د ق ر
Nouns and adjectives
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries-
دِقْرَارٌ A kind of short drawers, without legs, covering only that portion of the wearer which decency requires to be concealed
and ↓ دِقْرَارَةٌ A kind of short drawers, without legs, covering only that portion of the wearer which decency requires to be concealed; (TA;) i. q. تُبَّانُ: (S, K:) also the latter, trowsers of the ordinary kind; syn. سَرَاوِيلُ; and so ↓ دُقْرُورٌ and ↓ دُقْرُورَةٌ: pl. دَقَارِيرُ. -
دُقْرُورٌ Open entry
and دُقْرُورَةٌ: see above; and the latter, in what follows. -
دِقْرَارَةٌ A short
: see دِقْرَارٌ. ― -b2- Also, A short man: (K:) as though likened to the short drawers above mentioned: (TA:) pl. as above. (K.) -A2- Also A calamity; a misfortune: pl. as above. (S, K.) ― -b2- And An alominable lie: (TA:) foul language: calumny; slander: (K:) forgery of tales. (TA.) You say فُلَانٌ يَفْتَرِى الدَّقَارِيرَ Such a one forges lies, (S,) or abominable lies, (TA,) and foul language. (S, TA.) ― -b3- Also Contrariety; opposition; and so ↓ دُقْرُورَةٌ: and contention, or altercation, (K, TA,) that wearies one: (TA:) pl. as above. (K.) ― -b4- And An evil, or a bad, habit: pl. as above. (K.) It is related in a trad. of 'Omar, that he said to his freedman Aslam, who was a Bejáwee slave, أَخَذَتْكَ دِقْرَارَةٌ أَهْلِكَ The evil habit of thy family, or people, which was deviation from the truth, and acting falsely, hath come upon thee. (TA.) ― -b5- Also A calumniator; a slanderer: (S, K:) as though meaning ذُو دِقْرَارَةِ, i. e., ذُو نَمِيمَةٍ: (TA:) pl. as above. (K.)
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