دهر

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to time, eternity, and the passage of ages. It also extends to concepts of age, antiquity, and the cyclical nature of fortune and misfortune. Derived terms can refer to long periods, ancient individuals, or even specific historical entities and places.

Derived headwords

دهرnoun

1.
timeboth
A long period of time, eternity, or an age.
2.
fortuneclassical
The vicissitudes of fortune, both good and bad.

دهريadjective

1.
ancientclassical
Referring to a very old or ancient person, attributed to the concept of 'time' or 'age'.
2.
hereticalclassical
An unbeliever or heretic, one who denies divine providence and attributes events to time.
3.
skilledclassical
A skilled or adept person.

يقال في النسبة إلى الرجل القديم: دهري — It is said in relation to an old man: dahri.

والدهري، بالضم (: الرجل المسن) القديم، لكبره — And ad-dahri (with damma): the old, aged man, due to his great age.

الدهرname

1.
Dahr bin Wadi'ahclassical
A tribal ancestor from the Banu 'Amir, whose descendants are known by the nisba 'Dahri'.

ودهر بن وديعة بن لكيز (أبو قبيلة) ، من عامر — And Dahr bin Wadi'ah bin Lakiz (an ancestor of a tribe), from 'Amir.

داهرname

1.
King of Debalclassical
A king of Debal (in Sindh) who was killed by Muhammad bin Qasim al-Thaqafi.

وداهر كهاجر: ملك للديبل — And Dahir, like Hajir: a king of Debal.

داهرadjective

1.
very tallclassical
Used to describe someone who is exceptionally tall.

إنه لداهرة الطول: طويله جداً — Indeed, he is dahirat al-tul: extremely tall.

دهاريرnoun

1.
vicissitudesclassical
The changes and calamities of time.
2.
calamitiesclassical
Great misfortunes or disasters.

الدهارير. تصاريف الدهر ونوائبه — Ad-dahareer. The turns of time and its misfortunes.

وقع في الدهارير: الدواهي — He fell into ad-dahareer: calamities.

الدهاريرnoun

1.
calamitiesclassical
Great misfortunes or disasters.

دهورةnoun

1.
lossclassical
Neglect, carelessness, or ruin.

الدهورة: الضيعة وترك التحفظ والتعهد — Ad-dahwarah: ruin and abandoning caution and care.

دهورverb

1.
to enlargeclassical
To make a mouthful larger, or to roll and swallow it.

دهور اللقمة: كبرها — To dahwar the morsel: to make it large.

دهور الرجل لقمة، إذا أدارها ثم التهمها — A man dahwars a morsel if he rolls it around and then devours it.

يدهورverb

1.
to enlargeclassical
To make a mouthful larger, or to roll and swallow it.

رأيته يدهور اللقم، أي يعظمها ويتلقمها — I saw him yudahwir the morsels, meaning he enlarges them and swallows them.

دهوريةnoun

1.
gentlenessclassical
A term used in negation to mean leniency or mildness.

ما عندي في هاذا الأمر دهورية ولا هوداء ولا هيداء ولا رخودية — I have no dahriyyah, nor hudā', nor haydā', nor rukhūdiyyah in this matter.

داهرname

1.
Dahir bin Lu'ayclassical
An ancestor of Miqdad bin Al-Aswad.

وكأمير دهير بن لؤي بن ثعلبة — And like Amir, Dahir bin Lu'ay bin Tha'labah.

دهيرname

1.
Duhayr al-Aqta'classical
A person known as Duhayr the Amputee.
2.
Duhayr bin Lu'ayclassical
An ancestor of Miqdad bin Al-Aswad.

ودهير الأقطع، كزبير — And Duhayr al-Aqta', like Zubayr.

وكأمير دهير بن لؤي بن ثعلبة — And like Amir, Dahir bin Lu'ay bin Tha'labah.

الداهرينnoun

1.
eternitiesclassical
A plural form used to emphasize an endless duration, often in the phrase 'forever'.

لا آتيه دهر الداهرين — I will not come to him for the ages of ages (i.e., never).

الداهريname

1.
Abd Allah bin Hakim al-Dahiriclassical
A narrator whose hadith was considered weak and suspected.
2.
Abd al-Salam bin Bakran al-Dahiriclassical
A narrator who transmitted hadith.

عبد الله بن حكيم الداهري، ضعيف — Abd Allah bin Hakim al-Dahiri, weak.

وعبد السلام بن بكرن الداهري، حدث — And Abd al-Salam bin Bakran al-Dahiri, narrated.

الداهرname

1.
Dahirclassical
A branch or clan within the tribe of Mahrah, from Quda'ah.

والداهر: بطن من مهرة من قضاعة — And ad-Dahir: a clan from Mahrah, from Quda'ah.

الدهاريرnoun

1.
calamitiesclassical
The great disasters and misfortunes of life.

الدواهرnoun

1.
wellsclassical
Known wells or water sources.

والدواهر: ركايا معروفة — And ad-Dawahir: known wells.

دهرانname

1.
Dahranclassical
A village in Yemen, from which a scholar named Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Maqri' hailed.

ودهرا، كسحبان: قرية باليمن — And Dahran, like Sahban: a village in Yemen.

Parallel reading

وأصبح راسيا برضام دهر وسال به الخمائل في الرهام

And it became firmly established in the rocky ground of a long age, and the lush vegetation flowed with it in the heavy rains.

ودهر بن وديعة بن لكيز (أبو قبيلة) ، من عامر

And Dahr bin Wadi'ah bin Lakiz (an ancestor of a tribe), from 'Amir.

والدهري، بالضم، نسبة إليها على غير قياس

And ad-Dahri (with damma), a nisba to it, is irregular.

يقال في النسبة إلى الرجل القديم: دهري

It is said in relation to an old man: Dahri.

فإن سميت بدهر لم تقل إلا دهري، على القياس

If you name [something] after Dahr, you only say Dahri, according to the analogy.

والدهري، بالضم (: الرجل المسن) القديم، لكبره

And ad-Dahri (with damma): the old, aged man, due to his great age.

يقال: رجل دهري، أي قديم مسن نسب إلى الدهر

It is said: a Dahri man, meaning old and aged, attributed to time.

وبالفتح: الملحد

And with fatha: the heretic.

وقال بعض أهل اللغة: والدهري أيضا بالضم: الحاذق

And some linguists said: ad-Dahri also (with damma): the skilled one.

وإنه لداهرة الطول: طويله جداً

Indeed, he is dahirat al-tul: extremely tall.

وداهر كهاجر: ملك للديبل

And Dahir, like Hajir: a king of Debal.

قتله محمد بن القاسم الثقفي

Muhammad bin al-Qasim al-Thaqafi killed him.

وأرض هرقل قد ذكرت وداهرا

And the land of Heraclius, I have mentioned it and Dahir.

لا آتيه دهر الداهرين

I will not come to him for the ages of ages (i.e., never).

أي (أبدا) ، كقولهم: أبد الآبدين

Meaning (forever), like their saying: the eternity of eternities.

عبد الله بن حكيم الداهري، ضعيف

Abd Allah bin Hakim al-Dahiri, weak.

اتهموه بالوضح

They accused him of being clear (in his weakness).

ترك أبو زرعة حديثه وقال: ضعيف

Abu Zur'ah abandoned his hadith and said: weak.

وعبد السلام بن بكرن الداهري، حدث

And Abd al-Salam bin Bakran al-Dahiri, narrated.

والداهر: بطن من مهرة من قضاعة

And ad-Dahir: a clan from Mahrah, from Quda'ah.

ودهير الأقطع، كزبير

And Duhayr al-Aqta', like Zubayr.

وكأمير دهير بن لؤي بن ثعلبة

And like Amir, Duhayr bin Lu'ay bin Tha'labah.

دهر دهارير، أبي ذو حالين من بؤس ونعم

Dahr dharareer, meaning having two states of misery and prosperity.

الدهارير. تصاريف الدهر ونوائبه

Ad-dahareer. The turns of time and its misfortunes.

وقع في الدهارير: الدواهي

He fell into ad-dahareer: calamities.

الدهورة: الضيعة وترك التحفظ والتعهد

Ad-dahwarah: ruin and abandoning caution and care.

ولا دهورة اليوم على حزب إبراهيم

And there is no neglect today upon the party of Abraham.

دهور اللقمة: كبرها

To dahwar the morsel: to make it large.

دهور الرجل لقمة، إذا أدارها ثم التهمها

A man dahwars a morsel if he rolls it around and then devours it.

رأيته يدهور اللقم، أي يعظمها ويتلقمها

I saw him yudahwir the morsels, meaning he enlarges them and swallows them.

ما عندي في هاذا الأمر دهورية ولا هوداء ولا هيداء ولا رخودية

I have no dahriyyah, nor hudā', nor haydā', nor rukhūdiyyah in this matter.

والدواهر: ركايا معروفة

And ad-Dawahir: known wells.

إذا لأتى الدواهر عن قريب بخزي غير مصروف العقال

When ad-Dawahir comes soon with disgrace, its fetters unfastened.

ودهرا، كسحبان: قرية باليمن

And Dahran, like Sahban: a village in Yemen.