درع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root د ر ع (d-r-ʿ). Compare Ge'ez ድርዕ (dərʿ, coat of mail, harness), Tigre ደርዕ (därʿ), Tigrinya ድርዒ (dərʿi), Amharic ዲር (dir), ድር (dər), Soqotri daraḥ (to put on (a garment)). Nöldeke thinks that the Arabic is borrowed from Ge'ez.

Noun

دِرْع (dirʿ) m or f (plural دُرُوع (durūʿ) or أَدْرُع (ʾadruʿ))

  1. shield, armour (also of an insect)

Declension

Verb

دَرَّعَ (darraʿa) II, non-past يُدَرِّعُ‎ (yudarriʿu)

  1. to put armour on

Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), درع”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 23
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 141
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 53
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), درع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 387
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