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دعر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of corruption, badness, and moral decay. It extends to describe something that is spoiled, defective, or of poor quality, including physical objects and moral character.

Derived headwords

الدَّعْرnoun
  1. 1.
    wickedness and immoralityboth

    wickedness and immorality

دَعَرverb
  1. 1.
    To be spoiled, rottenclassical

    Said of wood that has become spoiled, rotten, or defective.

دَعَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Spoilage, rottennessclassical

    The masdar (verbal noun) for wood becoming spoiled or rotten.

دَعِرadjective
  1. 1.
    Spoiled, rotten, defectiveclassical

    Describing wood that is spoiled, rotten, and produces much smoke.

الدَّعَارَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wickedness and immoralityboth

    wickedness and immorality

دَاعِرadjective
  1. 1.
    he is wickedboth

    he is wicked

دَاعِرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    she is wickedboth

    she is wicked

دَاعِرname
  1. 1.
    he is wickedboth

    he is wicked

الدَّاعِرِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel breedclassical

    A breed of camels attributed to the stallion Dā'ir.

الأَدْعَرadjective
  1. 1.
    Burned out (fire drill)classical

    Describing a fire drill whose tip has burned out from repeated striking, making it ineffective for starting a fire.

Parallel reading

الدَّعْرُ بِالتَّحْرِيكِ: الْفَسَادُ.
Al-da'r (with vowel movement) means corruption.
وَالدَّعْرُ أَيْضًا: مَصْدَرٌ قَوْلُكَ: دَعَرَ الْعُودُ بِالْكَسْرِ يَدْعَرُ دَعْرًا، فَهُوَ عُودٌ دَعِرٌ، أَيْ رَدِيءٌ كَثِيرُ الدُّخَانِ.
And al-da'r is also the masdar of your saying: the wood became spoiled (d'ara) with a kasra, it yud'aru, a spoilage (da'ran), so it is spoiled wood (d'ir), meaning bad and smoky.
وَمِنْهُ أَخَذَتِ الدَّعَارَةُ، وَهِيَ الْفِسْقُ وَالْخُبْثُ.
From this is derived al-da'arah, which is lewdness and wickedness.
يُقَالُ: هُوَ خَبِيثٌ دَاعِرٌ بَيْنَ الدَّعْرِ وَالدَّعَارَةِ.
It is said: he is a wicked, depraved person, characterized by corruption and debauchery.
وَالْمَرْأَةُ دَاعِرَةٌ، عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو.
And the woman is a prostitute (dā'irah), according to Abu Amr.
وَدَاعِرٌ أَيْضًا: اسْمُ فَحْلٍ مُنْجِبٍ تُنْسَبُ إِلَيْهِ الدَّاعِرِيَّةُ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ.
And Dā'ir is also the name of a fertile stallion to whom the camel breed al-Dā'iriyyah is attributed.
وَحَكَى الْغَنَوِيُّ: عُودٌ دَعِرٌ، مِثَالُ صِرَدٍ.
And al-Ghanawi narrated: spoiled wood (d'ir), like sirad.
وَأَنْشَدَ: يَحْمِلْنَ فَحْمًا جَيِّدًا غَيْرَ دَعِرٍ
And he recited: They carry good charcoal, not spoiled.
وَالزَّنْدُ الْأَدْعَرُ: الَّذِي قُدِحَ بِهِ مِرَارًا فَاحْتَرَقَ طَرَفُهُ، فَصَارَ لَا يُورِي.
And the fire drill (al-zand) al-ad'ar is that which has been struck repeatedly until its tip has burned out, so it no longer ignites.