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ذرق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to excrement, particularly of birds, and by extension, to the act of defecation. It also extends metaphorically to the idea of producing or causing something to grow, and to a type of milk.

Derived headwords

الذَّرْقnoun
  1. 1.
    Bird droppingsboth

    The excrement of a bird.

أَذْرَقَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to sprout, to growclassical

    The earth caused plants to grow or sprout.

وأذرقت الأرض: أنبتته — And the earth caused it to grow: it produced it.
ذَرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    the bird's droppingsboth

    the bird's droppings

وقد ذرق يذرق ويذرق، أي زرق — And he defecated, he defecates and he defecates, meaning he excreted.
مُذَرِّقadjective
  1. 1.
    producing excrementclassical

    Describing something that produces excrement.

مُذَرَّقadjective
  1. 1.
    containing excrementclassical

    Describing milk that has been mixed with or contaminated by excrement.

لبن مذرق — Milk mixed with excrement.

Parallel reading

الحندقوق
The dung of a bird.
حتى إذا ما هاج حيران الذرق
Until when the dung-beetle stirred.
وأذرقت الأرض: أنبتته
And the earth caused it to grow: it produced it.
وذرق الطائر: خرؤه
And the bird's droppings: its excrement.
وقد ذرق يذرق ويذرق، أي زرق
And he defecated, he defecates and he defecates, meaning he excreted.
دع المكارم لا ترحل لبغيتها واقعد فإنك أنت الطاعم الكاسي
Leave noble deeds, do not journey for their pursuit, and sit, for you are the one who eats and is clothed.
ما هجاه بل ذرق عليه
He did not satirize him, rather he defecated upon him.
لبن مذرق
Milk mixed with excrement.