ضرع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ض ر ع (ḍ-r-ʿ).

Verb

ضَرُعَ or ضَرَعَ (ḍaraʿa or ḍaruʿa) I, non-past يَضْرَعُ or يَضْرُعُ‎ (yaḍraʿu or yaḍruʿu)

  1. to be low, to be abased
  2. (figuratively) to plea humbly, to pray

Conjugation

Verb

ضَرُعَ or ضَرَعَ (ḍaraʿa or ḍaruʿa) I, non-past يَضْرَعُ or يَضْرُعُ‎ (yaḍraʿu or yaḍruʿu)

  1. to be low, to be abased
  2. (figuratively) to plea humbly, to pray

Conjugation

Noun

ضَرَع (ḍaraʿ) m

  1. verbal noun of ضَرِعَ (ḍariʿa) (form I)

Declension

Noun

ضَرْع (ḍarʿ) m (plural ضُرُوع (ḍurūʿ))

  1. udder, tit

Declension

Adjective

ضِرْع (ḍirʿ) (masculine plural ضُرُوع (ḍurūʿ) or أَضْرُع (ʾaḍruʿ))

  1. similar

Declension

References

  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), ضرع”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 22–23
  • Freytag, Georg (1835), ضرع”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 16
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