ذرو

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Form 1ذَرَتْهُ الرِّيحُ11 senses · 2 main

maṣdarذَرْوٌ ذَرْىٌmuḍāriʿتَذْرُوهُ تَذْرِيهِ أَذْرُوهَا

Core sense — the wind raised it and carried it away; he winnowed the wheatgenerated

1.1the wind raised the dust, or made it fly—ذَرَتِ الرِّيحُ

also, maṣdar ذَرْىٌ, ذرّتهُ and اذرتهُ.

Accord. to IAar these two are said with a word left out, meaning ذَرَتِ التُّرَابَ.

the wind raised the dust, or made it fly—أَذْرَت

The last is on the authority of IAar, but the T says AHeyth disallowed it in this sense.

The wind raised it, made it fly, and carried it away; and dispersed it — said of a thing, or of dust and the like.

1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe carried on the story without interruption and rapidly—ذَرَا الرِّوَايَةَ ذَرْوَ الرِّيحِ الهَشِيمَ

[Hence; like the wind carrying away the dry herbage that is broken in pieces.]

1.1.2the people winnowed the wheat—ذَرَا النَّاسُ الحِنْطَةَ

I winnowed the wheat—ذَرَوْتُ الحِنْطَةَ

maṣdar ذَرْوٌ and ذَرَّيْتُهَا.

I cleared the wheat from its straw—ذَرَّيْتُ الطَّعَامَ

Maṣdar تَذْرِيَةٌ, ذَرَيْتُهُ and ذَرَوْتُهُ.

I made it fly, and go away; namely, a thing, or grain and the like—ذَرَوْتُهُ

ذَرَيْتُهُ is also used in this sense, though less approved, as is ذَرَّيْتُهُ.

the winnowing of the heaps of grain—تَذْرِيَةُ الأَكْدَاسِ

I sought the gold of the dust of the mine—ذَرَّيْتُ تُرَابَ المَعْدِنِ

This word is well known.

By sifting it or winnowing it; and اِذَّرَيْتُهُ means the same. See art. درى, the verse cited in its first paragraph, and Form 2 in the same article.

1.1.3I threw the thing, or scattered it, like one throwing grain for sowing—ذَرَيْتُ الشَّىْءَ

Or أَذْرَيْتُهُ, accord. to AHeyth.

he sowed the land, scattering the seed—ذَرَا الأَرْضَ

ذَرَأَ الارض is also used in this sense, though it is said to be the less chaste of the two. See art. ذرأ.

1.1.4He created them—ذَرَاهُمْ

a dialectal variant of ذَرَأَهُمْ. Said of God.

1.1.5he broke the thing without separating it—ذَرَا الشَّىْءَ

I broke his canine tooth—ذَرَوْتُ نَابَهُ

1.1.6he displaced, or uprooted, him, or it, with the spear—ذَرَاهُ بِالرُّمْحِ

1.2it flew up and went away, or was carried away by the wind—ذَرَا

Intransitive; said of a thing, or of dust and the like.

1.2.1he passed, or went, along quickly—مَرَّ يَذْرُو

He hastened in his running — said of a gazelle, or, accord. to some, of any animal.

. Said of a man; accord. to some, said particularly of a gazelle.

he rose and went to such a one—ذَرَا إِلَى فُلَانٍ

1.2.2

It fell — said of a thing.

1.2.3his canine tooth broke—ذَرَا نَابَهُ

. Or, as some say, it fell out.

his teeth fell out from his mouth—ذَرَافُوهُ

. ذَرَى and ذَرَأَ are also used, but the last is said to be of weak authority, or a mispronunciation. See art. ذرأ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1

18:45

وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذْرُوهُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحُ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مُّقْتَدِرًا

Set forth to them the similitude of the life of this world: It is like the rain which we send down from the skies: the earth's vegetation absorbs it, but soon it becomes dry stubble, which the winds do scatter: it is (only) Allah who prevails over all things.

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, Msb, K,) aor. تَذْرُوهُ , (S, M, Msb,) inf. n. ذَرْوٌ ; (S M, Msb, K;) and aor. تَذْرِيهِ , (S, M,) inf. n. ذَرْىٌ ; (S;) and ذرّتهُ ; and اذرتهُ ; (M, K;) the last on the authority of IAar, but said in the T to be disallowed in this sense by AHeyth; (TA;) The wind raised it, (T, S, *) or made it to fly, (AHeyth, T, S, * M, K,) and carried it away; (S, * M, Msb, * K;) and dispersed it; (Msb;) namely, a thing, (Msb, K,) or the dust, (T, S, M,) &c. (S, M.) And accord. to IAar, one says, ذَرَتِ الرِّيحُ , and أَذْرَت , [elliptically,] meaning ذَرَتِ التُّرَابَ [i. e. The wind raised the dust, or made it to fly, &c.]. (T.) [Hence,] ذَرَا الرِّوَايَةَ ذَرْوَ الرِّيحِ الهَشِيمَ He carried on the relation uninterruptedly and rapidly [like as the wind carries away the dry herbage that is broken in pieces.] (TA.) Hence also, ذَرَا النَّاسُ الحِنْطَةَ [The people winnowed the wheat]. (S.) You say, ذَرَوْتُ الحِنْطَةَ , (IAar, T, M, K, *) aor. أَذْرُوهَا , inf. n. ذَرْوٌ ; (IAar, T;) and ذَرَّيْتُهَا ; (M;) I winnowed the wheat: (M, K: *) or ذَرَّيْتُ الطَّعَامَ , inf. n. تَذْرِيَةٌ ; (Msb;) and ذَرَيْتُهُ and ذَرَوْتُهُ ; (T;) I cleared the wheat from its straw. (Msb.) And ذَرَوْتُهُ , (S, M,) and ذَرَيْتُهُ , but the former is more approved; and ذَرَّيْتُهُ ; (M;) I made it to fly, and go away; (S, M;) namely, a thing, (S,) or grain, and the like. (M.) تَذْرِيَةُ الأَكْدَاسِ is well known [as meaning The winnowing of the heaps of grain]. (S.) And hence, (S,) ذَرَّيْتُ تُرَابَ المَعْدِنِ I sought the gold of the dust of the mine [by sifting it or winnowing it]: (S, K:) and اِذَّرَيْتُهُ signifies the same. (T and S in art. درى . [See a verse cited in the first paragraph of that art.: and see also 2 in the same art.]) ذَرَيْتُ الشَّىْءَ , (T,) or أَذْرَيْتُهُ , (S, TA,) accord. to AHeyth, (TA,) I threw the thing [or scattered it] like as one throws grain for sowing. (T, S, TA.) And ذَرَا الأَرْضَ He sowed the land, scattering the seed; as also ذَرَأَ الارض ; but the former is said to be the more chaste. (MF and TA in art. ذرأ .) And ذَرَاهُمْ , inf. n. ذَرْوٌ , is a dial. var. of ذَرَأَهُمْ , meaning He [God] created them. (M.) ذَرَا الشَّىْءَ He broke the thing (K, TA) without separating. (TA.) And ذَرَوْتُ نَابَهُ I broke his canine tooth. (M, TA.) ذَرَاهُ بِالرُّمْحِ He displaced, or uprooted, him, or it, with the spear. (Kr, M.) ذَرَا , intrans., It (a thing, K, or dust, &c., M) flew up, and went away, or became carried away [by the wind]. (M, K.) He (a gazelle, K, or, accord. to some, any animal, TA) hastened (K, TA) in his running. (TA.) You say, مَرَّ يَذْرُو , inf. n. ذَرْوٌ , He (a man, S) passed, or went, along quickly: (S, M:) accord. to some, said particularly of a gazelle. (M.) And ذَرَا إِلَى فُلَانٍ He rose and betook himself to such a one. (TA.) It (a thing) fell. (S, K.) ذَرَا نَابَهُ , inf. n. ذَرْوٌ , His canine tooth broke: or, as some say, fell out. (M.) And ذَرَافُوهُ , (K,) inf. n. ذَرْوٌ , (TA,) His teeth fell out from his mouth; (K TA;) as also ذَرَى , and ذَرَأَ ; but the last is said to be of weak authority, or a mispronunciation. (MF and TA in art. ذرأ .)

Form 2ذَرَّوَ4 senses · 2 main

maṣdarتَذْرِيَةٌ

Core sense — he winnowed it; he combed his head; he praised himgenerated

2.1

See Form 1, in five places.

2.1.1he combed his head—ذَرَّى رَأْسَهُ

. So as to remove the scurf and the like, as one winnows a thing.

But دَرَّى, with the unpointed د, is of higher authority.

2.2I sheared his wool, leaving some of it on his back so that he might be known by it—ذَرَّيْتُهُ

Said of a sheep; maṣdar as above. The same is said of a camel. [See مُذَرًّى.]

2.2.1figurative · مجاز — inferredsuch a one exalts the condition of such a one, and praises him—فُلَانٌ يُذَرِّى فُلَانًا

[Hence, apparently, or from ذِرَوْةٌ, as what follows indicates:] I praised him.

Ru-beh says: [Purposely I praise and exalt what gives me grounds for claiming respect or honour, so that it may not be reviled]

shāhid

عَيْدًا أُذَرِّى حَسَبِى أَنْ يُشْتَمَا

— as though I put it upon the ذِرْوَةٌ.

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see 1, in five places. [Hence,] ذَرَّى رَأْسَهُ , (M, TA,) inf. n. تَذْرِيَةٌ , (TA,) He combed his head (M, TA) [so as to remove the scurf &c.], like as one winnows a thing: but دَرَّى [with the unpointed د ] is of higher authority. (M.) ذَرَّيْتُهُ , namely, a sheep, inf. n. as above, I shore, or sheared, his wool, leaving somewhat thereof upon his back in order that he might be known thereby: and in like manner one says in relation to a camel. (S, M.) [See مُذَرًّى .] [Hence, app, or from ذِرَوْةٌ , as is indicated in what follows,] I praised him. (IAar, M, K.) You say, فُلَانٌ يُذَرِّى فُلَانًا Such a one exalts the state, or condition, of such a one; and praises him. (T.) A poet says, [namely, Ru-beh, (so in the margin of one of my copies of the S,)] 1 [Purposely I praise and exalt what constitutes my grounds of pretension to respect or honour, lest it should be reviled]: (T, S, M:) as though I put it upon the ذِرْوَةٌ [q. v.] (M.) عَيْدًا أُذَرِّى حَسَبِى أَنْ يُشْتَمَا

Form 4أَذْرَوَ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he threw it down, he struck it downgenerated

4.1

See Form 1, in three places.

4.1.1I threw down the thing from the thing—أَذْرَيْتُ الشَّىْءَ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ

the striking of a thing and the throwing of it down—إِذْرَآءٌ

I struck him with the sword and made his head fall from him—ضَرَبْتُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ فَأَذْرَيْتُ رَأْسَهُ

I pierced him and threw him down—طَعَنْتُهُ فَأَذْرَيْتُهُ عَنْ فَرَسِهِ

Accord. to AHeyth, this verb is not used in the sense first explained above.

Sometimes it means throwing down without cutting.

Or عَنْ ظَهْرِ دَابَّتِهِ: from his horse, or from the back of his beast.

the beast threw down its rider—أَذْرَتِ الدَّابَّةُ رَاكِبَهَا

he struck the thing with the sword so as to throw it down—اذرى الشَّىْءَ بِالسَّيْفِ

the eye poured forth its tears—أَذْرَتِ العَيْنُ دَمْعَهَا

Or الدَّمْعَ. [See also أَذْرَأَ.]

4.2he was, or became, tall, or long, in his hump—اذرى

Said of a camel; the ذِرْوَة is the hump.

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see 1, in three places. Accord. to AHeyth, this verb is not used in the sense first explained above; but one says, أَذْرَيْتُ الشَّىْءَ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ , meaning I threw down the thing from the thing: (T, TA:) or إِذْرَآءٌ signifies the striking a thing and throwing it down: (Lth, T:) and sometimes, the throwing down without cutting. (M.) You say, ضَرَبْتُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ فَأَذْرَيْتُ رَأْسَهُ [I struck him with the sword and made his head to fall from him]. (T.) And طَعَنْتُهُ فَأَذْرَيْتُهُ عَنْ فَرَسِهِ , (T,) or عَنْ ظَهْرِ دَابَّتِهِ , (S,) i. e. [I thrust him, or pierced him, and] threw him down [from his horse, or from the back of his beast]. (T, S.) And أَذْرَتِ الدَّابَّةُ رَاكِبَهَا The beast threw down its rider. (M.) And اذرى الشَّىْءَ بِالسَّيْفِ He struck the thing with the sword so as to throw it down. (M.) And أَذْرَتِ العَيْنُ دَمْعَهَا , (S,) or الدَّمْعَ , (M,) The eye poured forth [or let fall its tears, or the tears]. (S, M.) [See also أَذْرَأَ .] اذرى said of a camel, He was, or became, tall, or long, in his ذِرْوَة [or hump]. (TA.)

Form 5تذرّت الحِنْطَةُ4 senses · 3 main

Core sense — he sheltered himself by means of it; the wheat was winnowedgenerated

5.1

The wheat was winnowed, or was cleared from its straw.

5.2he protected, or sheltered, himself by means of it—تذرّى بِهِ

That is, by means of a wall or the like, against the wind and the cold; استذرى به is used in the same way.

shelter yourself from the north wind by means of a shelter—تَذَرَّ مِنَ الشَّمَالِ بَذْرًى

shelter yourself by means of this tree—اِسْتَذْرِ بِهٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ

I shaded and sheltered myself by means of the tree—اِسْتَذْرَيْتُ بِالشَّجَرَةِ

the camels sheltered themselves from the cold, one by means of another—تذرّتِ الإِبِلُ

Or by means of the trees called عِضَاه.

I sought refuge with such a one, and came under his protection—اِسْتَذْرَيْتُ بِفُلَانٍ

he sought protection by means of a king—اذرى

[Thus I find it written, without any vowel signs, evidently for اِذَّرَى, of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ, like اِلْتَجَأَ and اِكْتَنَّ.]

5.3he mounted upon the hump, or the top of the hump—تذرّى السَّنَامَ

Or الذِّرْوَةَ.

5.3.1figurative · مجاز — inferredI married among the noble and high of the sons of such a one—تَذَرَّيْتُ بَنِى فُلَانٍ وَ تَنَصَّيْتُهُمْ

[Hence.] That is, among their ذِرْوَة and their نَاصِيَة.

he married among the noble of them—تذرّى فِيهِمْ

That is, among their ذِرْوَة.

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The wheat was, or became, winnowed: (M, K:) or was, or became, cleared from its straw. (TA.) تذرّى بِهِ He protected, or sheltered, himself by means of it; (M, Msb;) i. e. by means of a wall, &c., from the wind and the cold; as also استذرى به . (M.) One says, تَذَرَّ مِنَ الشَّمَالِ بَذْرًى Protect, or shelter, thyself from the north wind by means of a shelter. (T.) And اِسْتَذْرِ بِهٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ Shelter thyself by means of this tree: (T:) or اِسْتَذْرَيْتُ بِالشَّجَرَةِ I shaded and sheltered myself by means of the tree. (S.) And تذرّتِ الإِبِلُ The camels protected, or sheltered, themselves from the cold, one by means of another; or by means of the [trees called] عِضَاه . (M.) And اِسْتَذْرَيْتُ بِفُلَانٍ I sought refuge with such a one, and became in his protection. (S.) And اذرى [thus I find it written, without any syll. signs, evidently for اِذَّرَى , of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ , like اِلْتَجَأَ and اِكْتَنَّ ,] He sought protection by means of a king. (TA.) تذرّى السَّنَامَ , (S,) or الذِّرْوَةَ , (M, K,) He mounted upon [the hump, or the top of the hump &c.]. (S, M, K.) [Hence,] تَذَرَّيْتُ بَنِى فُلَانٍ وَ تَنَصَّيْتُهُمْ I married among the ذِرْوَة and the نَاصِيَة of the sons of such a one; (As, T, * S;) i. e., among the noble and high of them: (T:) or تذرّى فِيهِمْ He married among the ذِرْوَة of them. (M.)

Form 8إِذْتَرَوَ2 senses

Core sense — it was carried away by the wind; he sheltered himselfgenerated

8.1

See Form 1.

8.2

And see also Form 5.

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see 1: and see also 5.

Form 10إِسْتَذْرَوَ3 senses · 1 main

maṣdarاِسْتِذْرَآءُ

Core sense — he sheltered himself by means of it; she desired the ramgenerated

10.1

See Form 5, in four places.

10.1.1she desired the ram—اِسْتَذْرَتْ

Said of a she-goat; like اِسْتَدَرَّتْ.

10.1.2the act of leaping upon a female—اِسْتِذْرَآءُ

This is the maṣdar.

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see 5, in four places. اِسْتَذْرَتْ , said of a she-goat, She desired the ram; (S, K;) like اِسْتَدَرَّتْ . (S.) And the inf. n. اِسْتِذْرَآءُ signifies The act of leaping upon a female. (KL.)

Derived nouns 16

Nounذُرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a species of millet, the holcus sorghum; a well-known graingenerated

Originally ذُرَوٌ or ذُرَىٌ, the ة standing in place of the final radical letter.

[A species of millet; the holcus sorghum of Linn.; so called at the present day, and also, vulgarly, ذُرَة صَيْفِىّ and ذُرَةقَيْظِىّ, to distinguish it from maize, the zea mays of Linn., which is vulgarly called ذُرَةشَامِىّ and ذُرَة كِيزَان.]

A species of grain; a certain grain, well known.

The word is used both as an ism waḥda and as a collective noun. [See مِيرَةٌ.]

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, originally ذُرَوٌ , (S, Msb, K,) or ذُرَىٌ , (S, M, * Msb,) the ة being a substitute (S, Msb) for the final radical letter, (Msb,) [A species of millet; the holcus sorghum of Linn.; thus called in the present day, and also, vulgarly, ذُرَة صَيْفِىّ and ذُرَةقَيْظِىّ , to distinguish it from maize, the zea mays of Linn., which is vulgarly called ذُرَةشَامِىّ and ذُرَة كِيزَان ;] a species of grain; (M;) a certain grain, well known: (S, Msb, K:) the word is used as a n. un. and as a coll. n. (T.) [See مِيرَةٌ .]

Nounذَرْوٌ4 senses · 3 main

Core sense — an unfinished portion of a saying; offspring; the curved end of a bowgenerated

1an uncompleted portion of a saying was related to me from him—بَلَغَنِى عَنْهُ ذَرْوٌ مِنْ قَوْلٍ

An uncompleted portion of a saying.

Or a little; a dialectal variant of ذَرْءٌ.

2may God increase the number of your offspring—أَنْمَى ٱللّٰهُ ذَرْأَكَ

This word, and ذَرًى, are the same as ذُرِّيَّةٌ, i.e. created beings. [There are differing opinions about its derivation, explained in art. ذرأ.]

[Or children, or offspring: see art. ذرأ.]

Or ذَرْوٌ and ذَرًى mean the number of the ذُرِّيَّة.

may God increase the number of your offspring—ذَرْوَكَ

2.1

ذَرْوُالنَّارِ occurs in a tradition, as some relate it, in place of ذَرْءُ النَّارِ, as others relate it.

It means [either the children of the fire of Hell, in agreement with what precedes, or] being scattered in the fire. See art. ذرأ.

3the curved extremity of a bow—ذَرْوٌ

Qur’ānic occurrences ذَرْو

51:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوًا

By the (Winds) that scatter broadcast;

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A portion ( طَرَفٌ ) not completed, of a saying; as in the phrase, بَلَغَنِى عَنْهُ ذَرْوٌ مِنْ قَوْلٍ [An uncompleted portion of a saying was related to me from him]: (T, S:) or a little; a dial. var. of ذَرْءٌ [q. v.]. (M.) Also, and ذَرًى , i. q. ذُرِّيَّةٌ , (M, TA,) [respecting the derivation of which there are different opinions, explained in art. ذرأ ,] i. e. Created beings: [or children, or offspring: (see art ذرأ :)] or ذَرْوٌ and ذَرًى signify the number of the ذُرِّيَّة . (M.) One says, أَنْمَى ٱللّٰهُ ذَرْأَكَ and ذَرْوَكَ , meaning May God increase [the number of] thine offspring. (T.) And ذَرْوُالنَّارِ occurs in a trad., as some relate it, instead of ذَرْءُ النَّارِ , as others relate it; meaning [either The children of the fire of Hell, agreeably with what next precedes, or] to be scattered in the fire. (S and TA in art. ذرأ .) Also, ذَرْوٌ , The curved extremity of a bow. (So in a copy of the S.)

Nounذَرًى5 senses · 3 main

Core sense — dust the wind has raised; a shelter; the yard of a housegenerated

Also written ذَرًا, or, accord. to some copies of the S, ذُرًى.

A thing [such as dust and the like] that the wind has raised, made to fly, and carried away.

Or it means what one has winnowed, or مَا تَذْرُوهُ [what you winnow], as نَفَضٌ means مَاتَنْفُضُهُ.

1.1tears poured forth—ذَرًى

Or ذُرًى.

Or, in this sense, ذَرِىٌّ [or دَمْعٌ ذَرِىٌّ].

2figurative · مجاز — inferredsuch a one is in the protection of such a one—فُلَانٌ فِى ذَرَى فُلَانٍ

A shelter; anything by which one is protected or sheltered; a shelter from the cold wind, made of a wall or of trees.

Particularly a shelter made for camels of the kind termed شَوْل, by pulling up trees of the kind called عَرْفَج and the like and laying them one upon another on the side from which the north, or northerly, wind blows, in the camels' nightly resting-place.

I am in the protection of such a one, and in his shelter—أَنَا فِى ظِلِّ فُلَانٌ وَفِى ذَرَاهُ

such a one is truly generous in disposition—إِنَّ فُلَانًا لَكَرِيمُ الذَّرَى

2.1the court, or yard, of a house—فِنَآء

See also ذِرْوَةٌ.

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Much property; like ثَرْوَةٌ : so in the saying, هُوَ ذُو ذَرْوَةٍ [He is a possessor of much property]. (TA.) See also ذِرْوَةٌ .

Nounذُرْوَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the uppermost part of a thing; a camel's humpgenerated

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Nounذِرْوَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the uppermost part of a thing; a camel's humpgenerated

1figurative · مجازhe brought camels having white humps—أَتَى بِإِبِلٍ غُرَرِ الذُّرَى

This word and ذُرْوَةٌ mean the upper, or uppermost, part of a thing of any kind; and so, accord. to Et-Takee Esh-Shemenee, does ذَرْوَةٌ. Particularly of a camel's hump and of the head; and a camel's hump itself. Plural ذُرًى.

[Or غُرِّ الذُّرَى?] Said in a tradition.

on the hump of every camel is a devil—عَلَى ذِرْوَةِ كُلِّ بَعِيرِ شَيْطَانُ

he ceased not to twist the fur of the upper part and the fore part of the hump—مَا زَالَ يَفْتِلُ فِى الذِّرْوَةِ وَالغَارِبِ

A proverb, coming from a tradition, which is explained in art. غرب. It means: he did not stop making the camel familiar, or tame, [or rather trying to do so,] and removing its refractoriness.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe married among the noble and high of them—تَزَوَّجَ مِنْهُمْ فِى الذِّرْوَةِ وَ النَّاصِيَةِ

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and ذُرْوَةٌ The upper, or uppermost, part of a thing (S, M, Msb, K) of any kind; (M, Msb;) and so, accord. to Et-Takee Esh-Shemenee, ذَرْوَةٌ : (TA:) and particularly, of a camel's hump, (S, M,) and of the head: (M:) and a camel's hump itself: (TA:) pl. ذُرًى . (S, TA.) It is said in a trad., أَتَى بِإِبِلٍ غُرَرِ الذُّرَى [or غُرِّ الذُّرَى ?] He brought camels having white humps. (TA.) And in another trad., عَلَى ذِرْوَةِ كُلِّ بَعِيرِ شَيْطَانُ [On the hump of every camel is a devil]. (TA.) And in a prov., مَا زَالَ يَفْتِلُ فِى الذِّرْوَةِ وَالغَارِبِ [He ceased not to twist the fur of the upper part and the fore part of the hump: originating from, or occurring in, a trad., which see explained in art. غرب ]: it means, he ceased not to render familiar, or tame, [or rather to endeavour to do so,] and to remove refractoriness. (TA.) [Hence,] تَزَوَّجَ مِنْهُمْ فِى الذِّرْوَةِ وَ النَّاصِيَةِ (T, M *) He married among the noble and high of them. (T.)

Nounذَرِىٌّ2 senses

Core sense — a warm sheltergenerated

See ذَرًى.

2a warm shelter—ذَرًى ذَرِىٌّ

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: see ذَرًى . ذَرًى ذَرِىٌّ A warm shelter. (TA.)

Nounذَرِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a she-camel behind which a hunter hides from the gamegenerated

A she-camel by means of which one conceals himself from the objects of the chase — on the authority of Th.

But the more approved word is with د [i.e. دَرِيَّةٌ, or, accord. to AZ, دَرِيْئَةٌ].

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A she-camel by means of which one conceals himself from the objects of the chase: on the authority of Th: but the more approved word is with د [i. e. دَرِيَّةٌ , or, accord. to AZ, دَرِيْئَةٌ ]. (M.)

Nounذُرَاوَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — dried, broken bits of herbage blown away by the windgenerated

Vulgarly pronounced دَرَاوَةٌ.

What has broken into small particles and dried up, of a plant or of herbage, and has been blown away by the wind.

1.1

What has fallen from grain, and especially from wheat, in the process of winnowing.

Also what has fallen from a thing; and so does ذُرًى.

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(vulgarly pronounced دَرَاوَةٌ , TA) What has become broken into small particles, (M, K,) and dried up, (M,) or of what has dried up, (K,) of a plant, or of herbage, and has been blown away by the wind. (M, K.) And What has fallen of, or from, corn, (M, K,) or especially wheat, (Lh, M,) in the process of winnowing. (M, K.) And What has fallen of, or from, a thing; as also ذُرًى . (M, * K.)

Nounذُرِّيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — offspring, childrengenerated

See ذَرْوٌ.

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: see ذَرْوٌ .

Nounالذَّرِيَاتٌ1 sense

Core sense — the winds that raise and scatter the dustgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

[As used in the Qur 51:1] the winds that raise the dust and the like, making it fly and carrying it away, or dispersing it.

Or the prolific women, since they scatter children.

Or the causes of the scattering of created beings, angels and others.

Qur’ān 51:1 approximate — somewhere between 51:1 and 51:2 Lane cites “Kur li. 1”

Qur’ān 51:1 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلذَّٰرِيَـٰتِ ذَرْوًا

By the (Winds) that scatter broadcast;Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

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[as used in the Kur li. 1] means The winds (S, Bd, Jel) raising, or making to fly, and carrying away, or dispersing, the dust &c.: (Bd, Jel:) or the prolific women; for they scatter children: or the causes of the scattering of the created beings, angels and others. (Bd.)

Nounمِذْرًى4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a wooden winnowing fork; the two uppermost parts of the buttocksgenerated

This word and مِذْرَاةٌ: a wooden implement, or a small wooden implement, with several prongs, with which wheat is winnowed and the heaps of grain are cleared [from the straw and the like].

Or the first of the two words means the thing with which the wheat is carried to be winnowed, and the second the wooden implement with which one winnows.

2he came shaking the two uppermost parts of his buttocks—جَآءَ يَنْفُضُ مِذْرَوَيْهِ

Also, this word: the extremity of the buttock. Or مِذْرَوَانِ means the two extremities of the two buttocks, or their two uppermost parts (Meyd).

It has no singular; for if the singular were مِذْرًى, the dual would be مِذْرَيَانِ. (A'Obeyd, T, S, M, Meyd.)

A proverb, applied to one behaving insolently and threatening, or to one threatening without effect.

he came striking the two uppermost parts of his buttocks—جَآءَ يَضْرِبُ مِذْرَوَيْهِ

Also a proverb, applied to one who has come empty-handed, not having accomplished what he sought.

2.1the two sides of the head—مِذْرَوَانِ

Or مَذَارٍ means the temples of the head, the singular being مِذْرًى, accord. to AA.

2.2the two places on a bow where the string lies, in the upper portion and the lower—مِذْرَوَانِ

In this sense it has no singular; or, accord. to AA, its singular is مِذْرًى.

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(S, M) and مِذْرَاةٌ (M) A wooden implement, (S, M,) or a small wooden implement, (so in one copy of the S,) having [several] ex tremities [or prongs], (S,) with which one winnows (S, M) wheat, and with which the heaps of grain are cleared [from the straw &c.]: (S) or the former word signifies the thing with which the wheat is carried to be winnowed: and the latter, the wooden implement with which one winnows. (T.) Also, the former word, The extremity of the buttock: (AO, T, M, K:) or مِذْرَوَانِ signifies the two extremities of the two buttocks; (A'Obeyd, T, S, M, K *) or the two uppermost parts of the two buttocks; (Meyd in explaining a prov. cited below;) and it has no sing.; (A'Obeyd, T, S, M, Meyd, K;) for if the sing. were مِذْرًى , the dual would be مِذْرَيَانِ . (A'Obeyd, T, S, M, Meyd.) Hence, (Meyd,) جَآءَ يَنْفُضُ مِذْرَوَيْهِ [He came shaking the two extremities, or the two uppermost parts, of his buttocks]; (S, Meyd, K;) a prov., applied to one behaving insolently ( بَاغٍ ), and threatening; (S, K; *) or to one threatening vainly: (Meyd, and Har p. 603:) and جَآءَ يَضْرِبُ مِذْرَوَيْهِ [He came striking. &c.]; a prov. also, applied to him who has come empty, not having accomplished that which he sought. (Har ubi suprà.) مِذْرَوَانِ also signifies The two sides of the head: (M, K:) or مَذَارٍ signifies the temples of the head; and the sing. is مِذْرًى ; accord. to AA. (S.) Also, مِذْرَوَانِ , The two places, of a bow, upon which lies the string, in the upper portion and the lower: (AHn, S, M, K: *) and in this sense it has no sing.: (S:) or, accord. to AA, its sing. is مِذْرًى . (M.)

Nounمِذْرَاةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a wooden implement with which wheat is winnowedgenerated

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Nounمِذْرَوَانِ1 sense

Core sense — the two uppermost parts of the buttocks; the two string-places of a bowgenerated

See مِذْرًى, in five places.

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: see مِذْرًى , in five places.

Nounمُذَرَّى1 sense

Core sense — a sheep with a portion of wool left unshorn between the shouldersgenerated

Feminine مُذَرَّاةٌ.

A sheep having a portion of its wool left unshorn between the shoulders when the rest has been shorn. [See Form 2.]

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, fem. مُذَرَّاةٌ , A sheep having a portion of its wool left unshorn between the shoulders when the rest has been shorn. (T.) [See 2.]