ضرس

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ض ر س (ḍ-r-s).

Verb

ضَرَسَ (ḍarasa) I, non-past يَضْرِسُ‎ (yaḍrisu)

  1. to bite vehemently

Conjugation

Verb

ضَرَّسَ (ḍarrasa) II, non-past يُضَرِّسُ‎ (yuḍarrisu)

  1. to indent, to make jagged
  2. to make battle-hardened, to toughen

Conjugation

Noun

ضِرْس (ḍirs) m (plural أَضْرَاس (ʔaḍrās) or ضُرُوس (ḍurūs))

  1. molar tooth
    • a. 544, Imruʼ al-Qays ibn Ḥujr al-Kindiyy, ʻAbd al-Raḥman Muṣṭāwī, editor, Dīwān Imriʼ al-Qays, 2nd edition, Beirut, Lebanon: Dār al-Maʻrifah, published 2004, →ISBN, page 106–107:
      أَلَصُّ الضُّرُوسِ، حَنِيُّ الضُّلُوعِ / تَبُوعٌ طَلُوعٌ نَشِيطٌ أَشِرْ
      ʔalaṣṣu aḍ-ḍurūsi, ḥaniyyu ḍ-ḍulūʕi / tabūʕun ṭalūʕun našīṭun ʔašir
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. rugged hill
  3. long absorption in prayer

Declension

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: ضرس (ḏ̣irs, tooth)
  • Maltese: darsa

References

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

Root
ض ر س
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From Arabic ضِرْس (ḍirs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðˤɪrs/

Noun

ضِرْس (ḏ̣irs) m (plural ضْروس (ḏ̣rūs))

  1. tooth
    Synonym: سن (sin(n))
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