دِرَّةٌ
Root: در
Full Definition
2 Also Copious, or abundant, flowing milk; milk flowing copiously, or abundantly: and a flow, or stream, or a flowing or streaming, of milk; and its abundance or abounding: as also دَرَّةٌ : or this latter signifies a single flow, or stream, of milk. Hence the prov., لَا آتِيكَ مَاٱخْتَلَفَتِ الدِّرَّةُ وَالجِرَّةُ I will not come to thee as long as the flow of milk and the cud go [the former] downwards and [the latter] upwards. (TA. [See also جِرَّةُ.])
3 [Hence also the phrase,] لِلسَّحَابِ دِرَّةٌ
meaning ذَاتُ دِرَرٍ [i. e. The peace, or security, &c., of God, and his bounty, and his mercy, and a sky pouring forth showers]. Some say that دِرَرٌ signifies دَارٌّ [flowing, or streaming; or flowing, or streaming, copiously, or abundantly]; like as قِيَمًا in the Kur vi. 162 signifies قَائِمًا. In like manner one says also دِيَمٌ دِرَرٌ [Lasting and still rains pouring down].وَرَحْمَتُهُ وَسَمَآءٌ دِرَرْ سَلَامُ الإِلَاهِ وَرَيْحَانُهُ
4 And لِلسُّوقِ دِرَّةٌ
5 And لِلسَّاقِ دِرَّةٌ
6 دِرَّةٌ also signifies
7 And
8 And A mode, or manner, of flowing, or streaming, of milk.
def.2 Also A certain thing with which one beats, or flogs; i. e. the دِرَّة of the Sultán: a whip: [app. a whip for flogging criminals; as seems to be implied in the TA: I have not found any Arab who can describe it in the present day: it seems to have been a kind of whip, or scourge, of twisted cords or thongs, used for punishment and in sport, such as is now called فِرْقِلَّة: or a whip made of a strip, or broad strip, (see 1 in art. خفق,) of thick and tough hide, or the like: it is described by Golius and Freytag as “ strophium ex fune aliave re contortum, aut nervus taurinus, similisve res, quibus percuti solet: ”] an Arabic word, well known: [or an arabicized word, from the Pers. دُرَّهْ:] pl. دِرَرٌ.
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