ذرب

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root ذرب (dh-r-b) primarily relates to sharpness, keenness, and intensity, extending to both physical objects and abstract qualities like speech and character. It also encompasses notions of corruption, stubbornness, and intractable problems.

Derived headwords

الذربadjective

1.
sharpboth
Describing something as sharp, keen, or acute, applicable to various things.

ذرباتnoun

1.
sharp thingsclassical
Plural of 'dharbah', referring to sharp objects, specifically used here for sharp points of a sting.

دبت عليها ذربات الأنبار — sharp points of the sting attacked it

ذربadjective

1.
sharp-tonguedboth
Describing a tongue that is sharp, quick, or harsh in speech.

ولسان ذرب — and a sharp tongue

ذرابةnoun

1.
sharpness of tongueboth
The quality of having a sharp, keen, or harsh tongue; eloquence or volubility.

وفيه ذرابة — and it has sharpness (of tongue)

ذربadjective

1.
sharp (sword)classical
Describing a sword as sharp and keen.

وسيف ذرب — and a sharp sword

ذربةadjective

1.
loud-mouthedclassical
Describing a woman as loud, clamorous, or shrewish.

وامرأة ذربة: صخابة — and a woman who is loud-mouthed, clamorous

ذربةnoun

1.
clamorous womanclassical
A woman who is loud and clamorous, similar to the adjective 'dharibah'.

إليك أشكو ذربة من الذرب — To you I complain of a clamorous woman among the loud-mouthed ones

ذربتverb

1.
became corruptclassical
The stomach or digestive system became corrupt or spoiled.

وذربت معدته تذرب ذربا: فسدت — and his stomach became corrupt, it becomes corrupt with corruption: it spoiled

تذربverb

1.
to become corruptclassical
The present tense form of the verb indicating the stomach becoming corrupt or spoiled.

وذربت معدته تذرب ذربا: فسدت — and his stomach became corrupt, it becomes corrupt with corruption: it spoiled

ذرباnoun

1.
corruptionclassical
The masdar (verbal noun) for the corruption or spoiling of the stomach.

وذربت معدته تذرب ذربا: فسدت — and his stomach became corrupt, it becomes corrupt with corruption: it spoiled

ذربnoun

1.
foulness of speechclassical
Referring to foulness, obscenity, or indecency in speech.

في لسانه ذرب، وهو الفحش — he has foulness in his tongue, which is obscenity

أذرابnoun

1.
foulnesses of speechclassical
Plural of 'dharab', referring to instances or types of foulness or obscenity in speech.

وعرفت ما فيكم من الأذراب — and I knew what foulness of speech was in you

ذربnoun

1.
intractable woundclassical
A wound that does not heal or respond to treatment.

وذرب الجرح، إذا لم يقبل الدواء — and the wound is intractable, if it does not accept medicine

الذربياnoun

1.
calamityclassical
A great disaster, calamity, or misfortune.

وبالذربيا مرد فهر وشيبها — and with calamity, the blackness of Fihr and their grey hair

التذريبnoun

1.
sharpeningclassical
The act of making something sharp or keen.

والتذريب: التحديد — And sharpening: the making sharp

مذربadjective

1.
sharpenedclassical
Describing something that has been sharpened, particularly a spearhead.

يقال سنان مذرب — It is said a sharpened spearhead

المذروبadjective

1.
sharpenedclassical
Passive participle, meaning sharpened or keen, referring to a spearhead.

مذروب السنان — sharpened of spearhead

Parallel reading

الذرب: الحاد من كل شئ.

Al-dharab: The sharp of everything.

دبت عليها ذربات الأنبار

Sharp points of the sting attacked it.

أي حديدات اللسع.

Meaning the sharp points of the sting.

ولسان ذرب وفيه ذرابة، أي حدة.

And a sharp tongue, and it has sharpness (of tongue), meaning keenness.

وسيف ذرب.

And a sharp sword.

وامرأة ذربة: صخابة، وذربة أيضا، مثال قربة.

And a woman who is ذربة: clamorous, and ذربة also, like qurbah.

إليك أشكو ذربة من الذرب

To you I complain of a clamorous woman among the loud-mouthed ones.

وذربت معدته تذرب ذربا: فسدت.

And his stomach became corrupt, it becomes corrupt with corruption: it spoiled.

في لسانه ذرب، وهو الفحش.

He has foulness in his tongue, which is obscenity.

وليس من ذرب اللسان وحدته.

And it is not from the foulness of the tongue and its sharpness.

أرحني واسترح مني فإني * ثقيل محملي ذرب لساني

Relieve me and rest from me, for I am heavy in my burden, my tongue is sharp.

والجمع أذراب.

And the plural is adhrab.

وعرفت ما فيكم من الأذراب

And I knew what foulness of speech was in you.

وذرب الجرح، إذا لم يقبل الدواء.

And the wound is intractable, if it does not accept medicine.

وهي الداهية.

Which is the calamity.

وبالذربيا مرد فهر وشيبها

And with calamity, the blackness of Fihr and their grey hair.

والتذريب: التحديد.

And sharpening: the making sharp.

يقال سنان مذرب.

It is said a sharpened spearhead.

بمذربات بالأكف نواهل

With sharpened (spears) in the hands, drinking (from the enemy).

وكذلك المذروب.

And likewise the sharpened (spear).

لقد كان ابن جعدة أريحيا * على الأعداء مذروب السنان

Ibn Ja'dah was indeed generous/noble * against the enemies, sharpened of spearhead.