دَيْجُورٌ
Root: دجر
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دَيْجُورٌ
Darkness: pl. دَيَاجِيرُ and دَيَاجِرُ. You say, خُضْتُ إِلَيْكَ
دَيْجُورًا كَأَنِّى خُضْتُ بَحْرًا مَسْجُورًا [I waded to thee through darkness as though I waded through a full sea]. And, in a saying of 'Alee, تَغْرِيَدَ ذَوَاتِ المَنْطِقِ فِى دَيَاجِيرِ الَوْكَارِ [Like the warbling of singing birds in the dark recesses of the nests].
2 It is also used as an epithet: you say لَيْلٌ دَيْجُورٌ Dark night: and لَيْلَةٌ دَيْجُورٌ a dark night: and دِيمَةٌ دَيْجُورٌ a dark lasting and still rain.
3 Also, applied to dry herbage, Dark and abundant; because of its blackness: or abundant and piled up: or, applied to herbage, abundant.
4 Also, applied to dust, or earth, Of a dusty colour, inclining to black, like the colour of ashes.
5 Also Dust, or earth, itself: pl. دَيَاجِيرُ. TA.)
2 It is also used as an epithet: you say لَيْلٌ دَيْجُورٌ Dark night: and لَيْلَةٌ دَيْجُورٌ a dark night: and دِيمَةٌ دَيْجُورٌ a dark lasting and still rain.
3 Also, applied to dry herbage, Dark and abundant; because of its blackness: or abundant and piled up: or, applied to herbage, abundant.
4 Also, applied to dust, or earth, Of a dusty colour, inclining to black, like the colour of ashes.
5 Also Dust, or earth, itself: pl. دَيَاجِيرُ. TA.)
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