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د ه ر س

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to significant, overwhelming, or calamitous events and entities. It also extends to concepts of swiftness, agility, and energetic movement, particularly in animals.

Derived headwords

الدَّهْرَسnoun
  1. 1.
    calamity, disasterclassical

    A great and overwhelming misfortune or calamity.

  2. 2.
    swiftness, agilityclassical

    A quality of lightness, swiftness, and energetic movement.

دَهْرَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be calamitousclassical

    To be a great calamity or disaster.

  2. 2.
    to be swift and agileclassical

    To possess swiftness and energetic movement.

الدَّهَارِسnoun
  1. 1.
    calamities, disastersclassical

    Plural of 'al-dahras', referring to multiple great misfortunes or calamities.

الدَّهْرِسnoun
  1. 1.
    calamity, disasterclassical

    A great and overwhelming misfortune or calamity.

الدَّرَاهِسnoun
  1. 1.
    calamities, disastersclassical

    An alternative plural form for 'al-dahras', referring to multiple great misfortunes or calamities.

Parallel reading

معي ابنا صريم جازعان كلاهما ... وعرزة لولاه لقينا الدهارسا
With me are the two sons of Sarim, both distressed... and Arza, were it not for her, we would have met the calamities.
فإن أبل لاقيت الدهاريس منهما ... فقد أفنيا النعمان قبل وتبعا
If I had met the calamities from them after recovering, they would have annihilated Al-Nu'man before and Taba'.
يقال: ناقة ذات دهرس، أي ذات خفة ونشاط
It is said: a she-camel possessing 'dahras', meaning possessing swiftness and agility.
ذات أزابي وذات دهرس
Possessing agility and possessing swiftness.