Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary in order to discover some of its secrets. We will dig deep into the root verb ضــَــرَبَ /da.ra.ba/ and explore some of its derivatives and idiomatic expressions. Get a deep breath and let’s dive!

• ضَرَبَ   /da.ra.ba/ [V. T.] (someone or something) = to hit / to strike / to physically hurt / to beat

      Ex. ضَرَبَ الرجلُ الشجرةَ بالفأسِ = The man hit the tree with the pickaxe.

              Ex. لا يجبُ أن يضربَ الرجالُ النساءَ = Men shouldn’t beat (hurt) women.

              Ex. ضربَ العازفون على الطبولِ بقوة = The drummers beat their drums strongly.

• ضَرَبَ   /da.ra.ba/ [V. I.] (speaking about something) = to move / to beat

              Ex. يضربُ القلبُ بمعدلٍ طبيعي = The heart beats normally.

• ضَرَبَ /da.ra.ba/ [V. T.] (a number) = to multiply
• ضَرْبُ /dar.’bu/ [N. U.] = 1- The act of beating/hitting someone or something

= 2- multiplication of numbers in Arithmetic

• جَدولُ الضَّرب /jad.aw.lu ad.’darb/ = the multiplication table
• مَضْرَبْ /mad.rab/ [N. C.] = any tool used to hit something, e.g. racket, putter, paddle, pl. مَضَاربْ /ma.da.rib/
• ضَرْبَة /dar.bah/ [N. C.] = a stroke. Pl. ضَرَبَات /dara.bat/
• ضَرْبَة شمس /dar.bat shams/ [Exp.] = sunstroke or heatstroke

                   Ex. ضَربةُ الشمس يمكنُ أن تؤدي إلى الوفاة = A sunstroke can lead to death.

• ضَرْبَة جَزاء /dar.bat ja.zaa/ [Exp.] = a penalty in football.
• ضَرْبَة حظ /dar.bat ha.zz/ [Exp.] = a stroke of luck
• ضَرَبَاتُ القلب /da’ra.’baatu al-qalb/ [Exp.] = the heart beats
• ضَرَبَ   /da.ra.ba/ [V. T.] (Speaking of coins or money or jewels) = to coin / to mint / to stamp

           Ex. الحكومات فقط لها الحق في أن تضرب النقود

= Only governments have the right to coin money.

• ضَرْبُ العُمْلة /dar’bu al-om’lah/ [N.] = coinage / the right to produce money.
• ضَرَبَ على يد /da.ra.ba ala yadd/ [Exp.] = literally to hit on someone’s hand = to forbid or stop someone from doing some (bad) thing.

            Ex. ضربت الشرطة على يد المجرمين = the police stopped the criminals.

• ضربَ بيدٍ من حديد  /da.ra.ba be.’yadden min ha.deed/ [Exp] = Literally to hit with an iron hand = to stop / to prevent / to tighten (usually with violence).

            Ex. ضربت الحكومة بيدٍ من حديد فى مواجهة الإرهاب

                   = The government tightened its grip to face terrorism.

• ضَرَبَ فى الأرض   /da.ra.ba fi al.ardd/ [Exp.] = to travel far inland.
• ضَرَبَ بالكلام عُرضَ الحائط   /da.ra.ba bil.ka.lam ‘or.da al.ha.’itt/ [Exp.] = to ignore

           Ex. نصحتهُ كثيراً و لكنه ضرب بكلامي عُرض الحائط

                = I advised him a lot but he ignored all my words.

• ضَرَبَ مِثَالاً   /da.ra.ba mi.’thaa.lan/ [Exp.]: = to give an example.
• ضَرَبَ مَوعِداً /da.ra.ba maw.’edan/ [Exp.] = to set an appointment.
• ضَرَبَ حِصَاراً   /da.ra.ba hi.’ssa.’ran/ [Exp.] = to put under siege.
• ضَريبة /da.’ree.bah/ [N. C.] = tax, pl. ضرائب /da’ra’ib/
• ضَرَبَ ضَريبةً   /da.ra.ba da.ree.’batan/ [Exp.] = to impose a tax.
• ضَرَبَ رَقماً قياسياً /da.ra.ba ra.qa.man qi.ya.siyan/ [Exp.] = to set a record

           Ex. ضربَ السَبَّاحُ رقماً قياسياً = The swimmer set a record.

• أضْرَبَ /’ad.ra.ba/ [V. I.] = to strike / to stop working

           Ex. أضربَ عُمَّالُ المصنع عن العمل = The factory workers went on a strike.

•  إضْراب /id.’raab/ [N. C.] = strike, pl. إضرابات /id.’ra.bat/

           Ex. دَخلَ العُمَّالُ في إضراب مفتوح = The workers went on an open strike.

• مُضْرِبْ   /mod.rib/ [N. C.] = a person who goes on a strike, pl. مُضْربُون /mod.ri.boun/ or مُضْرِبين /mod.ri.been/
•  ضَارَبَ   /daa.’ra.ba/ [V. I.] = to speculate / to buy or sell commodities or stocks in the hope of making gains.
• مُضَارَبَة /mo.daa.ra.bah/ [N. C.] = speculation / the act of buying or selling commodities or stocks in the hope of making gains, pl. مُضَارَبَات /mo.da.ra.bat/

           Ex. تحتوي المضاربة على مخاطرة أكبر من الاستثمار

                 = Speculation involves more risk than investment.

• مُضَارِبْ   /mo.daa.rib/ [N. C.] = the person who speculates/buys or sells commodities or stocks in the hope of making gains, pl. مُضَاربُون /mo.da.riboun/ or مُضَاربين /mo.da.ribeen/
• تَضَارَبَ /ta.da.ra.ba/ [V. I. ] = 1- to fight using hands

            = 2- to differ

           Ex. تَضَارَبَ الرجُلان لوقت طويل = The two men fought for a long time.

           Ex. تــَــتــَــضــَــارَبُ الآراءُ أحياناً = Opinions differ sometimes.

• تَضَارُبْ   /ta.daa.rob/ [N. C.] = difference, pl. تَضَارُبَات /ta.da.ro.bat/

           Ex. يوجد تـضـَـارُبات في الآراء = There are differences in the views.

• مُتَضَارِبْ /mo.taa.da.rib/ [Adj.] = different .

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Grammatical Abbreviations:

(N.= Noun / C.= Countable / U.= Uncountable / V.= Verb / Ph.v. = Phrasal Verb / Adj.= Adjective / Mas. = Masculine / Fem. = Feminine / Adv.= Adverb / Prep.=Preposition / Sing. = Singular / Pl.= Plural / Exp. = Expression)

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