دحرج

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of rolling, moving something along by turning it over and over. It extends to the shape of something that is round or rolling, and the action of dung beetles rolling their balls.

Derived headwords

دَحْرَجَverb

1.
he rolled it, rolling, with kasra on the dālboth
he rolled it, rolling, with kasra on the dāl

دَحْرَجَةnoun

1.
rollingboth
The act or process of rolling something.

دَحْرَاجnoun

1.
rollingclassical
A repeated or continuous act of rolling.

تَدَحْرَجَverb

1.
to roll (intransitive)both
To move by turning over and over on a surface, without being pushed by an external force.

مُدَحْرَجadjective

1.
the rolled: the roundedboth
the rolled: the rounded

الدَّحْرُوجَةnoun

1.
dung beetle's ballclassical
The ball of dung that a dung beetle rolls.

الدَّحَارِيجnoun

1.
round thingsclassical
Plural of 'dahrūjah', referring to round objects, specifically used here to describe the mouths of young ostriches.

Parallel reading

دحرجت الشئ دحرجة ودحراجا

I rolled the thing, a rolling and a rolling.

فتدحرج

And it rolled.

والمدحرج: المدور

And al-mudahrij: the round.

والدحروجة: ما يدجرجه الجعل من البنادق

And ad-dahrūjah: what the dung beetle rolls of dung balls.

أشداقها كصدوع النبع في قلل مثل الدحاريج لم ينبت لها زغب

Their mouths are like cracks of the naba' tree on tops like round things on which down has not grown.

وقلها: رؤوسها

And their qulal: their heads.