Arabic

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Root
د ح ر ج (d ḥ r j)
2 terms

Etymology

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From synonymous Egyptian Arabic دَحْرَج (dahrag).

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Verb

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دَحْرَجَ (daḥraja) Iq (non-past يُدَحْرِجُ (yudaḥriju), verbal noun دَحْرَجَة (daḥraja))

  1. (transitive) to roll, to trundle
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 92:37:
      يَنَامُ الرَّجُلُ النَّوْمَةَ فَتُقْبَضُ الأَمَانَةُ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ، فَيَظَلُّ أَثَرُهَا مِثْلَ أَثَرِ الْوَكْتِ، ثُمَّ يَنَامُ النَّوْمَةَ فَتُقْبَضُ فَيَبْقَى فِيهَا أَثَرُهَا مِثْلَ أَثَرِ الْمَجْلِ، كَجَمْرٍ دَحْرَجْتَهُ عَلَى رِجْلِكَ فَنَفِطَ، فَتَرَاهُ مُنْتَبِرًا وَلَيْسَ فِيهِ شَىْءٌ
      yanāmu r-rajulu n-nawmata fatuqbaḍu l-ʔamānatu min qalbihi, fayaẓallu ʔaṯaruhā miṯla ʔaṯari l-wakti, ṯumma yanāmu n-nawmata fatuqbaḍu fayabqā fīhā ʔaṯaruhā miṯla ʔaṯari l-majli, kajamrin daḥrajtahu ʕalā rijlika fanafiṭa, fatarāhu muntabiran walaysa fīhi šāʔun
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Egyptian Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Dissimilated from دَحْدَر (daḥdar), دَعْدَر (daʕdar) – juxtapose with Sudanese Arabic دَرْدَق (dardaɡ) –, from دَرْدَر (dardar), from well-known Arabic دَرَّ (darra), which is from دَارَ (dāra) of manifest Semitic inheritance.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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دَحْرَج (dahrag) (form Iq, noun دَحْرَجَة (daḥraga))

  1. (transitive) to trundle, to roll
  2. (transitive, nautical) to parbuckle

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