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درج

Root entry · 34 derived lemmas

The root 'درج' primarily relates to movement, progression, and gradual advancement, often in a linear or sequential manner. It encompasses concepts like walking, ascending, descending, and the passage of time or events. It also extends to meanings of death, completion, and the arrangement of things.

Derived headwords

الدَّرَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    degree, step, rankboth

    A level or position in a hierarchy, scale, or progression; a stage in a process.

  2. 2.
    step (in stairs)both

    A single level or tread in a staircase.

  3. 3.
    degree (in astronomy)both

    A unit of measurement for angles, used in astronomy and geometry.

الدَّرَّاجnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of birdclassical

    A black bird with a black underside of the wings and a grayish upper side, resembling the Qata bird but more delicate.

حَوْمَانَةُ الدَّرَّاجِname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A location, possibly a valley or plain, associated with the bird 'الدراج'.

المَدْرَجnoun
  1. 1.
    a place between mountainsclassical

    A location situated between the areas of Dhat 'Irq and 'Arfaat.

  2. 2.
    path, passageboth

    A way or route, especially a broad or main one, or a place where things pass.

  3. 3.
    main part of a roadclassical

    The principal or central part of a road or path.

ابْنُ دَرَّاجٍname
  1. 1.
    a person's nameboth

    Refers to Ali bin Muhammad, a traditionist, or possibly Abu Darraj according to other sources.

الدَّرَجُnoun
  1. 1.
    matters of inabilityclassical

    Affairs or situations that render one incapable or helpless.

  2. 2.
    ambassador, mediatorboth

    A person who travels between two parties to facilitate peace or negotiation.

دُرَيْجٌname
  1. 1.
    a person's nameclassical

    The name of a grandfather of Shu'ayb bin Ahmad.

الدَّرَجَاتُnoun
  1. 1.
    levels, ranksboth

    Plural of 'darajah', referring to layers or strata of ranks, one above the other.

دَرَجَتِ الرِّيحُverb
  1. 1.
    wind blew stronglyboth

    The wind blew forcefully over something, such as pebbles, or moved along.

اسْتَدْرَجَهُverb
  1. 1.
    led him on graduallyboth

    To cause someone to move or progress as if by their own volition, often leading towards a specific outcome, especially destruction.

  2. 2.
    caused his destructionclassical

    To lead someone to their ruin or demise through gradual means.

تُرَابٌ دَارِجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    dust stirred by windclassical

    Dust that is covered by or stirred up by strong winds, obscuring traces of former dwellings.

رِيحٌ دَرُوجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    strong, sweeping windclassical

    A wind that moves with force and covers a wide area.

الدَّرَجَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    high statusclassical

    Elevation in status or position.

دَرَجَاتُ الْجَنَّةِnoun
  1. 1.
    levels of paradiseclassical

    Higher mansions or dwelling places within paradise.

الدُّرَيْجُnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of birdclassical

    A name for the Qata bird.

الْمَدَارِجُnoun
  1. 1.
    steep mountain pathsclassical

    Rough, winding paths or passes between mountains.

  2. 2.
    ways, meansboth

    Methods or means by which something is achieved or reached.

الدَّوَارِجُnoun
  1. 1.
    legsclassical

    A term for legs, though its singular form is not recognized.

فَادْرَجِيهِverb
  1. 1.
    leave it, departclassical

    An imperative verb meaning 'leave it' or 'depart from it', used when someone is involved in something that does not concern them.

دَرَجَ السَّيْلُverb
  1. 1.
    flood flowedclassical

    The flood flowed or moved along its course, especially in valleys.

مَدْرَجُ السَّيْلِnoun
  1. 1.
    flood's courseclassical

    The path or channel of a flood, particularly in winding valleys.

مَدَارِجُ الأَكَمَةِnoun
  1. 1.
    paths on a hillclassical

    Crosswise paths or routes on a small hill or mound.

مَدْرَجَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    passage, wayboth

    A passage for things to move through, on a road or elsewhere.

  2. 2.
    means to an endboth

    A way or means by which something is reached or achieved; a stepping stone.

اسْتَدْرَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause ruinclassical

    To seek someone's destruction, derived from the meaning of 'to die'.

مِدْرَاجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    one who folds clothesclassical

    A man who frequently folds or rolls up clothes.

أَدْرَجَ الْمَيِّتَverb
  1. 1.
    wrapped the deceasedboth

    To wrap a dead body in a shroud or place it in a grave.

الْمِدْرَاجُnoun
  1. 1.
    a slow-moving camelclassical

    A female camel that drags its load or delays its journey, moving slowly.

الإِدْرَاجُnoun
  1. 1.
    delaying a loadclassical

    The act of a camel's belly strap causing the load to lag behind.

دَرَجُ يَدِكَother
  1. 1.
    under your controlclassical

    Meaning 'obedient to your hand' or 'under your command'.

أَبُو دَرَّاجٍname
  1. 1.
    a small birdclassical

    A name for a small bird.

تَدَرَّجَ إِلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    approached him graduallyclassical

    To approach someone or something gradually or progressively.

مَدْرَجُ الرِّيحِname
  1. 1.
    poet's nicknameclassical

    A nickname given to the poet 'Amir bin Al-Majnun Al-Jarmī.

أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الصُّوفِيُّ الدَّرَّاجُname
  1. 1.
    a Sufi figureclassical

    A Sufi from Baghdad who died in 320 AH.

أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ الْقَطَّانُname
  1. 1.
    a narratorclassical

    A narrator of hadith.

الْبُرْهَانُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّرْجِيُّname
  1. 1.
    a scholarclassical

    A scholar from Damascus who died in 681 AH.

Parallel reading

والدرجة (كهمزة) ، وتشدد الراء، عن سبيويه، قال ابن السكيت: هو (طائر) أسود باطن الجناحين، وظاهرهما أغبر، وهو على خلقة القطا إلا أنها ألطف
And Al-Darajah (like hamzah), and the ra is doubled, according to Sibawayh. Ibn Al-Sikkit said: It is a bird, black on the inside of its wings, and its upper side is dusty, and it is of the form of the Qata except that it is more delicate.
وحومانة الدراج بالضم (وقد تفتح) لغة (: ع)
And Humānat Al-Darrāj, with damma (and it may be opened with fatha) is a dialectal term for a place name.
والمدرج (كمعظم: ع بين ذات عرق وعرفات)
And Al-Madraj (like Mu'dham): a place name between Dhat 'Irq and 'Arfaat.
والدرج (كقبر: الأمور التي تعجز)، وقد مر ذالك في كلام المصنف بعينه، فهو تكرار.
And Al-Daraj (like qabr): matters that render one incapable. This has been mentioned previously in the author's own words, so it is a repetition.
والدرج (جبل: السفير بين اثنين) يدرج بينهما (للصلح).
And Al-Daraj (a mountain): the mediator between two parties, who progresses between them for reconciliation.
والدرجات، محركة جمع الدرجة، وهي الطبقات من المراتب بعضها فوق بعض.
And Al-Darajāt, with harakah, is the plural of Al-Darajah, which are the layers of ranks, some above others.
ويقال درجت الريح بالحصى أي جرت عليه جريا شديدا، درجت في سيرها.
And it is said the wind 'darajat' with pebbles, meaning it ran over them with great force; it progressed in its movement.
وأما استدرجته فمعناه جعلته كأنه يدرج بنفسه على وجه الأرض من غير أن ترفعه إلى الهواء.
As for 'istadrajtuhu', its meaning is to make him as if he were progressing on the earth by himself, without being lifted into the air.
وتراب دارج: تغشيه الرياح إذا عصفت رسوم الديار وتثيره، أي تلك الرياح ذالك التراب وتدرج به في سيرها، وريح دروج، وقد تقدم شيء من ذالك.
And 'turabun dārij': dust that the winds cover when they blow fiercely over the traces of dwellings and stir it up; meaning those winds stir up that dust and progress with it in their course. And a 'rīḥun darūj', and something of that has preceded.
والمدارج: الثنايا الغلاظ بين الجبال، واحدتها مدرجة، وهي المواضع التي يدرج فيها، أي يمشى
And Al-Madārij: the rough passes between mountains, the singular of which is 'madrajah', which are the places where one progresses, i.e., walks.
والدوّارج: الأرجل، قال الفرزدق: بكى المنبر الشرقي أن قام فوقه خطيب فقيمي قصير الدوارج
And Al-Dawārij: the legs. Al-Farazdaq said: The eastern pulpit wept when an orator stood upon it, saying 'My stature is short of the legs'.
ليس هاذا بعشك فادرجهي أي اذهبي وهو مثل يضرب لمن يتعرض إلى شيء ليس منه، وللمطمئن في غير وقته فيؤمر بالجد والحركة.
'This is not your nest, so leave it' (fa-drjīhī), meaning 'go away'. It is a proverb for one who interferes in something that does not concern him, or for one who is complacent at the wrong time, and is thus commanded to be diligent and active.
ومن المجاز: هم درج السيول. درج السيل ومدرجه: منحدره وطريقه في معاطف الأودية
And among metaphors: 'They are the progression of floods.' The progression of a flood and its 'madraj' is its descent and its path in the winding valleys.
وهذا الأمر مدرجة لهاذا، أي متوصل به إليه.
And this matter is a 'madrajah' for that, meaning it is a means to reach it.
ومن المجاز: امش في مدارج الحق.
And among metaphors: 'Walk in the ways of truth'.
واستدرجه: استدعى هلكته، من درج: مات.
And 'istadrajahu': to seek his destruction, from 'daraja': to die.
وأدرج الميت في الكفن والقبر: أدخله.
And 'adraja al-mayyita' in the shroud and the grave: to insert him.
والمدراج: الناقة التي تجر الحمل إذا أتت على مصربها.
And Al-Midrāj: the she-camel that drags its load when it reaches its destination.
ومن المجاز: يقال: هم درج يدك، أي طوع يدك.
And among metaphors: It is said: 'They are the progression of your hand', meaning obedient to your hand.
ومن الأمثال (من يرد الليل على أدراجه).
And among the proverbs: '(He) who turns the night back upon its courses'.
ومن يرد الفرات عن دراجه ويروى (عن أدرجه) راجع الميداني.
And '(he) who turns the Euphrates from its course' (dirājah), and it is narrated 'from its 'adrajah'. Refer to Al-Maydani.