درع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root د ر ع (d-r-ʕ). Compare Ge'ez ድርዕ (dərʿ, coat of mail, harness), Tigre ደርዕ (därʿ), Tigrinya ድርዒ (dərʿi), Amharic ዲር (dir), ድር (dər), Soqotri daraḥ (to put on (a garment)). Nöldeke thinks that the Arabic is borrowed from Ge'ez.

Pronunciation

  • (Noun) IPA(key): /dirʕ/
  • (Verb) IPA(key): /dar.ra.ʕa/

Noun

دِرْع (dirʕ) m or f (plural دُرُوع (durūʕ) or أَدْرُع (ʔadruʕ))

  1. (uncountable) protective coverings
    1. (uncountable) protective war equipment, armor
      Hyponyms: خُوذَة (ḵūḏa), تُرْس (turs)
    2. (countable) a body armor
    3. (countable) an armor plate held in hand, a shield
      Synonyms: تُرْس (turs), مِجَنّ (mijann)
    4. (countable) something that resembles or is used like a shield (such as human shields)
    5. (countable, of animals) a protective shell or covering (as of a tortoise), armature
  2. (by extension) a garment worn by women

Declension

Verb

دَرَّعَ (darraʕa) II, non-past يُدَرِّعُ‎ (yudarriʕu)

  1. to put armor on, to armor

Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), درع”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 23
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 141
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 53
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), درع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 387

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
د ر ع
1 term

From Arabic دَرَّعَ (darraʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dar.raʕ/

Verb

درع (darraʕ) (form II, non-past يدرع (ydarraʕ))

  1. (transitive) to hug
    Synonym: عنق (ʕannaq)
  2. (intransitive) to use one's arms to swim

Conjugation

    Conjugation of درع
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m درّعت (darraʕt) درّعتي (darraʕti) درّع (darraʕ) درّعنا (darraʕna) درّعتوا (darraʕtu) درّعوا (darrʕu)
f درّعت (darrʕāt)
non-past m ندرّع (ndarraʕ) تدرّع (tdarraʕ) يدرّع (ydarraʕ) ندرّعوا (ndarrʕu) تدرّعوا (tdarrʕu) يدرّعوا (ydarrʕu)
f تدرّعي (tdarrʕi) تدرّع (tdarraʕ)
imperative m درّع (darraʕ) درّعوا (darrʕu)
f درّعي (darrʕi)
  • تدراع (tadrāʕ)
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