دَرَجَ
Root: درج
Form: 1
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دَرَجَI
, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun دُرُوجٌ and دَرَجَانٌ, said of a man, and of a [lizard of the kind called] ضَبّ, He went on foot; [went step by step; stepped along;] or walked: and said of a child, he walked a little, at his first beginning to walk: or, said of an old man, and of a child, and of a bird of the kind called قَطًا, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun [دُرُوجٌ and] دَرْجٌ and دَرَجَانٌ and دَرِيجٌ, he walked with a weak gait; crept along; or went, or walked, leisurely, slowly, softly, or gently.
2 [Hence,] دَرَجَ قَرْنٌ بَعْدَ قَرْنٍ Generation after generation passed away. And دَرَجَ القَوْمُ The people passed away, or perished, none of them remaining; as also اندرجوا . And دَرَجَ He left no progeny, or offspring: he died, and left no progeny, or offspring: [opposed to أَعْقَبَ:] but you do not say so of every one who has died: or it signifies also [simply] he died: so in the prov., أَكْذَبُ مَنْ دَبَّ وَدَرَجَ The most lying of the living and the dead. Or دَرَجَ signifies, or signifies also, He went his way; and so دَرِجَ, [Present.T ـَ] like سَمِعَ. لَيْسَ هٰذَا بِعُشِّكِ فَٱدْرُجِى, i. e. [This is not thy nest, therefore] go thou away, is a saying occurring in a خُطْبَة of El-Hajjáj, addressed to him who applies himself to a thing not of his business to do; or to him who is at ease in an improper time; wherefore he is thus ordered to be diligent and in motion. (TA. [See also art. عش.])
3 دَرَجَتْ and She went beyond the year [from the day when she was covered] without bringing forth.
4 دَرَجَتِ الرِّيحُ The wind left marks, or lines, [or ripples,] upon the sand.
5 دَرَجَتِ الرِّيحُ بِالحَصَا The wind passed violently over the pebbles [app. so as to make them move along: see also 10].
def.2 دَرِجَ, Present.T ـَ He rose in grade, degree, rank, condition, or station.
2 He kept to the plain and manifest way in religion or in speech.
def.3 Also (i. e. دَرِجَ) He continued to eat the kind of bird called دُرَّاج.
def.4 دَرَجَ as a trans. v.: see 4, in two places.
2 [Hence,] دَرَجَ قَرْنٌ بَعْدَ قَرْنٍ Generation after generation passed away. And دَرَجَ القَوْمُ The people passed away, or perished, none of them remaining; as also اندرجوا . And دَرَجَ He left no progeny, or offspring: he died, and left no progeny, or offspring: [opposed to أَعْقَبَ:] but you do not say so of every one who has died: or it signifies also [simply] he died: so in the prov., أَكْذَبُ مَنْ دَبَّ وَدَرَجَ The most lying of the living and the dead. Or دَرَجَ signifies, or signifies also, He went his way; and so دَرِجَ, [Present.T ـَ] like سَمِعَ. لَيْسَ هٰذَا بِعُشِّكِ فَٱدْرُجِى, i. e. [This is not thy nest, therefore] go thou away, is a saying occurring in a خُطْبَة of El-Hajjáj, addressed to him who applies himself to a thing not of his business to do; or to him who is at ease in an improper time; wherefore he is thus ordered to be diligent and in motion. (TA. [See also art. عش.])
3 دَرَجَتْ and She went beyond the year [from the day when she was covered] without bringing forth.
4 دَرَجَتِ الرِّيحُ The wind left marks, or lines, [or ripples,] upon the sand.
5 دَرَجَتِ الرِّيحُ بِالحَصَا The wind passed violently over the pebbles [app. so as to make them move along: see also 10].
def.2 دَرِجَ, Present.T ـَ He rose in grade, degree, rank, condition, or station.
2 He kept to the plain and manifest way in religion or in speech.
def.3 Also (i. e. دَرِجَ) He continued to eat the kind of bird called دُرَّاج.
def.4 دَرَجَ as a trans. v.: see 4, in two places.
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