ادرّ

Root: در

Form: 4

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ادرّIV [He made milk to flow, or to flow copiously, or abundantly:] he drew forth milk. See also 1, in three places.
2 [Hence,] أَدَرُّوا الخَرَاجَ They made the produce of the tax called خراج to come in abundantly.
3 [And ادرّ البَوْلَ It caused the urine to flow plentifully; acted as a diuretic; as also .]
4 ادرّ أُمَّهُ He sucked, or drew the milk of, his mother. And ادرّها He stroked her dugs, to draw her milk: he milked her; as also , referring to a ewe or she-goat:
5 [Hence,] أَدِرُوا لِقْحَةَ ٱلمُسْلِمِينَ [Make ye. the tribute, or taxes, pertaining to the Muslims to pour in abundantly: lit., make ye the milchcamel of the Muslims to yield milk abundantly]: said by 'Omar to the collector of the taxes.
6 [Hence, also,] one says to a man, when he seeks a thing, and begs for it importunately, أَدِرَّهَا وَ إِنْ أَبَتْ, meaning, [lit.,] Ply her, though she refuse, until she yield her milk abundantly.
7 And أَدَرَّ ٱللّٰهُ لَهُ أَخْلَافَ الرِّزْقِ [God milked for him the dugs of sustenance; i. e. provided for him the means of subsistence]: and نِعْمَةَ ٱللّٰهِ بِالشُّكْرِ [He drew the favour, or blessing, of God, by thankfulness].
8 الرِّيحُ تُدِرُّ السَّحَابَ, and , The wind draws forth a shower of fine rain from the clouds: (S, L, K: in some copies of the last, we find, as the explanation of أَدَرَّتِ الرِّيحُ السَّحَابَ, instead of حَلَبَتْهُ, [agreeably with the above explanation,] جَلَبَتْهُ, with ج: the explanation in the [S and] L is تَسْتَحْلِبُهُ: TA:) and السَّحَابَ [We desire, or look for, a shower of rain from the clouds]. (TA in art. حلب.)
9 And بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ عِرْقٌ يُدِرُّهُ الغَضَبُ Between his eyes was a vein which anger caused to flow; or to fill with blood; or to become thick and full: or which anger put in motion: for أَدَرَّ الشَّىْءَ signifies he put the thing in motion.
10 ادرّت المِغْزَلَ She twisted the spindle vehemently, so that it seemed to be still in consequence of its vehement twirling.
11 And ادرّ السَّهْمَ He made the arrow to turn round well upon the nail of his left thumb, turning it with the thumb and fore finger of his right hand.
12 And أَدْرَرْتُ عَلَيْهِ الضَّرْبُ I inflicted upon him an uninterrupted beating.

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