ضرج

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root ضرج (ḍaraja) primarily relates to the concepts of splitting, tearing, or making an opening. It extends to meanings of smearing or staining, particularly with red or yellow hues, and also encompasses notions of widening, expanding, and accelerating.

Derived headwords

ضَرَجَverb

1.
to tear, to splitboth
To tear or split something, like fabric or a garment.
2.
to smear, to stainboth
To smear or stain something with blood or a reddish/yellowish substance.
3.
to throw, to castclassical
To throw or cast something.
4.
to run camelsclassical
To make camels run, especially during a raid.
5.
to embellish speechclassical
To embellish or adorn speech, often with falsehoods.
6.
to dyeboth
To dye a garment with a reddish color, less than fully saturated.
7.
to make bleedclassical
To cause bleeding, such as from a wound or injury.

ضرجهن البرود عن ترائب حرة — They tore the garments from their collarbones of a free woman

ضرجه بالدم — He smeared it with blood

ضرجه النار — He opened a channel for the fire

اِنْضَرَجَverb

1.
to be torn, to splitboth
To be torn or split open, often used for fabric or openings.
2.
to widen, to expandboth
To become wide or expanded, used for paths or openings.
3.
to move apart, to separateclassical
To move apart or become distant from each other.
4.
to swoop downboth
For a bird of prey to swoop down or dive towards prey.
5.
to begin to splitclassical
To begin to split or open up, used for plants.

انضرجت عنه الأكاميم — The buds split open from it

انضرجت لنا الطريق — The road widened for us

انضرجت العقاب — The eagle swooped down

انضرج ما بينهم — The distance between them increased

تَضَرَّجَverb

1.
to be torn, to be splitboth
To be torn or split, especially for fabric.
2.
to be smeared, to be stainedboth
To be smeared or stained with blood or a reddish hue.
3.
to blush, to reddenboth
For a cheek to redden or flush.
4.
to be adorned, to show offclassical
For a woman to adorn herself or display herself.
5.
to crackle, to splitclassical
For lightning to crackle or split, or for light to open up.
6.
to open up, to emergeclassical
For leaves of plants to open up, or for fruit to emerge from its covering.

تكاد تتضرج من الملء — She was almost bursting from being full

تضرج الثوب — The garment was torn

تضرج الخد — The cheek reddened

تضرج البرق — The lightning split

ضَرْجnoun

1.
smearing, stainingboth
The act of smearing or staining, especially with blood or a reddish color.
2.
tearing, splittingboth
The act of tearing or splitting.

مَضْرُوجَةadjective

1.
wide-eyedclassical
Describing an eye that is wide and well-opened, with a large slit.

وفترن عن أبصار مضروجة نجل — And they softened from wide, clear eyes

مُضَرَّجadjective

1.
stained, smearedboth
Stained or smeared, especially with blood or a reddish/yellowish color.
2.
dyed redboth
Dyed with a reddish color, not fully saturated.
3.
worn outclassical
Worn out and tattered, like old clothes.
4.
lionclassical
A lion.

وعلي ريطة مضرجة — And on a dyed garment

إِضْرِيجnoun

1.
yellow garmentclassical
A garment that is yellow.
2.
red silkclassical
A garment made of red silk.
3.
fine wool garmentclassical
A garment made from the finest sheep's wool.
4.
excellent horseclassical
A superior horse, known for its speed and endurance.
5.
red dyeclassical
A red dye.

وأكسية الإضري فوق المشاجب — And garments of fine wool over the pegs

ثَوْبٌ ضَرِيجٌnoun

1.
reddish/yellowish garmentboth
A garment that is stained or dyed with a reddish or yellowish color.

تَضْرِيجnoun

1.
smearing, stainingboth
The act of smearing or staining, especially with blood or a reddish color.
2.
embellishmentclassical
The act of embellishing or adorning speech.
3.
dyeingboth
The act of dyeing with a reddish color.
4.
looseningclassical
The act of loosening, such as a garment's opening.

تضريج الكلام في المعاذير — Embellishing speech in excuses

ضَرِيجadjective

1.
intense, severeclassical
Describing something as intense or severe, like a fire or an enemy.

عدو ضريج — A severe enemy

مَضْرَجnoun

1.
lionclassical
A lion.

مَضَارِجnoun

1.
gaps, openingsclassical
Gaps or openings, especially in teeth.
2.
worn-out clothesclassical
Old, worn-out clothes that are frequently used.

أوسعن من أنيابه المضارجا — They widened from his fangs the gaps

ضَرْجَانname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A known place name, possibly a well or region, in the lands of Banu Abs or Tayyi'.

تيممت العين التي عند ضارج — I headed for the spring that is near Ḍārij

أَضْرَجَverb

1.
to loosenclassical
To loosen, specifically referring to a woman loosening her garment's opening.

أضرجت المرآة جيبها — The woman loosened her garment's opening

ضِرْجَةnoun

1.
type of birdclassical
A type of bird.

Parallel reading

ضرجهن البرود عن ترائب حرة

They tore the garments from their collarbones of a free woman

في قرقر بلعباب الشمس مضروج

In the shimmering heat of the sun, smeared (with heat haze)

وكل شيء تلطخ بدم أو غيره فقد تضرج وقد ضرجت أثوابه بدم النجيع

And anything smeared with blood or other substance has become smeared, and his clothes were smeared with clotted blood.

تكاد تتضرج من الملء

She was almost bursting from being full

وعين مضروجة: واسعة الشق

And a wide-slit eye: wide in its opening

وفترن عن أبصار مضروجة نجل

And they softened from wide, clear eyes

مما تعالت من البهمى ذوائبها بالصيف وانضرجت عنه الأكاميم

From what its branches grew high from the thorny plants in summer, and the buds split open from it.

انضرجت لنا الطريق: اتسعت

The road widened for us: it became wide.

انضرج ما بينهم: تباعد

The distance between them: it became far.

انضرجت العقاب: انحطت من الجو كاسرة

The eagle swooped down: it descended from the sky, breaking (its fall).

تضرج الثوب: إذا تشقق

The garment was torn: if it became split.

تضرج النور: تفتح

The light opened up: it became revealed.

انضرج الشجر: انشقت عيون ورقه وبدت أطرافه

The trees split open: the buds of their leaves opened and their tips appeared.

تضرج الخد احمار

The cheek reddened.

هو مضرح الخدين

He is one with flushed cheeks.

تضرجت المرأة إذا تبرجت وتحسنت

The woman adorned herself if she displayed herself and improved her appearance.

وضرج الجيب تضريجا أرخاه

And he loosened the garment's opening, loosening it.

أضرجت المرآة جيبها: إذا أرخته

The woman loosened her garment's opening: if she loosened it.

ضرجه في الغارة

He made them run in the raid.

تضريج الكلام في المعاذير: هو تزويقه وتحسينه

Embellishing speech in excuses: it is its adornment and beautification.

خير ما ضرج به الصدق، وشر ما ضرج به الكذب

The best with which truth is embellished, and the worst with which falsehood is embellished.

صبغه بالحمرة

He dyed it with redness.

وعلي ريطة مضرجة

And on a dyed garment

ضر ما أنف خاطب بدم

He would have made the nose of a suitor bleed.

وضرجوه بالأضاميم: أي دموه بالضرب

And they made him bleed with blows: meaning they caused him to bleed by striking.

الإضريج: كساء أصفر

The Iḍrīj: a yellow garment.

الخز الأحمر

The red silk.

وأكسية الإضري فوق المشاجب

And garments of Iḍrīj over the pegs

الإضريج: الجيد من الخيل

The Iḍrīj: the excellent of horses.

الإضريج: الواسع اللبان

The Iḍrīj: the broad-chested.

ثوب ضريج وإضريج: متضرج بالحمرة أو الصفرة

A ḍarīj and iḍrīj garment: smeared with redness or yellowness.

والمضرج كمحدث: الأسد

And al-muḍarrij (like muḥaddith): the lion.

أوسعن من أنيابه المضارجا

They widened from his fangs the gaps.

والمضارج: الثياب الخلقان

And al-maḍārij: the worn-out clothes.

تيممت العين التي عند ضارج

I headed for the spring that is near Ḍārij.

يفيء عليها الظل عرمضها طامي

Its thorny plants cast shade upon it, its bitter herbs abundant.

جزاء وشد كالحريق ضريج

A recompense and intensity like a burning, severe (fire).