ذرأ

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Form 1ذَرَأَ5 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarذَرْءٌ ذَرَأٌ

Core sense — he (God) created; he multiplied; he sowed land; his hair became hoarygenerated

1.1[And] we have created [for Hell many of the jinn, or genii, and of mankind]—وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَ ٱلْإِنْسِ

He (God) created. Synonymous with خَلَقَ; الخَلْقَ [the creation; i.e. the things that are created].

In the Qur'ān 7:178.

1.1.1He multiplies you by it—يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ

In the Qur'ān 42:9; that is, by making you, and the cattle, pairs, males and females. So says Zj, and Fr says the like; this is a correct explanation.

He multiplied, or made numerous.

1.1.2he sowed land—ذَرَا

The verb of this article has this meaning too, but the form given here is said to be the more chaste.

1.2His teeth fell out from his mouth—ذَرَأَ فُوهُ

ذَرَا and ذَرَى, without ء, have the same meaning; the form without ء is said to be the most chaste.

ذَرَأَ, with ء, is said to be of weak authority, or a mispronunciation.

1.2.1His hair became white, or hoary, in the fore part of his head—ذَرِئَ

Also written ذَرِئَ شَعَرَهُ. Also ذَرَأَ, and ذَرُؤَ (Ktr).

Or he had whiteness mixed with blackness in the hair of his head; or his hair became white, or hoary; or he began to become white, or hoary, in the fore part of his head, or in the upper part of each side of the head.

The adjective is أَذْرَأُ, feminine ذَرْآءٌ. In some copies of the K, ذَرْأَى is wrongly put for ذَرْآءُ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 6

7:179

وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ ءَاذَانٌ لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَآ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَ

Many are the Jinns and men we have made for Hell: They have hearts wherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith they see not, and ears wherewith they hear not. They are like cattle,- nay more misguided: for they are heedless (of warning).

16:13

وَمَا ذَرَأَ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَٰنُهُۥٓ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

And the things on this earth which He has multiplied in varying colours (and qualities): verily in this is a sign for men who celebrate the praises of Allah (in gratitude).

23:79

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى ذَرَأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

And He has multiplied you through the earth, and to Him shall ye be gathered back.

42:11

فَاطِرُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَمِنَ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ أَزْوَٰجًا ۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ ۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِۦ شَىْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ

(He is) the Creator of the heavens and the earth: He has made for you pairs from among yourselves, and pairs among cattle: by this means does He multiply you: there is nothing whatever like unto Him, and He is the One that hears and sees (all things).

67:24

قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِى ذَرَأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

Say: "It is He Who has multiplied you through the earth, and to Him shall ye be gathered together."

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (T, S, M, &c.,) aor. ذَرَاَ , (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. ذَرْءٌ , (S, M, Msb,) He (God) created, syn. خَلَقَ , (T, S, M, Msb, K,) الخَلْقَ [the creation; i. e. the things that are created]. (T, S, M, Msb.) وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَ ٱلْإِنْسِ , in the Kur [vii. 178], means [And verily] we have created [for Hell many of the jinn, or genii, and of mankind]. (T.) He multiplied, or made numerous. (K.) يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ , in the Kur [xlii. 9], means He multiplieth you thereby; i. e., by making of you, and of the cattle, pairs, males and females: so says Zj; and Fr says the like; and this is a correct explanation. (T.) Also, (S, M, K,) and so ذَرَا , (TA,) He sowed land: (S, M, K, TA:) but the latter verb is said to be the more chaste. (MF.) ذَرَأَ فُوهُ His teeth fell out from his mouth; (K, TA;) as also ذَرَا and ذَرَى , without ء : (TA:) but the most chaste is said to be without ء : ذَرَأَ , with ء , is said to be of weak authority, or a mispronunciation. (MF.) ذَرِئَ , (M, K,) or ذَرِئَ شَعَرَهُ , (S,) aor. ذَرَاَ , (K,) inf. n. ذَرَأٌ ; (S, * M, O;) and ذَرَأَ , (S, K,) aor. ذَرَاَ ; (K;) and ذَرُؤَ , aor. ذَرُاَ ; (Ktr, TA;) His hair became white, or hoary, in the fore part of his head: (S:) or he had whiteness intermixed with blackness in the hair of his head: (M:) or his hair became white, or hoary: (K:) or he began to become white, or hoary, (M, K,) in the fore part of his head, (K,) or in the upper part of each side of the head. (A, TA.) The epithet is أَذْرَأُ ; fem. ذَرْآءٌ . (S, M, K. [In some copies of the K, ذَرْأَى is erroneously put for ذَرْآءُ .])

Form 4اذرأهُ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he angered him; he incited him against another; he made tears flowgenerated

4.1

He angered him; he provoked him to anger.

4.1.1He incited him against his companion—اذرأهُ بِصَاحِبِهِ

He incited him, or urged him, to do, or attempt, the thing—اذرأهُ بِالشَّىْءِ

He compelled him to have recourse to, or to do, such a thing—اذرأهُ إِلَىكَذَا

A ʿObeyd mentions أَذْرَى, without ء, but ʿAlee Ibn-Ḥamzeh asserts that this is incorrect.

4.1.2He, or it, made tears flow—اذرأ الدَّمْعَ

4.1.3He frightened him—اذرأه

4.2She (a camel) secreted the milk from [apparently a mistake for into] her udder—أَذْرَأَتْ

A dialectal variant of أَدْرَأَتْ. The adjective applied to a she-camel doing this is مُذْرِئٌ.

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He angered him; provoked him to anger. (T, M, K.) اذرأهُ بِصَاحِبِهِ He incited him against his companion. (AZ, T.) And اذرأهُ بِالشَّىْءِ He incited him, or urged him, to do, or attempt, the thing. (M, K.) And اذرأهُ إِلَىكَذَا He constrained him, or compelled him, to have recourse to, or to do, such a thing. (K, * TA.) A 'Obeyd mentions أَذْرَى , without ء ; but 'Alee Ibn-Hamzeh asserts that this is incorrect. (M.) اذرأ الدَّمْعَ He, or it, made tears to flow. (K, * TA.) And اذرأه He frightened him. (M, K.) أَذْرَأَتْ She (a camel) excerned ( أَنْزَلَتْ ) the milk (M, K, TA) from [app. a mistake for into] her udder: a dial. var. of أَدْرَأَتْ [q. v.]. (TA.) The epithet applied to the she-camel so doing is مُذْرِئٌ . (M, K.)

Derived nouns 9

Nounذَرْءٌ5 senses · 3 main

Core sense — the act of creating; the number of one's offspring; somewhat, a littlegenerated

The act of creating; maṣdar of ذَرَأَ.

1.1created [i.e. destined] for the fire [of Hell]—ذَرْءُ النَّارِ

[Also used in the sense of the ism mafʿūl of that verb, and alike as singular and plural, because it is originally a maṣdar.]

For ذَرْءٌ لِلنَّارِ; related as occurring in a tradition of ʿOmar. Some relate the phrase as ذَرْوُ النَّارِ, meaning either “the children of the fire” or “to be scattered in the fire.”

1.2May God increase [the number of] your offspring—أَنْمَىٱللّٰهُ ذَرْأَكَ

Also the number of one's offspring.

ذَرْوَكَ is said in the same way.

2[Somewhat of news, or information, reached me, or came to my knowledge]—بَلَغَنِى ذَرْءٌ مِنْ خَبَرٍ

[somewhat of good]—ذَرْءٌ مِنْ خَيْرٍ

Somewhat.

So ذرء is written by IAth; in some copies of the K it is ذُرْءٌ, with damm. Or ذَرْءٌ here means a little, and ذَرْوٌ is a dialectal variant of it. Also a little of what is said.

3[There is nothing intervening between us and him, or it]—مَا بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُ ذَرْءٌ

A thing coming in between as a separation or an obstacle.

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The act of creating; inf. n. of ذَرَأَ . (S, M, Msb.) [And used in the sense of the pass. part. n. of that verb; and alike as sing. and pl. because originally an inf. n.] ذَرْءُ النَّارِ , (S, K, TA,) [for ذَرْءٌ لِلنَّارِ ,] related as occurring in a trad. (S, TA) of 'Omar, (TA,) means Created [i. e. destined] for the fire [of Hell]: (S, K, TA:) but as some relate it, the phrase is ذَرْوُ النَّارِ , meaning [either “ the children of the fire, ” agreeably with what next follows, or] “ to be scattered in the fire. ” (S, TA.) Also The number of [ones] offspring: one says, أَنْمَىٱللّٰهُ ذَرْأَكَ May God increase [the number of] thine offspring; as also ذَرْوَكَ . (T.) Somewhat; (M, K;) as in the saying, بَلَغَنِى ذَرْءٌ مِنْ خَبَرٍ [Somewhat of news, or information, reached me, or came to my knowledge]: (K, TA:) or ذَرْءٌ مِنْ خَيْرٍ [somewhat of good]: (so in some copies of the K and M:) thus ذرء is written by IAth: in some copies of the K, ذُرْءٌ , with damm: (TA:) or ذَرْءٌ here means a little; and ذَرْوٌ is a dial. var. thereof. (M in art. ذرو .) Also A little of what is said. (TA.) A thing intervening as a separation or an obstacle: so in the saying, مَا بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُ ذَرْءٌ [There is not anything intervening &c. between us and him, or it]. (K, * TA.)

Nounذَرَأٌ1 sense

Core sense — whiteness, or hoariness, in the fore part of the headgenerated

See the entry that follows.

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: see what next follows.

Nounذُرْأَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — whiteness, or hoariness, in the fore part of the headgenerated

Whiteness, or hoariness, in the fore part of the head; and so ذَرَأٌ, the latter being a maṣdar and the former a simple noun.

Or whiteness mixed with blackness in the hair of the head; or whiteness, or hoariness, of the hair; or the beginning of whiteness or hoariness in the fore part of the head, or in the upper part of each side of the head.

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(S, M, K) and ذَرَأٌ , (S,) the latter an inf. n. (M, [see 1,]) the former a simple subst., (S,) Whiteness, or hoariness, in the fore part of the head: (S:) or whiteness intermixed with blackness in the hair of the head: (M:) or whiteness, or hoariness, of the hair: (K:) or the beginning of whiteness or hoariness (M, K) in the fore part of the head, (K,) or in the upper part of each side of the head. (A, TA.)

Nounذَرْآنِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — intensely white saltgenerated

Intensely white salt; and so ذَرَآنِىٌّ.

Derived from ذُرْأَةٌ. One should not say أَنْذَرَانِىٌّ, for this is a vulgarism. Some pronounce it with the unpointed د.

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and ذَرَآنِىٌّ Intensely white salt: (S, M, K:) derived from ذُرْأَةٌ : one should not say أَنْذَرَانِىٌّ ; (S, K;) for this is a vulgarism: some pronounce it with the unpointed د . (TA.)

Nounذَرِىْءٌ1 sense

Core sense — sown seedgenerated

Sown seed.

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Sown seed. (S, M, K.)

Nounذُرِّيَّةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — children, or offspring; progenitors; womengenerated

1[Give me, from You, a good offspring]—هَبْ لِى مِنْ لَدُنْكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً

This word, and ذِرِّيَّةٌ and ذَرِّيَّةٌ [or ذَرِيَّةٌ, without a sheddeh to the ر, according to the Msb in the article ذر], is always pronounced by the Arabs without ء.

According to some it is from الذَّرْءُ, so says Th, the measure of the first being فُعُّولَةٌ or فُعِّيلَةٌ [so that it is originally ذُرُّوءَةٌ or ذُرِّيْئَةٌ], but the ء is dropped because the word is used so often.

According to others it is from الذَّرُّ, meaning “the act of scattering,” because God scattered the ذرّيّة upon the earth; and the measure is فُعْلِيَّةٌ or فُعُّولَةٌ. [If the latter,] the word was originally ذُرُّورَةٌ, the last ر being changed into ى in a way like the case of تَقَضَّتِ العُقَابِ [in which تَقَضَّضَت becomes تَقَضَّيَت and then تَقَضَّت, so that ذُرُّورَةٌ becomes ذُرُّويَةٌ and then ذُرِّيَّةٌ].

Children, or offspring, of a man — used as a singular also — or of men and of jinn, or genii. Plural [ذُرِّيَّاتٌ and sometimes] ذَرَارِىُّ.

In the Qur'ān 3:33.

And he put me among the little ones, or young ones—فَجَعَلَنِى فِى الذُّرِّيَّةِ

In a tradition of Ibn-ʿOmar.

Qur’ān 3:35 approximate — somewhere between 3:11 and 3:49 Lane cites “Kur iii. 33”

1.1[We carried their progenitors in the laden ark]—حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ المَشْحُونِ

In the Qur'ān 36:41.

It is also applied to mean progenitors.

1.2[Perform the pilgrimage with the women]—حُجُّوا بِالذُّرِّيَّةِ

It is used also to mean women, because they are the sources of offspring, just as سَمَآءٌ is used to mean “rain.”

A saying of ʿOmar. [See his saying in full under رِبْقٌ.]

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(T, S, M, Mgh, K) and ذِرِّيَّةٌ (M, K) and ذَرِّيَّةٌ , (K,) [or ذَرِيَّةٌ , without a sheddeh to the ر , accord. to the Msb in art. ذر ,] always pronounced by the Arabs without ء : (S:) accord. to some, (TA,) from الذَّرْءُ ; (M, TA;) so says Th; (M;) the measure of the first being فُعُّولَةٌ or فُعِّيلَةٌ ; [so that it is originally ذُرُّوءَةٌ or ذُرِّيْئَةٌ ;] (TA;) but the ء is suppressed because of frequency of usage: (M:) accord. to others, from الذَّرُّ , signifying “ the act of scattering; ” because God scattered the ذرّيّة upon the earth; and the measure is فُعْلِيَّةٌ or فُعُّولَةٌ , [if the latter,] the word being originally ذُرُّورَةٌ , the last ر being changed into ى , in a manner similar to the case of تَقَضَّتِ العُقَابِ [in which تَقَضَّضَت becomes تَقَضَّيَت and then تَقَضَّت ; so that ذُرُّورَةٌ becomes ذُرُّويَةٌ and then ذُرِّيَّةٌ ]: (TA:) Children, or offspring, (T, S, Mgh, K,) of a man, and used as a sing. also, (Mgh,) or of men and of jinn, or genii: (S, K:) pl. [ ذُرِّيَّاتٌ (see art. ذر ) and sometimes] ذَرَارِىُّ . (S.) Hence, هَبْ لِى مِنْ لَدُنْكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً [in the Kur iii. 33, meaning Give me, from Thee, a good offspring]. (Mgh.) And in a trad. of Ibn-'Omar, فَجَعَلَنِى فِى الذُّرِّيَّةِ means And he put me among the little ones, or young ones. (Mgh.) It is also applied to signify Progenitors: as in the saying, in the Kur [xxxvi. 41], حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ المَشْحُونِ [We carried their progenitors in the laden ark]. (T.) And it is used also to signify Women; [because they are the sources of offspring;] (T, Mgh, TA;) like as سَمَآءٌ is used to signify “ rain: ” (TA:) as in the saying of 'Omar, حُجُّوا بِالذُّرِّيَّةِ [Perform ye the pilgrimage with the women]. (T, Mgh, TA. [See his saying in full, voce رِبْقٌ .])

Nounالذَّارِئُ1 sense

Core sense — the Creatorgenerated

The Creator; an adjective applied to God.

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an epithet applied to God, The Creator. (T.)

Nounأَذْرَأُ1 sense

Core sense — having whiteness in the head, said of a ramgenerated

Feminine ذَرْآءُ; see Form 1, last sentence.

Applied to a ram: having whiteness in the head; and the feminine likewise applied to a ewe.

Or having the ears variegated, or speckled, with black and white, and the rest black; or it has this latter meaning when applied to a horse, and to a kid, and the feminine when applied to a female kid or a she-goat. It is not applied to the sheep-kind.

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; fem. ذَرْآءُ : see 1, last sentence. Applied to a ram, Having whiteness in the head; (M, K;) and so the fem. applied to a ewe: (M:) or having the ears variegated, or speckled, with black and white, and the rest black: (K:) or it has this latter meaning when applied to a horse, and to a kid; and so the fem. applied to a female kid, (S, O,) or to a she-goat: (M:) and is not applied to the sheep-kind. (S, O.)

Nounمُذْرِئٌ1 sense

Core sense — a she-camel secreting the milk into her uddergenerated

Said of a she-camel that secretes the milk into her udder: see Form 4, last sentence.

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: see 4, last sentence.