الضرع

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the udder and milk production, extending to concepts of weakness, submission, and approaching or setting. It also encompasses various plants and abstract negative qualities.

Derived headwords

ضَرْعnoun

1.
udderboth
The udder of livestock like sheep and cows, distinguished from the udder of a camel.
2.
milkclassical
Refers to the milk within the udder.

ضُرُوعnoun

1.
uddersboth
Plural of ضَرْع (udder), referring to the udders of livestock.
2.
white grapesclassical
Large-berried white grapes.
3.
strengthclassical
The strength of a rope.

ضَرْعَاءadjective

1.
large-udderedboth
Describing a sheep or woman with a large udder or breasts.

ضَرِيعnoun

1.
bitter plantclassical
A bitter plant, possibly Shabraq, or its dried form, which animals avoid due to its foulness.
2.
bitter plantclassical
A bitter plant that grows in stagnant water, with roots not reaching the ground.
3.
hellish substanceclassical
A substance in Hell described as more bitter than patience, fouler than carrion, and hotter than fire.
4.
foul plantclassical
A foul-smelling plant thrown by the sea.
5.
dried woodclassical
The dried remains of any tree.
6.
wine dregsclassical
Wine or its thin residue.
7.
membraneclassical
The membrane covering bone beneath the flesh.

ضَرَعَ إِلَيْهِverb

1.
to submitboth
To be humble, submissive, and meek towards someone.

ضَرَاعَةnoun

1.
humilityboth
The state of being humble, submissive, and meek.

ضَرَعَverb

1.
to be weakboth
To be weak, especially a young animal unable to run.

ضَرِيعٌadjective

1.
weakboth
Describing someone or something as weak.
2.
smallboth
The small or young of anything, or specifically young and weak.

ضُرِعَverb

1.
to be weakenedboth
To be made weak or humbled.

ضَرَعَ بِهِ فَرَسُهُverb

1.
to humbleclassical
When a horse makes someone weak or humbled.

ضَرَعَ السَّبُعُverb

1.
to approachclassical
When a wild animal draws near.

ضَرَعَتِ الشَّمْسُverb

1.
to setboth
When the sun sets or nears setting.

تَضَرَّعَverb

1.
to supplicateboth
To pray fervently, to humble oneself, or to present a need.

ضَرْعnoun

1.
likenessclassical
A likeness or resemblance.

أَضْرَعَ لَهُ مَالًاverb

1.
to offerclassical
To offer or give money to someone.

أَضْرَعَ فُلَانًاverb

1.
to humbleboth
To make someone humble or submissive.

أَضْرَعَتِ الشَّاةُverb

1.
to lactateclassical
When a sheep's milk production begins shortly before giving birth.

تَضْرِيعnoun

1.
supplicationclassical
Approaching with cunning, similar to supplication.

ضَرَّعَverb

1.
to cook incompletelyclassical
To cook something, like food in a pot, but not to completion.

تَضَرَّعَ إِلَى اللَّهِverb

1.
to imploreboth
To implore God, to humble oneself, or to present a request.

تَضَرَّعَ الظِّلُّverb

1.
to shrinkclassical
When shade shrinks or diminishes.

ضَارَعَهُverb

1.
to resembleboth
To resemble or be similar to someone or something.

تَضَارُعname

1.
mountain nameclassical
A mountain in Najd, mentioned in a hadith.

مُسْتَضْرِعadjective

1.
submissiveclassical
One who is submissive or humbled.

Parallel reading

للظلف والخف، أو للشاء والبقر ونحوهما، وأما للناقة: فخلف، ج: ضروع.

For hooves and cloven hooves, or for sheep and cows and the like, but for a she-camel: it is khalf, plural: ḍurūʿ.

وشاة وامرأة ضرعاء وضريع وضريعة: عظيمته.

And a sheep and a woman are ḍarʿāʾ, ḍarīʿ, and ḍarīʿah: meaning large-breasted or large-uddered.

والضروع، بالضم: عنب أبيض كبار الحب.

And al-ḍurūʿ, with dammah: large-berried white grapes.

والضريع، كأمير: الشبرق، أو يبيسه، أو نبات رطبه يسمى شبرقا، ويابسه ضريعا، لا تقربه دابة لخبثه

And al-ḍarīʿ, like amīr: is al-Shabraq, or its dried form, or a plant whose fresh state is called Shabraq, and its dried state is ḍarīʿan, which no animal approaches due to its foulness.

و: السلاء، والعوسج الرطب، أو نبات في الماء الآجن، له عروق لا تصل إلى الأرض، أو شيء في جهنم، أمر من الصبر، وأنتن من الجيفة، وأحر من النار، ونبات منتن يرمي به البحر، ويبيس كل شجرة، والخمر أو رقيقها، والجلدة على العظم تحت اللحم.

And: al-Salāʾ, and moist wild tamarisk, or a plant in stagnant water, with roots that do not reach the ground, or something in Hell, more bitter than patience, fouler than carrion, and hotter than fire, and a foul plant thrown by the sea, and the dried remains of every tree, and wine or its thin residue, and the membrane on the bone beneath the flesh.

وضرع إليه، ويثلث، ضرعا، محركة، وضراعة: خضع، وذل، واستكان، أو كفرح ومنع: تذلل، فهو ضارع وضرع، ككتف، وضروع وضرعة، محركة.

And he submitted to him, with variations in pronunciation, ḍarʿan (with harakah), and ḍarāʿah: he was humble, abased, and meek, or like kafara and manaʿa: he was submissive, so he is ḍāriʿ and ḍariʿ, like katif, and ḍurūʿ and ḍarʿah (with harakah).

وككرم: ضعف، فهو ضرع، محركة، من قوم ضرع، محركة أيضا.

And like karuma: he was weak, so he is ḍariʿ, with harakah, from a people of ḍariʿ, also with harakah.

ومهر ضرع، محركة: لم يقو على العدو.

And a foal ḍariʿ, with harakah: was not strong enough to run.

والضارع، والضرع، محركة: الصغير من كل شيء، أو الصغير السن الضعيف.

And al-ḍāriʿ, and al-ḍarʿ, with harakah: the small of everything, or the young and weak.

وككتف: الضعيف.

And like katif: the weak one.

وضرع به فرسه، كمنع: أذله

And his horse weakened him, like manaʿa: it humbled him.

والسبع من الشيء ضروعا: دنا

And a wild animal approached something, ḍurūʿan: it drew near.

والشمس: غابت، أو دنت للمغيب، كضرعت.

And the sun: set, or neared setting, like ḍaraʿat.

وتضرع، كتنصر: ع.

And he supplicated, like tanaṣṣara: he prayed.

والضرع، بالكسر: المثل، وقوة الحبل، ج: ضروع.

And al-ḍirʿ, with kasrah: the likeness, and the strength of a rope, plural: ḍurūʿ.

وأضرع له مالا: بذله له

And he offered him money: he gave it to him.

وفلانا: أذله

And he humbled so-and-so: he abased him.

والشاة: نزل لبنها قبيل النتاج.

And the sheep: its milk began to flow shortly before giving birth.

والحمى أضرعتني للنوم": يضرب في الذل عند الحاجة.

And 'The fever has made me weak for sleep': is said to mean submission in times of need.

والتضريع: التقرب في روغان، كالتضرع.

And al-taḍrīʿ: approaching with cunning, like al-tadaṛruʿ.

وضرع الرب تضريعا: طبخه فلم يتم طبخه، و القدر: حان أن تدرك.

And he cooked the broth incompletely, taḍrīʿan: he cooked it but it was not fully cooked, and the pot: it was time for it to be ready.

وتضرع إلى الله تعالى: ابتهل، وتذلل، أو تعرض بطلب الحاجة

And he supplicated to God Almighty: he implored, humbled himself, or presented his need.

والظل: قلص.

And the shade: it shrank.

وضارعه: شابهه.

And he resembled it: he was similar to it.

وتضارع، بضم المثناة فوق والراء، وبضمها وكسر الراء، وبفتحها وضم الراء، عن"الموعب": جبل بنجد، ومنه الحديث: "إذا سال تضارع فهو عام خصب".

And Taḍāruʿ, with dammah on the second letter and ra, or with dammah and kasrah on the ra, or with fatha and dammah on the ra, according to al-Mawʿib: is a mountain in Najd, and from it is the hadith: 'When Taḍāruʿ flows, it is a year of plenty.'

والمستضرع: الضارع.

And al-mustaḍriʿ: the submissive one.