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دربج

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a slow, creeping, or dragging movement, often associated with ease or a lack of haste. It can also refer to a specific gait characterized by this slow, deliberate motion, and by extension, to a person exhibiting a proud or swaggering walk.

Derived headwords

دَرَبَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to move slowly and easilyboth

    To move with a slow, creeping, or dragging motion, often implying ease after difficulty.

دَبَّ دَبِيبًاverb
  1. 1.
    to creep or crawl slowlyboth

    To move with a slow, creeping, or crawling gait, similar to the movement of a snake or a young child.

ودربج في مشيه، إذا دب دبيبا — And he moved slowly in his walk, if he crept with a creeping motion.
دَرَبَجَتِ النَّاقَةُverb
  1. 1.
    to become fond of its youngclassical

    Said of a she-camel when she becomes fond of and attached to her offspring.

ودربجت (الناقة)، إذا (رئمت ولدها) — And the she-camel moved slowly, if she became fond of her young.
دَرَبَجَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to move slowlyboth

    To move with a slow, creeping gait, similar to the verb 'damraja'.

ودربجت إذا (دبت دبيبا) ، كدرمجت — And she moved slowly if she crept with a creeping motion, like 'damraja'.
الدَّرَابِجُnoun
  1. 1.
    swaggering manclassical

    A man who walks with a proud, strutting, or swaggering gait.

والدرابج، كعلابط — And the Darabij, like 'alabṭ.
يُدَرْبِجُverb
  1. 1.
    to walk with a swaggerboth

    He walks with a slow, easy, and somewhat swaggering gait.

وهو يدربج في مشيه، وهي مشية سهلة — And he walks with a slow, easy gait, and it is an easy walk.

Parallel reading

دربج: لان بعد صعوبة
Darabaja: to become soft after difficulty.
ودربج في مشيه، إذا دب دبيبا.
And he moved slowly in his walk, if he crept with a creeping motion.
ودربجت (الناقة) ، إذا (رئمت ولدها)
And the she-camel moved slowly, if she became fond of her young.
ودربجت إذا (دبت دبيبا) ، كدرمجت.
And she moved slowly if she crept with a creeping motion, like 'damraja'.
والدرابج، كعلابط
And the Darabij, like 'alabṭ.
الرجل (المختال المتبختر في مشيته)
The man who is conceited and struts in his walk.
ثمت يمشي البختري درابجا
Then he walks proudly like a proud man.
إذا مشى في جنبه درامجا
When he walks beside him swaggering.
وهو يدربج في مشيه، وهي مشية سهلة.
And he walks with a slow, easy gait, and it is an easy walk.