دحر

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Form 1دَحَرَهُ1 sense

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarدُحُورٌ

Core sense — he drove him away, he expelled him, he repelled himgenerated

1.1O God, drive the devil away from us—اَلّٰهُمَّ ٱدْحَرْ عَنَّا الشَّيْطَانَ

maṣdar دُحُورٌ and دَحْرٌ. He (God) drove him away, expelled or banished him; he removed him, put him far away; he pushed, thrust, or repelled him roughly, or violently, and with disgrace.

Said in a form of prayer.

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, (S, A, K,) aor. دَحَرَ , (K,) inf. n. دُحُورٌ (S, A, K) and دَحْرٌ , (T, K,) He (God, S) drove him away; expelled, or banished, him: he removed him; put, or placed, him at a distance, or away, or far away: (T, S, A, K:) he pushed, thrust, or repelled, him, (K,) with roughness, or violence, and ignominy. (TA.) It is said, in a form of prayer, اَلّٰهُمَّ ٱدْحَرْ عَنَّا الشَّيْطَانَ O God, drive away from us the devil. (TA.)

Derived nouns 5

Nounدَحُورٌ1 sense

Core sense — driving away, expelling, repellinggenerated

See the entry that follows.

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Nounدَاحِرٌ1 sense

Core sense — driving away, expelling, repellinggenerated

1driving away, expelling, or banishing; removing, putting far away; pushing, thrusting, or repelling—دَحُورٌ

The repelling is rough, or violent, and disgraceful: see the verb.

In the Qurʾān 37:8-9 some read وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ دَحُورًا, meaning [And they shall be darted at from every side] with that which drives away, or expels, and the like; as though بِدَاحِرٍ or بِمَا يَدْحَرُ were said. So says Fr, but he does not approve of this reading.

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and دَحُورٌ Driving away; expelling, or banishing: removing; putting or placing at a distance, or away, or far away: pushing, thrusting, or repelling, (K,) [with roughness, or violence, and ignominy: see the verb.] In the Kur [xxxvii. 8-9], some read وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ دَحُورًا , meaning [And they shall be darted at from every side] with that which driveth away, or expelleth, &c.; as though it were said بِدَاحِرٍ , or بِمَا يَدْحَرُ : so says Fr; but he does not approve of this reading. (TA.)

Nounأَدْحَرُ1 sense

Core sense — more, or most, violently and disgracefully repelledgenerated

More, or most, violently and disgracefully repelled. From a tradition, cited under أَدْحَقُ.

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More [or most] violently and ignominiously repelled. (TA from a trad., cited voce أَدْحَقُ .)

Nounمَدْحَرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a cause, or means, of driving awaygenerated

Said in Har p. 210 to have the same meaning as the maṣdar دُحورٌ: a cause, or means, of driving away, and the like.

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[said in Har p. 210 to be syn. with the inf. n. دُحورٌ signifies A cause, or means, of driving away, &c.].

Nounمَدْحُورٌ1 sense

Core sense — driven, or removed, far awaygenerated

1the devil is driven away, or banished, from the mercy of God—الشَّيْطَانُ مَدْحُورٌ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ ٱللّٰهِ

Driven, or removed, far away: so in the Qurʾān 7:17 and 17:19.

Qur’ān 7:18 approximate — somewhere between 7:12 and 7:22 Lane cites “Kur vii. 17”

Qur’ān 7:18 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root

قَالَ ٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا مَذْءُومًا مَّدْحُورًا ۖ لَّمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

(Allah) said: "Get out from this, disgraced and expelled. If any of them follow thee,- Hell will I fill with you all.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

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Driven, or removed, far away: so in the Kur vii. 17 and xvii. 19. (S.) And hence, الشَّيْطَانُ مَدْحُورٌ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ ٱللّٰهِ The devil is driven away, or banished, from the mercy of God. (A.)