Quranic root
درأ
d · r · ʾ
The root centers on deflecting or pushing something to one side or away, yielding the ideas of warding off, defense, mutual repulsion, and related physical or figurative extensions.
From lateral deflection and pushing away, the lexical range develops into averting harm, contending by mutual repulsion, and extensions involving crookedness, projection, sudden emergence, and forceful outpouring.
- Mufradāt · row 464
- Lane · entry 461
- Lane · entry 469
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- Quran senses
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
دَرَأَ
daraʾa
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
- Form
- I
- Quran occurrences
- 4 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To repel, ward off, avert, or defend against something.
In the Quran, the object warded off may be evil, punishment, or death; the construction may express repelling one thing by means of another, as well as averting something from a person or group.
- Lane · entry 461
- Mufradāt · row 464
Selected Quran examples
Quran 13:22word 13
“and they repel”
Quran 24:8word 1
“But it would prevent”
Quran 3:168word 10
“Then avert”
تَدَارَأَ
tadāraʾa
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form VI
- Form
- VI
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To contend or dispute with one another, each repelling the other or shifting responsibility onto the other.
The Quranic form is the assimilated surface form ادَّارَأَ; the underlying Form VI construction is تَدَارَأَ, expressing mutual repulsion in a dispute.
- Lane · entry 466
- Mufradāt · row 464
Selected Quran examples
Quran 2:72word 4
“then you disputed”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 2:72فَٱدَّٰرَْٰٔتُمْthen you disputed
- 3:168فَٱدْرَءُوا۟Then avert
- 13:22وَيَدْرَءُونَand they repel
- 24:8وَيَدْرَؤُا۟But it would prevent
- 28:54وَيَدْرَءُونَand they repel
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 27 Classical meanings
دَرَأَ
To defer a prescribed punishment or other measure.
Used with the object of punishment or a comparable matter; a related passive formulation for punishments being averted or deferred is reported as analogical and unattested in classical usage.
- Lane · entry 461
دَرَأَ
To spread or lay a thing flat upon the ground.
A distinct physical construction of the Form I verb.
- Lane · entry 461
دَرَأَ
To support one thing by another, or join one structure to another so that it provides support.
Used in the construction دَرَأَ الشَّيْءَ بِالشَّيْءِ and specifically of joining a wall to a supporting structure.
- Lane · entry 461
دَرَأَ
To cast or throw a stone at someone.
Used with a stone or similar projectile.
- Lane · entry 461
دَرَأَ / دَرْءٌ
To rush or pour forth with vehemence; of a torrent, to come rushing from a place or distant land.
The associated verbal noun دَرْءٌ also describes a vehement torrent or an outpouring of water; it is used metaphorically for water flowing from camels’ mouths into their insides.
- Lane · entry 461
- Lane · entry 469
دَرَأَ
To come or come forth unexpectedly, especially from an unknown or distant place.
Used of a person or other arrival that appears suddenly or from an unexpected direction.
- Lane · entry 461
دَرَأَ / إِنْدَرَأَ
To shine or give light intensely; of a star or fire, to become bright and spread its light.
The Form I and Form VII usages include stars, fire, and a fire that spreads while shining.
- Lane · entry 461
- Lane · entry 467
دَرَأَ
Of a camel, to be afflicted with the ghudda plague and its associated swelling or tumor.
The tumor may be described on the back or upper chest of a male camel and, for a female, in the udder, throat, or soft parts of the belly.
- Lane · entry 461
مُدَارَأَةٌ
Opposition, repelling, or treating another in an adverse or contrary manner.
The derived noun can describe striving to repel another, opposition in social dealings, or adverse treatment.
- Lane · entry 463
مُدَارَأَةٌ
Putting someone off concerning a right or due by repeatedly promising to render it later.
This is a conventional interpersonal use involving repeated delay of an obligation.
- Lane · entry 463
دَرَأَ
To be wary of someone or of his evil and deal with him cautiously and gently, soothing or conciliating him.
Reported as an interpersonal usage in which caution is combined with conciliatory treatment; the lexical attribution is discussed alongside related forms.
- Lane · entry 463
أَدْرَأَتْ بِضَرْعِهَا
Of a she-camel, to release milk and relax her udder when giving birth.
The expression specifically concerns the she-camel’s udder at the time of parturition.
- Lane · entry 464
تَدَرَّأَ
To domineer over others or join with others against them.
Used of collective action in which people aid one another against a person or group.
- Lane · entry 465
تَدَرَّأَ
To conceal oneself from game in order to circumvent it and bring it within range.
The hunting construction may involve using a screen or decoy while preparing to shoot, cast, or spear the quarry.
- Lane · entry 465
دَرِيئَةٌ
A ring or target used for practicing piercing, thrusting, or shooting.
The word denotes an object at which spears or arrows are aimed during practice.
- Lane · entry 471
دَرِيئَةٌ
A thing, camel, or other animal used to conceal the hunter from game and bring the game within reach.
The decoy may be driven toward the quarry or left among wild animals until they become accustomed to it; the lexical form and its relation to دَرِيَّةٌ are disputed in the cited discussion.
- Lane · entry 465
- Lane · entry 471
دَرْءٌ
A bend, crookedness, or projecting irregularity in a hard object or terrain.
Used of a cane, spearshaft, staff, well, road, or projecting part of a mountain; figuratively, it may describe a person’s resistance or opposition that requires rectification.
- Lane · entry 469
دَرْءٌ
The extremity or edge of a thing.
Explained metaphorically as that by which a thing repels.
- Lane · entry 469
دَرْءٌ
Disobedience, resistance, dislike, or disagreement on the part of a wife.
This is a figurative and idiomatic usage specifically reported of a wife’s conduct.
- Lane · entry 469
دَارِئٌ
A person coming unexpectedly, especially from a distant place.
The word may describe someone who appears suddenly or from a place previously unknown to those present.
- Lane · entry 475
دَارِئٌ
An enemy who comes forth openly to encounter another in battle.
This is the hostile, martial use of the active participle.
- Lane · entry 475
دَارِئٌ
A stranger or outsider.
Used of someone regarded as newly arrived or not belonging to the local group.
- Lane · entry 475
دَارِئٌ
Swollen with anger.
A figurative use reported for the active participle.
- Lane · entry 475
ذُو تُدْرَأٍ
Possessed of the equipment, power, or force to repel enemies; impetuous and fearless in war or contention.
Used in the idiom ذُو تُدْرَأٍ and related expressions concerning martial power and resistance.
- Lane · entry 476
مِدْرَأٌ
An implement used to push, thrust, or push something away or back.
The word is also used in later usage for a pole used to propel a boat.
- Lane · entry 479
ذَاتُ المِدْرَأَةِ
A she-camel of violent or ungovernable spirit.
An idiomatic description of the animal’s temperament.
- Lane · entry 480
كَوْكَبٌ دِرِّيءٌ
A star that shines or glistens intensely; by reported extensions, a shooting star or a prominent star.
The cited lexical discussion records variant vocalizations and interpretations, including a star impelled across the sky, a shooting star, one of certain planets, or a great unnamed star.
- Lane · entry 474
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
No Maqayis entry was supplied; the root-level orientation is based on the supplied Mufradat and Lane evidence.
The Quranic Form VI surface ادَّارَأْتُمْ is an assimilated form related to the normalized citation form تَدَارَأَ.
The Lane discussion of كَوْكَبٌ دِرِّيءٌ records competing vocalizations and lexical analyses; it is retained as broader Classical evidence, not as a Quranic form of this QAC root.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
In Lane entry 463, the reported meanings of deceiving, deluding, or outwitting are attributed in the discussion to related forms such as دَارَى or دَرَى, while the hamza-bearing root usage is securely represented as caution and conciliatory treatment; the deception branch is therefore not assigned as a direct meaning of this root.