Arabic

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Etymology

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An original Proto-Semitic biliteral root, in the same meaning, as evidenced by *ṣ́arrat-.

Root

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ض ر ر (ḍ-r-r)

  1. related to impelling, forcing, compelling, or constraining
  2. related to needfulness, requirement, or necessity
  3. related to harm, injury, or damage

Derived terms

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “ض ر ر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 10–11
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ض ر ر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1775–1777
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ض ر ر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 745–746