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دربح

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes actions related to physical posture and demeanor, specifically hunching, lowering, and bowing the back. It also extends to metaphorical meanings of humility and subservience.

Derived headwords

دَرَبَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to runclassical

    The man ran, driven by fear.

  2. 2.
    to hunch one's backclassical

    He hunched his back, lowering it.

  3. 3.
    to bowclassical

    He bowed his back, lowering his head.

  4. 4.
    to humble oneselfclassical

    He humbled himself, showing subservience.

دَرْبَحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hunchingclassical

    The act of hunching or lowering one's back.

  2. 2.
    humilityclassical

    The state of being humble or subservient.

دَلْبَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to lower one's backclassical

    To lower one's back, often in a gesture of humility or subservience.

Parallel reading

دَرَبَحَ الرجلُ: عدا من فزع.
The man ran: he fled out of fear.
دربح: حنى ظهره
He hunched his back,
وطأطأه
and lowered it.
قال الأصمعي: قال لي صبي من أعراب بني أسد: دلبح، أي طأطىء ظهرك.
Al-Asma'i said: A boy from the Banu Asad Arabs said to me: 'Dalbah,' meaning, 'Lower your back.'
قال: ودربح مثله.
He said: And 'darbah' is similar.
دربح: تذلل
He humbled himself,
عن كراع، والخاء أعرف، وسوى يعقوب بينهما.
according to Kra', and 'kh' is more known, and Ya'qub considered them equivalent.