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د ر ب ل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of walking or movement, specifically a heavy or lumbering gait. It also extends to the sound of drumming and, in a derived sense, to a rough garment worn by beggars.

Derived headwords

الدَّرْبَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of walkingboth

    A manner of walking characterized by heaviness or lumbering.

  2. 2.
    Drumming soundclassical

    The sound of a drum being beaten.

دَرْبَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To walk heavilyboth

    To walk with a heavy, lumbering, or unsteady gait.

  2. 2.
    To beat a drumclassical

    To strike a drum, producing a rhythmic sound.

الدِّرْبَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Rough garmentclassical

    A coarse, rough garment, typically worn by beggars or ascetics.

أبو دِرْبَالَةname
  1. 1.
    Nicknameclassical

    A nickname, derived from the word 'دربالة' (rough garment), used colloquially.

Parallel reading

الدربلة: ضرب من المشي.
Ad-darbalah: a type of walking.
قال ابن الأعرابي: هو ضرب الطبل وقد دربل.
Ibn al-A'rabi said: It is the beating of the drum, and he has beaten it.
الدربالة، بالكسر: ثوب خشن يلبسه الشحاذون
Ad-dirbalah, with kasra: a rough garment worn by beggars.
وبه كنوا أبا دربالة، وهي عامية.
And by it they nicknamed Abu Dirbalah, and it is colloquial.