دُحْرُوجَةٌ
Root: دحرج
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دُحْرُوجَةٌ
The little ball [of dung] that is rolled along by the
جُعَل [or species of black beetle called cantharus, and in which it deposits its eggs]: pl. دَحَارِيجُ.
2 It also signifies ما تدحرج من القدر: [so in the L and TA: but the following verse, cited as an ex. of this signification, suggests that القدر is probably a mistranscription for القُرْدِ or القُرُدِ, i. e. “ ticks; ” to which, in several different stages of growth, the Arabs apply different appellations: (see حَمْنَانٌ:) and this is rendered more probable by the fact that, in the L, د and ر are often written almost exactly alike: if so, the meaning is
2 It also signifies ما تدحرج من القدر: [so in the L and TA: but the following verse, cited as an ex. of this signification, suggests that القدر is probably a mistranscription for القُرْدِ or القُرُدِ, i. e. “ ticks; ” to which, in several different stages of growth, the Arabs apply different appellations: (see حَمْنَانٌ:) and this is rendered more probable by the fact that, in the L, د and ر are often written almost exactly alike: if so, the meaning is
[app. describing a she-camel, and meaning, She became so that the children of Seba scared her away, as though they were round ticks biting her beneath her two sides]. (L, TA. [This verse is also cited in the M and TA in art. سبأ; but not there explained.])أَضْحَتُ يُنَفِّرُهَا الوِلْدَانُ مِنْ سَبَأٍ كَأَنَّهُمْ تَحْتَ دَفَّيْهَا دَحَارِيجُ
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