درع

Root entry · 32 derived lemmas

The root 'درع' primarily relates to protective coverings, specifically armor (a breastplate or coat of mail). It extends to garments like shirts, and metaphorically to covering or enveloping. It also encompasses terms for specific markings on animals, geographical locations, and actions related to covering or entering.

Derived headwords

دِرْعnoun

1.
armor, coat of mailboth
A piece of armor worn on the torso, typically made of metal, covering the chest and back.
2.
shirtboth
A woman's garment, similar to a shirt or tunic, worn on the upper body. It is masculine in gender.

درع الحديد — armor of iron

ومن المرأة: قميصها مذكر — and for a woman: her shirt (masculine in gender)

أَدْرُعnoun

1.
plural of armorboth
The plural form of 'درع', referring to multiple pieces of armor or coats of mail.
2.
plural of shirtboth
The plural form of 'درع', referring to multiple shirts.

أَدْرَاعnoun

1.
plural of armorboth
Another plural form of 'درع', referring to multiple pieces of armor.
2.
plural of shirtboth
Another plural form of 'درع', referring to multiple shirts.

دُرُوعnoun

1.
plural of armorboth
A common plural form of 'درع', referring to multiple pieces of armor.
2.
plural of shirtboth
A common plural form of 'درع', referring to multiple shirts.

دُرَيْعnoun

1.
diminutive of armorclassical
A diminutive form of 'درع', used unusually and considered irregular.

دَارِعadjective

1.
wearing armorboth
Describing a person who is wearing a 'درع' (armor).

ورجل دارع: عليه درع — And a man wearing armor: he has a coat of mail on him.

الدَّرْعِيَّةnoun

1.
penetrating pointclassical
Referring to a type of arrowhead that is sharp and can penetrate armor.

والدرعية، بالكسر، من النصال: النافذة في الدرع — And the 'dar'iyyah', with kasra, from arrowheads: the one that penetrates armor.

ذُو الدُّرُوعname

1.
name of a personclassical
A kunya or epithet for Far'an al-Kindi, from the tribe of Balharith ibn Amr.

المِدْرَعَةnoun

1.
type of garmentclassical
A type of garment, similar to a 'dira'ah', made exclusively from wool.

والمدرعة، كمكنسة: ثوب، كالدراعة، ولا يكون إلا من صوف — And the 'midra'ah', like 'miknasah': a garment, like the 'dira'ah', and it is only made of wool.

تَمَدْرَعَverb

1.
to wear a garmentclassical
To wear a garment, specifically the 'midra'ah' or 'dira'ah'.

وتمدرع: لبسه — and 'tamadra'a': to wear it.

الأَدْرَعadjective

1.
marked animalboth
Describing horses or sheep that have a black head and a white body.
2.
hybridclassical
Describing a hybrid animal.
3.
epithetclassical
An epithet for Muhammad ibn Ubayd Allah al-Kufi, because he killed a lion described as 'adra' (marked).

والأدرع من الخيل والشاء: ما اسود رأسه وابيض سائره — And the 'adra'' from horses and sheep: that whose head is black and the rest is white.

الدُّرْعَةnoun

1.
marking on sheepclassical
A white marking on the chest and throat of a sheep, with black on its thigh.
2.
place nameclassical
A place name in Morocco near Sijilmasa, whose traders are mostly Jewish.
3.
place nameclassical
A place name in Yemen.
4.
place nameclassical
A place name in Zabid.
5.
covering of palm frondsclassical
What covers the core of a palm tree, made of fibrous material.

والدرع، محركة: بياض في صدر الشاء ونحرها، وسواد في فخذها — And the 'dur'ah', with haraka: whiteness in the chest and throat of a sheep, and blackness on its thigh.

دَرْعَاءadjective

1.
marked (animal)classical
Feminine form of 'adra'', describing an animal with specific markings.
2.
moonlit nightclassical
Describing a night when the moon rises near dawn.

وهي درعاء — and she is 'dar'a'' (marked).

لَيْلَةٌ دَرْعَاءnoun phrase

1.
moonlit nightclassical
A night characterized by the moon appearing around dawn.

وليلة درعاء: يطلع قمرها عند الصبح — and a 'dar'a'' night: its moon rises at dawn.

دُرُعadjective

1.
marked (plural)classical
Plural adjective describing animals with black heads and white bodies.

وليال درع، بالضم — and 'dur' nights, with damma.

دِرْع النَّخْلnoun phrase

1.
palm frond coveringclassical
The fibrous covering around the base of palm tree fronds.

ودرع النخل، كصرد: ما اكتسى الليف من الجمار — And the 'dur' of the palm tree, like 'surad': what the fibrous material covers from the core.

دِرْعَةnoun

1.
single coveringclassical
The singular unit of the fibrous covering of a palm tree.

الواحد: درعة، بالضم — The singular: 'dur'ah', with damma.

بَنُو الدَّرْعَاءname

1.
tribal nameclassical
A name for a tribe.

دَرَعَ الشَّاةverb

1.
to skin from the neckclassical
To skin a sheep starting from the neck.

ودرع الشاة، كمنع: سلخها من قبل عنقها — And to skin a sheep, like 'mana'a': to skin it from its neck.

دَرَعَ رَقَبَتَهُverb

1.
to dislocate the neckclassical
To dislocate a neck from its joint without breaking it.

ورقبته: فسخها من المفصل من غير كسر — and its neck: to dislocate it from the joint without breaking.

دَرَعَ الزَّرْعverb

1.
to partially consume cropsclassical
To eat some of the crops, not all of them.

ودرع الزرع، كعني: أكل بعضه — And to 'dara'a' the crops, like 'a'nii': to eat some of it.

دَرِعٌadjective

1.
tender, fresh (grass)classical
Describing grass that is tender and fresh.

وعشب درع، ككتف: غض — And 'dir'' grass, like 'katif': tender.

في دَرْعَةprepositional phrase

1.
exposed, vulnerableclassical
When their herds are exposed around their watering places.

وهم في درعة، بالضم: إذا حسر كلؤهم عن حوالي مياههم — And they are in 'dar'ah', with damma: when their herds are exposed around their watering places.

أَدْرَعُواverb

1.
to become exposedclassical
To become exposed, referring to herds around watering places.

وقد أدرعوا — and they have become exposed.

مُدْرِعadjective

1.
grazed aroundclassical
Describing water that has consumed the surrounding pasture and moved slightly away.

ومَاءٌ مُدْرِعٌ، كمُحْسِنٍ — and water 'mudri'' (grazed around), like 'muhsin'.

مُعْظَمadjective

1.
grazed aroundclassical
Describing water that has consumed the surrounding pasture and moved slightly away.

ومَاءٌ مُعْظَمٌ — and water 'mu'dham' (grazed around).

أَدْرَعَ الشَّهْرverb

1.
to pass the midpointclassical
For the month to pass its halfway point.

وأدرع الشهر: جاوز نصفه — And the month 'adra'a': it passed its halfway point.

أَدْرَعَ النَّعْلverb

1.
to insert sandal strapclassical
To insert the strap of a sandal into one's hand behind the heel.

والنعل في يده: أدخل شراكها في يده من قبل عقبها — and the sandal in his hand: to insert its strap into his hand from behind its heel.

أَدْرَعَverb

1.
to insert intoclassical
To insert anything into the interior of something else.
2.
to put on armorboth
To put on armor.
3.
to enter the nightclassical
To enter into the darkness of the night while traveling.

وكل ما أدخلت في جوف شيء: فقد أدرعته — and everything you insert into the interior of something: you have 'adra'a'-ed it.

دَرَّعَهُverb

1.
to arm someoneboth
To put armor on someone.
2.
to dress someoneboth
To dress a woman in a shirt.
3.
to advanceclassical
To advance or move forward.

ودرعه تدريعا: ألبسه الدرع — and to 'darra'a' him: to put the armor on him.

انْدَرَعَverb

1.
to put on armorboth
To put on armor.
2.
to enter the nightclassical
To enter into the darkness of the night while traveling.
3.
to rush intoclassical
To rush into doing something.
4.
to dislocateclassical
For a bone to become dislocated.
5.
to fill upclassical
For the stomach to become full.
6.
to emergeclassical
For the moon to emerge from behind clouds.

واندرع يفعل كذا: اندفع — and 'indara'a' to do such-and-such: to rush.

تَدَرَّعَverb

1.
to put on armorboth
To put on armor.

و الرجل: لبس درع الحديد، كتدرع — and the man: to wear armor, like 'tadarra'a'.

Parallel reading

درع الحديد، بالكسر، قد تذكر، ج: أدرع وأدراع ودروع، تصغيرها: دريع، شاذ، و من المرأة: قميصها مذكر، ج: أدراع.

Armor of iron, with kasra, sometimes mentioned, pl: adru', adra', duru', its diminutive: duray', irregular, and for a woman: her shirt (masculine), pl: adra'.

ورجل دارع: عليه درع.

And a man wearing armor: he has a coat of mail on him.

والدرعية، بالكسر، من النصال: النافذة في الدرع، ج: دراعي.

And the 'dar'iyyah', with kasra, from arrowheads: the one that penetrates armor, pl: dara'i.

وذو الدروع: فرعان الكندي من بلحارث بن عمرو.

And Dhu al-Duru': Far'an al-Kindi from Balharith ibn Amr.

والمدرعة، كمكنسة: ثوب، كالدراعة، ولا يكون إلا من صوف، وتمدرع: لبسه، وصفة الرحل إذا بدا منها رؤوس الواسطة والآخرة.

And the 'midra'ah', like 'miknasah': a garment, like the 'dira'ah', and it is only made of wool, and 'tamadra'a': to wear it, and a description of a saddle when the tops of the middle and last parts appear from it.

والأدرع من الخيل والشاء: ما اسود رأسه وابيض سائره، والهجين، ووالد جحر السلمي، ولقب محمد بن عبيد الله الكوفي، لأنه قتل أسدا أدرع، وإليه ينسب الأدرعيون من العلوية.

And the 'adra'' from horses and sheep: that whose head is black and the rest is white, and the hybrid, and the father of Jihr al-Sulami, and the epithet of Muhammad ibn Ubayd Allah al-Kufi, because he killed a lion described as 'adra'', and the Alawiyyun of the Adra'iyyun are attributed to him.

والدرع، محركة: بياض في صدر الشاء ونحرها، وسواد في فخذها، وهي درعاء، وليلة درعاء: يطلع قمرها عند الصبح، وليال درع، بالضم، وكصرد: للثلاث تلي البيض لاسوداد أوائلها وابيضاض سائرها.

And the 'dur'ah', with haraka: whiteness in the chest and throat of a sheep, and blackness on its thigh, and she is 'dar'a'', and a 'dar'a'' night: its moon rises at dawn, and 'dur' nights, with damma, and like 'surad': for the three days following the white ones, due to the blackness of their beginnings and the whiteness of their rest.

ودرع النخل، كصرد: ما اكتسى الليف من الجمار، الواحد: درعة، بالضم.

And the 'dur' of the palm tree, like 'surad': what the fibrous material covers from the core, the singular: 'dur'ah', with damma.

وبنو الدرعاء: قبيلة.

And Banu al-Dar'a': a tribe.

ودرع الشاة، كمنع: سلخها من قبل عنقها، و رقبته: فسخها من المفصل من غير كسر.

And to 'dara'a' the sheep, like 'mana'a': to skin it from its neck, and its neck: to dislocate it from the joint without breaking.

ودرع الزرع، كعني: أكل بعضه.

And to 'dara'a' the crops, like 'a'nii': to eat some of it.

وهم في درعة، بالضم: إذا حسر كلؤهم عن حوالي مياههم، وقد أدرعوا.

And they are in 'dar'ah', with damma: when their herds are exposed around their watering places, and they have become exposed.

وماء مدرع، كمحسن ومعظم: أكل ما حوله من المرعى فتباعد قليلا.

And water 'mudri'', like 'muhsin' and 'mu'dham': it consumed what was around it of pasture and moved a little away.

وأدرع الشهر: جاوز نصفه، و النعل في يده: أدخل شراكها في يده من قبل عقبها، وكل ما أدخلت في جوف شيء: فقد أدرعته.

And the month 'adra'a': it passed its halfway point, and the sandal in his hand: to insert its strap into his hand from behind its heel, and everything you insert into the interior of something: you have 'adra'a'-ed it.

ودرعه تدريعا: ألبسه الدرع، و المرأة القميص، و الرجل: تقدم، كاندرع، وخنق، وبين.

And to 'darra'a' him: to put the armor on him, and the woman: to dress her in a shirt, and the man: to advance, like 'indara'a', and 'khanq', and 'bayyan'.

واندرع يفعل كذا: اندفع، و العظم: انخلع، و بطنه: امتلأ، و القمر من السحاب: خرج.

And 'indara'a' to do such-and-such: to rush, and the bone: to become dislocated, and his stomach: to become full, and the moon from the clouds: to emerge.