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دعثر

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of destruction, breaking, and ruin, often applied to structures like basins or houses. It also extends to describe foolishness, overwhelming force, and abundance.

Derived headwords

الدعثرnoun
  1. 1.
    foolclassical

    An unintelligent or foolish person.

الدعثرةnoun
  1. 1.
    demolitionboth

    The act of demolishing, destroying, or breaking something.

  2. 2.
    breakingboth

    The state of being broken or shattered.

دعثرverb
  1. 1.
    to demolishboth

    To destroy or break down a structure, such as a basin or house.

  2. 2.
    to breakboth

    To cause something to break or shatter.

دعثرهverb
  1. 1.
    to fellboth

    To knock someone down, to cause them to fall and be defeated or destroyed.

  2. 2.
    to breakboth

    To cause something to break or be shattered.

الدعثورnoun
  1. 1.
    basinclassical

    A basin that is not well-made, not widened, or is dilapidated and broken.

  2. 2.
    ruined structureclassical

    A dilapidated or broken-down structure, such as a house or a basin.

  3. 3.
    broken partsclassical

    The broken or shattered pieces of basins, cisterns, or water troughs.

  4. 4.
    abundanceclassical

    A large quantity or abundance, especially referring to livestock.

الدعاثيرnoun
  1. 1.
    ruined basinsclassical

    The dilapidated or broken parts of basins or water troughs.

  2. 2.
    ruined structuresclassical

    What has fallen into ruin from basins, cisterns, and water troughs.

الدعاثرnoun
  1. 1.
    ruined structuresclassical

    Broken or dilapidated structures, such as houses or basins.

دعثورname
  1. 1.
    person's nameclassical

    A name of a companion (Sahabi) from the Ghatafan or Muharib tribe.

جمل دعثرadjective
  1. 1.
    strong camelclassical

    A strong and powerful camel that can break or overcome anything.

المدعثرadjective
  1. 1.
    demolishedboth

    Something that has been demolished or destroyed.

أرض مدعثرةadjective
  1. 1.
    trodden landclassical

    Land that has been heavily trodden or walked upon.

مكان دعثارadjective
  1. 1.
    burrowed placeclassical

    A place that has been dug into or burrowed by an animal like a gerbil.

Parallel reading

الدعثر: الأحمق
The Da'thar: the fool.
الدعثرة، (بهاء: الهدم والكسر)
And al-Da'tharah (with Baha'): demolition and breaking.
وقد دعثر الحوض وغيره: هدمه.
And the basin and other things were demolished: meaning, it was destroyed.
ودعثره: صرعه وكسره.
And he felled it: meaning, he knocked it down and broke it.
لا تقتلوا أولادكم سرا، إنه ليدرك الفارس فيدعثره
Do not kill your children secretly, for indeed, a warrior may be overtaken and felled by it.
أي يصرعه ويهلكه، يعني إذا صار رجلا.
Meaning, it knocks him down and destroys him, meaning when he becomes a man.
والدعثور، بالضم، حوض لم يتنوق في صنعته
And al-Da'thur, with damma, is a basin not refined in its making.
أو هو المتهدم المتثلم
Or it is the dilapidated and broken.
وكذالك المنزل، جمعه دعاثير ودعاثر.
And likewise the house, its plural is da'athir and da'athar.
أكل يوم لك حوض ممدور إن حياض النهل الدعاثير
Every day you have a wide basin, if the basins of drinking are the dilapidated ones.
والدعثور من النعم: الكثير
And al-Da'thur from livestock: the abundant.
وجمل دعثر، كسبحل: شديد يدعثر كل شيء
And a da'thar camel, like sabhal: strong, it fells everything.
المدعثر: المهدوم
Al-Mud'athar: the demolished.
وأرض مدعثرة: موطوءة
And a mud'atharah land: trodden.
ومكان دعثار: قد سوس الضب وحفره
And a da'thar place: the gerbil has infested and dug it.