دحرج

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root دحرج (dḥrj) primarily relates to the concept of rolling, tumbling, or moving something along the ground. It extends to describe the act of causing something to roll, the state of being rolled, and objects that are rolled or round.

Derived headwords

دَحْرَجَهُverb

1.
to roll (something)both
To cause something to roll or move along the ground.

يَدَحْرِجُهُverb

1.
he rolls (it)both
The present tense form indicating the action of rolling something.

دَحْرَجَةnoun

1.
rollingboth
The act or process of rolling something.

دَحْرَاجًاnoun

1.
rollingclassical
A variant form of the masdar (verbal noun) for the act of rolling, often used in classical Arabic.

فَتَدَحْرَجَverb

1.
it rolledboth
To roll or tumble by oneself, to move along the ground in a rolling motion.

المَدْحَرِجnoun

1.
the rolled oneboth
The passive participle, referring to something that has been rolled.
2.
roundboth
Describing something as round or spherical, due to the action of rolling.

الدَّحْرُوجَةnoun

1.
ball (of dung)classical
Specifically, the ball of dung that a dung beetle rolls.
2.
something rolledclassical
Anything that rolls or tumbles, particularly from a cooking pot.

الدَّحَارِيجnoun

1.
balls (of dung)classical
The plural of دحروجة, referring to the balls rolled by dung beetles.
2.
things that rollclassical
Plural of دحروجة, referring to things that have rolled or tumbled.

دَحْرُوجname

1.
Dahrujclassical
A proper name, as in the case of Abu Amr Uthman bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Dahruj Al-Qazzaz.

Parallel reading

دحرجه يدحرجه دحرجة بالفتح على القياس

He rolled it, he rolls it, a rolling with a fatḥa, according to analogy.

ودحراجا، بالكسر وهو مقيس أيضا كالأول

And dḥarājan, with a kasra, and it is also analogous like the first.

والجمهور على أنه يتوقف على السماع، ما سمع منه يقال، ومالا، فلا

And the majority hold that it depends on hearing; what is heard from it is said, and what is not, then it is not.

ويجوز فيه الفتح إذا كان مضاعفا كالزلزال والوسواس

And fatḥa is permissible in it if it is reduplicated, like zalzala and waswasa.

فتدحرج، أي تتابع في حدور

So it rolled, meaning it followed in descent.

والمدور، لأن الفعل إذا جاوز الثلاثة فالميم منه مضمومة

And the round one, because if the verb exceeds three letters, the mīm from it is مضمومة (ḍammah).

والدحروجة بالضم: ما يدحرجه الجعل من البنادق

And ad-daḥrūjah, with a ḍammah: what the dung beetle rolls of balls.

وجمعه الدحاريج

And its plural is ad-daḥārīj.

يقال للجعل المدحرج

It is said for the rolling dung beetle.

أشداقها كصدوح النبع في قلل مثل الدحاريج لم ينبت لها زغب

Their mouths are like the openings of the Nabʿ tree on summits, like the dung balls, no down has grown for them.

والدحروجة أيضا: ما تدحرج من القدر

And ad-daḥrūjah also: what rolls from the cooking pot.

أضحت ينفرها الولدان من سبإ كأنهم تحت دفيها دحاريج

They became such that the children of Saba' scared them away, as if they were dung balls under its sides.

أبو عمر وعثمان بن أحمد بن عبد الله بن دحروج القزاز بغدادي سمع الصريفيني وابن النقور

Abu Amr Uthman bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Dahruj Al-Qazzaz, a Baghdadi, heard Al-Sarifini and Ibn Al-Nuqur.

وعنه أبو سعد السمعاني، وتوفي سنة 532

And Abu Sa'd Al-Sam'ani narrated from him, and he died in the year 532.