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دَرَّ

Root: در

Form: 1

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دَرَّI , Present.T دَرِرَ and دَرُرَ [the latter anomalous,] Verbal.Noun دَرٌّ and دُرُورٌ, It was, or became, copious, or abundant, and flowed, or streamed; it flowed, or streamed, copiously, or abundantly; and so the water of the eye, or tears, and the like, &c.; as also : and, said of milk, it ran, or flowed: and it collected [or became excerned] in the udder from the ducts and other parts of the body.
2 [Hence,] said of sweat, It flowed like as milk flows.
3 And of the tax called خَرَاج, Its produce became abundant.
4 And [in like manner] one says, لَاَدَرَّ دَرُّهُ: see دَرٌّ, below.
5 And [hence,] دَرَّ also signifies It was, or became, consecutive. (K in art. دهدر.) And It continued; as in the phrase, دَرَّ لَهُ الشَّىْءٌ [The thing continued to him]. (Sh, TA in art. جرى.)
6 And, said of a horse, Present.T دَرِرَ Verbal.Noun دَرِيرٌ and دَرَّةٌ, He ran vehemently: or ran easily and without interruption.
7 And of herbage, Verbal.Noun دَرٌّ, It became tangled, or luxuriant, by reason of its abundance.
8 One says also, of a she-camel, دَرَّتْ, and دَرَّتْ بِلَبَنِهَا, Present.T دَرُرَ and دَرِرَ [the former anomalous,] Verbal.Noun دُرُورٌ and دَرٌّ; and , alone, and بِلَبَنِهَا; She yielded her milk, or made it to flow, copiously, or abundantly. And دَرَّالضَّرْعُ بِاللَّبَنِ, Present.T دَرُرَ or دَرِرَ Verbal.Noun دُرُورٌ, or دَرٌّ, [The udder abounded with milk: or yielded milk copiously, or abundantly: and ادرّ اللَّبَنَ signifies the same; or it yielded, or emitted, the milk.]
9 And [hence,] دَرَّتْ حَلُوبَةُ المُسْلِمِينَ, and لِقْحَتُهُمْ, [lit. The milch-camel of the Muslims yielded milk copiously,] meaning the tribute, or taxes, pertaining to the Muslims poured in abundantly.
10 And دَرَّتِ السَّمَآءُ بِالمَطَرِ, Present.T دَرُرَ Verbal.Noun دَرٌّ and دُرُورٌ, The sky poured down rain abundantly.
11 And دَرَّبِمَا عِنْدَهُ He produced, or gave forth, what he had.
12 And دَرَّتِ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى أَهْلِهَا The world was bountiful to its inhabitants.
13 And دَرَّتِ السُّوقُ, (S in art. غر, and K,) Verbal.Noun دِرَّةٌ, The market became brisk, its goods selling much; contr. of غَارَّت.
14 And دَرَّتِ العُرُوقُ The ducts, or veins, became filled with milk, or with blood.
15 And دَرَّ العِرْقُ, Verbal.Noun دُرُورٌ, The vein pulsated uninterruptedly.
16 And دَرًّ السَّهْمُ, Present.T دَرِرَ Verbal.Noun دُرُورٌ, The arrow turned round well upon the nail of the left thumb, [app. so as to produce a sound, (see حَنَّانٌ,)] being turned with the thumb and fore finger of the right hand [for the purpose of testing its sonorific quality]: the arrow does not thus turn, nor does it produce the kind of sound termed حَنِين, unless in consequence of the hardness of its wood, and its goodly straightness, and its compact make.

def.2 دَرَّ also signifies It was, or became, soft, tender, or supple.

def.3 And It gave light, shone, or shone brightly.
2 And, Present.T يَدَرُّ. which is extr., or, as some say, the pret. is originally دَرِرَ, [the sec. pers. being دَرِرْتَ,] and, if so, the Present.T is not extr., It became goodly after disease.
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