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دحرض

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to primarily denote a place name, specifically a location associated with water or a watering place. It is used in classical poetry to refer to a specific geographical location.

Derived headwords

الدَّحْرَضname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location, likely a watering place or a region.

الدَّحْرَضَيْنname
  1. 1.
    Dual place nameclassical

    The dual form of الدَّحْرَض, referring to two specific locations or perhaps two parts of the same location.

دَحْرَضother
  1. 1.
    Watering placeclassical

    A place where water is found, a watering hole or well.

Parallel reading

الدحرض: اسم موضع.
Al-Dahrad: a place name.
شربت بماء الدحرضين فأصبحت * زوراء تنفر عن حياض الديلم *
I drank from the water of Al-Dahradayn and became * estranged, shying away from the watering places of the Al-Daylam.
ويقال وسيع ودحرض ماءان
And it is said that Wasi' and Dahrad are two watering places.
فثناهما بلفظ أحدهما، كما يقال القمران.
And he made them dual using the form of one of them, just as one says 'the two moons' (al-qamaran).