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ذرق

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the excrement of birds and animals, but extends to related concepts like expulsion, and metaphorically to offensive speech or actions. It also encompasses a specific type of plant.

Derived headwords

ذَرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to defecate (bird)both

    The act of a bird expelling its excrement.

  2. 2.
    to defecate (human)classical

    Used metaphorically or sometimes literally for a human expelling excrement.

يَذْرِقُverb
  1. 1.
    to defecate (bird)both

    The present tense of the verb meaning to defecate, specifically for birds.

  2. 2.
    to defecate (human)classical

    The present tense of the verb used metaphorically for humans.

ذَرْقnoun
  1. 1.
    excrement (bird)both

    The droppings or excrement of a bird.

  2. 2.
    excrement (animal)both

    The excrement of animals, particularly the Houbara bustard.

  3. 3.
    plant (Hunduqquq)classical

    A type of herb or plant known as al-Hunduqquq.

ذَرَقَnoun
  1. 1.
    excrement (bird)both

    The droppings or excrement of a bird.

أَذْرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to defecate (animal)classical

    To defecate, particularly used when an animal expels its excrement.

  2. 2.
    to grow (plant)classical

    Used to describe land that has produced the plant called 'dharq'.

مُذْرِقadjective
  1. 1.
    having excrementclassical

    Describing milk that has been contaminated or mixed with excrement.

تَذَرَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to apply kohlclassical

    A woman applying kohl to her eyes.

اِكْتَحَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to apply kohlclassical

    To apply kohl to the eyes, used in the context of 'tadharaqat al-mar'ah bil-kuhl'.

الذَّرَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    bird droppingsclassical

    The excrement of a bird.

ذَرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be abundant (livestock)classical

    Said of livestock when they are plentiful or abundant.

يَذْرَقُverb
  1. 1.
    to speak offensivelyclassical

    To speak offensively or disparagingly about people.

ذَرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to threatenclassical

    To threaten someone, often with a consequence.

Parallel reading

ذرق الطائر يذرق، ويذرق من حدي نصر وضرب، أي: زرق
The bird defecates, it defecates, from the verb forms nasara and daraba, meaning: to defecate.
ما هجاه بل فرق عليه
He did not satirize him, but rather he made him defecate upon himself (i.e., caused him great distress).
وربما استعمل للإنسان، وأنشد: غمزا ترى أنك منه ذارق
And it may be used for a human, and he recited: You see with a wink that you are defecating from it.
والذرق: ذرق الحبارى بسلحه
And al-dharq: the excrement of the Houbara bustard with its dung.
والخذق أشد من الذرق. كأذرق وذلك إذا خذق بسلحه
And al-khadhq is more severe than al-dharq. As in 'adhraqa', and that is when it expels its dung forcefully.
وقد يستعار في السبع والثعلب، أنشد اللحياني: (ألا تلك الثعالب قد توالت ... علي وحالفت عرجا ضباعا) (لتأكلني فمر لهن لحمي ... فأذرق من حذاري أو أتاعا)
And it may be used metaphorically for a lion and a fox. Al-Lihyani recited: (Indeed, those foxes have come in succession... upon me, and allied themselves with limping hyenas) (To eat me, so my flesh passed to them... so I defecated from fear or obedience).
والذرق، كصرد: البقلة التي تسمى الحندقوق عن ابن دريد
And al-dharq, like 'sard': the herb called al-Hunduqquq, according to Ibn Duraid.
حتى إذا ما اصفر حجران الذرق
Until the stones of al-dharq turned yellow.
بها ذرق غض النبات وحنوة تعاورها الأمطار كفرا على كفر
In it is the green plant 'dharq' and 'hannuwah', which the rains have successively watered.
والغنم تحبط عن أكل الذرق، بها استقت بطونها
And sheep refrain from eating al-dharq; their bellies have become full from it.
فأنبت العقو والريحان وابله ... والأيهقان مع المكنان والذ رقا
So it grew 'al-'aqwu', basil, and its downpour... and 'al-ayhaqan' with 'al-maknan' and 'al-dharq'.
وأذرق الأرض: أنبتت الذرق
And the land produced 'adhraqa': it grew al-dharq.
لبن مذرق، كمعظم أي: مذيق
Milk that is 'muthriq', like 'mu'dhim', meaning: contaminated.
تذرقت المرأة بالكحل واذرقت، كافتعلت: إذا اكتحلت به
The woman applied kohl, and 'adhraqat', like 'ifta'alat': if she applied kohl to it.
الذراق، كغراب: خرء الطائر، عن أبي زيد
Al-dhiraq, like 'ghurab': the excrement of a bird, according to Abu Zayd.
ذرق المال، كفرح: من الذرق
Livestock were plentiful, like 'faraha': from al-dharq.
هذا كلام يذرق عليه
This is offensive speech directed at it.
إلى متى تذرق على الناس، أي: تبذأ عليهم
Until when do you speak disparagingly about people, meaning: you insult them.
لأذرقنك إن لم تربع
I will threaten you if you do not pay the full price.