See also: درس

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

May be related to د و س (d-w-s) of دَاسَ (dāsa, to crush, to trample), compare سَابَ (sāba, to flow) and سَرَبَ (saraba, to leak) for derivation pattern. According to Geiger, the meaning "to interpret; to explain away", specifically in Qurʿān 6:105 and Qurʿān 6:156, is a semantic loan from Hebrew דָּרַשׁ (dāráś).

Root edit

د ر س (d-r-s)

  1. forms words related to obliteration
  2. forms words related to threshing
  3. forms words related to study

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