د ر ك

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root 'd-r-k' primarily relates to the concept of reaching, catching up, or achieving something. It encompasses notions of pursuit, attainment, and completion, extending to the idea of something following or succeeding another. This root also touches upon concepts of depth and levels, particularly in the context of hell.

Derived headwords

أَدْرَكَverb

1.
to reach, catch upboth
To catch up with someone or something that was ahead; to attain or achieve a goal or state.
2.
to mature, ripenboth
Used for fruits or crops reaching their time of maturity and ripeness.
3.
to comprehend, realizeboth
To come to understand or realize something fully.
4.
to perish, cease to existclassical
To reach an end and cease to exist; to perish.

مشيت حتى أدركته — I walked until I caught up with him.

وعشت حتى أدركت زمانه — And I lived until I reached his era.

أدرك التمر — The dates ripened.

أدرك القدر — The pot reached its cooking time.

إِدْرَاكnoun

1.
catching up, attainmentboth
The act of catching up with something or someone; the state of reaching or achieving.
2.
comprehension, realizationboth
The act of understanding or realizing something.
3.
maturity, ripenessboth
The state of being mature or ripe.

دَرِكnoun

1.
catching up, pursuitboth
The act of catching up or pursuing; the result of pursuit.
2.
depth, lowest partboth
The lowest part or depth of something, especially a well or a place.
3.
burden, consequenceboth
A burden, consequence, or liability that one incurs.
4.
rope for waterclassical
A rope tied to the end of a larger rope for drawing water, to prevent the main rope from rotting.

ما بعدنا من طلب ولا درك — We have no pursuit or catching up after us.

الدرك: أقصى قعر الشيء — The 'dark' is the furthest bottom of something.

دِرْكnoun

1.
depth, lowest partboth
The lowest part or depth of something, especially a well or a place.
2.
burden, consequenceboth
A burden, consequence, or liability that one incurs.

دَرَّاكadjective

1.
quick to catch upboth
Describing someone who is quick to catch up or achieve things; very perceptive.

ورجل دراك: كثير الإدراك — And a man 'darrak': one who achieves much.

مُدْرِكَةadjective

1.
quick to perceiveclassical
Describing a person who is quick to perceive or understand.

ورجل مدركة بالهاء: سريع الإدراك — And a man 'madrka' (with ta' marbuta): quick to perceive.

مُدْرَكadjective

1.
quick to perceiveboth
Describing a person who is quick to perceive or understand; having achieved something.

ورجل مدرك أيضا، أي: كثير الإدراك — And a man 'mudrak' also, meaning: one who achieves much.

تَدَارَكَverb

1.
to catch up with each otherboth
To catch up with one another; for the latter part to catch up with the former.
2.
to follow each otherboth
To follow one after another in succession.
3.
to mend, repairclassical
To mend or repair something that has been damaged or missed.

وتداركوا: تلاحقوا، أي: لحق آخرهم أولهم — And they 'tadaraku': they caught up with each other, meaning: the last of them caught up with the first.

دارك الرجل صوته، أي: تابعه — The man 'tadarak' his voice, meaning: he followed it.

تَدَارُكnoun

1.
succession, followingboth
The act of following one after another; succession.
2.
mending, recoveryclassical
The act of mending, repairing, or recovering from a loss or damage.
3.
intermittent rainclassical
Rain that falls intermittently, with some drops following others.

والتدريك من المطر: أن يدارك القطر كأنه يدرك بعضه بعضا — And 'tadrik' of rain: is for the drops to follow each other as if one catches up with the other.

الدِّرَاكnoun

1.
catching up (of horses)classical
The act of catching up, especially used for a horse that catches its prey.
2.
successionclassical
The act of following one after another in succession.

والدراك، ككتاب: لحاق الفرس الوحش وغيرها — And 'ad-dark', like 'kitab': the catching up of a wild horse and others.

وفرس درك الطريدة يدركها — And a horse that catches its prey, it catches it.

مُتَدَارِكadjective

1.
following each otherclassical
Describing something that follows one after another, especially in poetry (meter).

والمتدارك من القوافي والحروف المتحركة: ما اتفق متحركان بعدهما ساكن — And 'al-mutadarik' of rhymes and moving letters: is what two moving letters agree on followed by a silent one.

اسْتَدْرَكَverb

1.
to retrieve, recoverboth
To retrieve or recover something that was lost or missed; to make up for something.
2.
to try to reachclassical
To attempt to reach or catch up with something.

واستدرك الشيء بالشيء: إذا حاول إدراكه به — And 'istadraka' a thing with a thing: if one tried to reach it with it.

دَرَكَاتnoun

1.
levels of hellboth
The levels or layers of hell.

إن المنافقين في الدرك الأسفل من النار — Indeed, the hypocrites will be in the lowest level of the Fire.

دِرْكَةnoun

1.
loop of a bowstringclassical
A loop on a bowstring that fits into the notch of the bow.
2.
extension piececlassical
A piece added to a belt or rope if it is too short.

والدركة، بالكسر: حلقة الوتر التي تقع في الفرضة — And 'ad-darka', with kasra: the loop of the string that falls into the notch.

مُدَارَكَةnoun

1.
successionclassical
The act of following one after another; succession.

والدراك: إتباع الشيء بعضه على بعض في الأشياء كلها، وهو المداركة — And 'ad-dark': the following of one thing after another in all things, and it is 'al-madarakah'.

يَوْمُ الدَّرَكname

1.
a day of battleclassical
A specific day of battle among the Arabs in the pre-Islamic era.

ويوم الدرك، محركة: من أيامهم — And 'yawm al-dark', with haraka: is one of their days.

المُدَارِكَةnoun

1.
woman with insatiable desireclassical
A woman who is not satisfied with sexual intercourse, as if her desire follows itself.

والمداركة: هي المرأة التي لا تشبع من الجماع — And 'al-madarakah': is the woman who is not satisfied with intercourse.

المِدْرَكَةnoun

1.
a place nameclassical
A name of a watering place belonging to the tribe of Banu Yarbu'.
2.
the hollow between the shoulder bladesclassical
The hollow area between the shoulder blades.

مُدْرِكname

1.
a male given nameboth
A male given name, such as Madrik bin Ilyas.

ومدركة بن إلياس بن مضر اسمه عمرو، لقبه بها أبوه لما أدرك الإبل — And Madrikah bin Ilyas bin Mudar, his name was Amr, his father nicknamed him this when he reached the camels.

دِرَاكname

1.
a male given nameboth
A male given name.

ودراك كشداد: اسم رجل — And Dirak, like Shaddad: is the name of a man.

Parallel reading

الدرك، محركة: اللحاق، وقد أدركه: إذا لحقه وهو اسم من الإدراك

Ad-dark, with haraka: is catching up, and he has 'adrakahu': if he caught up with him, and it is a noun from al-idrak.

وفي الصحاح الإدراك: اللحوق، يقال: مشيت حتى أدركته، وعشت حتى أدركت زمانه.

And in As-Sihah, al-idrak: is catching up. It is said: I walked until I caught up with him, and I lived until I reached his era.

ورجل دراك: كثير الإدراك، قال الجوهري: وقلما يجئ فعال من أفعل يفعل، إلا أنهم قد قالوا: حساس دراك، لغة أو ازدواج

And a man 'darrak': one who achieves much. Al-Jauhari said: And rarely does 'fa'aal' come from 'af'ala yaf'ilu', except that they have said: 'Hassas darrak', as a language or a pair.

وحكى اللحياني: رجل مدركة بالهاء: سريع الإدراك.

And Al-Lahyani narrated: A man 'madrka' (with ta' marbuta): quick to perceive.

وتداركوا: تلاحقوا، أي: لحق آخرهم أولهم.

And they 'tadaraku': they caught up with each other, meaning: the last of them caught up with the first.

والدراك، ككتاب: لحاق الفرس الوحش وغيرها.

And 'ad-dark', like 'kitab': the catching up of a wild horse and others.

والمتدارك من القوافي والحروف المتحركة: ما اتفق متحركان بعدهما ساكن مثل فعو وأشباه ذلك، قاله) الليث

And 'al-mutadarik' of rhymes and moving letters: is what two moving letters agree on followed by a silent one, like 'fa'u' and similar things, Al-Layth said.

والتدريك من المطر: أن يدارك القطر كأنه يدرك بعضه بعضا، عن ابن الأعرابي

And 'tadrik' of rain: is for the drops to follow each other as if one catches up with the other, from Ibn Al-A'rabi.

واستدرك الشيء بالشيء: إذا حاول إدراكه به

And 'istadraka' a thing with a thing: if one tried to reach it with it.

وأدرك الشيء إدراكا: بلغ وقته وانتهى، ومنه أدرك التمر، والقدر إذا بلغت إناها.

And 'adraka' a thing 'idrakan': it reached its time and ended, and from it is 'adraka at-tamr' (the dates ripened), and 'al-qadr' (the pot) when it reached its time.

بل أدرك علمهم أي فني علمهم في الآخرة

Rather, their knowledge has perished in the Hereafter.

حتى إذا اداركوا فيها جميعا أصله تداركوا فأدغمت التاء في الدال، واجتلبت الألف ليسلم السكون.

Until when they all reach it in it, its origin is 'tadaraku', so the 'ta' was assimilated into the 'dal', and the 'alif' was brought to make the sukun sound.

قل لا يعلم من في السماوات والأرض الغيب إلا الله وما يشعرون أيان يبعثون بل ادارك علمهم في الآخرة

Say: None in the heavens and the earth knows the unseen except Allah, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected. Rather, their knowledge has reached its end in the Hereafter.

إن المنافقين في الدرك الأسفل من النار

Indeed, the hypocrites will be in the lowest level of the Fire.