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ذرق

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the excrement of birds and its association with specific types of birds. It also extends to the meaning of land producing such droppings and the act of applying something like kohl.

Derived headwords

ذَرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to defecate (bird)both

    The act of a bird expelling its excrement.

يَذْرِقُverb
  1. 1.
    to defecate (bird)both

    The act of a bird expelling its excrement.

يَذْرُقُverb
  1. 1.
    to defecate (bird)both

    The act of a bird expelling its excrement.

أَذْرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to produce droppingsclassical

    Said of land when it produces the droppings of birds.

الحَنْدَقُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of birdclassical

    A specific kind of bird, possibly referring to a type of pigeon or dove.

مُذَرِّقadjective
  1. 1.
    containing droppingsclassical

    Describing milk that contains bird droppings.

تَذَرَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to apply kohlclassical

    To apply kohl or eye-paint, using something derived from this root.

اِذْرَأَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to apply kohlclassical

    To apply kohl or eye-paint, using something derived from this root.

Parallel reading

ذرق الطائر يذرق ويذرق
The bird defecates, it defecates and defecates.
كأذرق
like 'azraqa' (land producing droppings).
وكصرد: الحندقوق
And like 'ṣarrada': al-ḥandaqūq (a type of bird).
وأذرقت الأرض: أنبتته
And the land produced it (droppings).
ولبن مذرق، كمعظم: مذيق
And milk that is mudharriq (containing droppings), like mu'aẓẓam: mudhīq (containing droppings).
وتذرقت واذرقت، كافتعلت: اكتحلت به
And she applied kohl, and she applied kohl, like 'ifta'alat': she applied kohl with it.