arabs, named after the root.

Parallel reading

الضور، بالفتح: الجوع الشديد
Al-dawr, with fatha: intense hunger.
وبالضم: السحابة السوداء
And al-dur, with damma: the black cloud.
واستضورت البقرة: استحرمت
And the cow became pregnant: it conceived.
وبنو ضور: حي من العرب
And Banu Dawr: a tribe from the Arabs.