نَسۡتَدۡرِجُ

[1] دَرَجَ , (S, Msb, K,) aor. دَرُجَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. دُرُوجٌ (S, Msb, K) and دَرَجَانٌ, (K,) said of a man, and of a [lizard of the kind called] ضَبّ, (S,) He went on foot; [went step by step; stepped along;] or walked: (S, K:) and said of a child, he walked a little, at his first beginning to walk: (Msb, TA: *) or, said of an old man, and of a child, and of a bird of the kind called قَطًا, aor. as above, inf. n. [دُرُوجٌ and] دَرْجٌ and دَرَجَانٌ and دَرِيجٌ, he walked with a weak gait; crept along; or went, or walked, leisurely, slowly, softly, or gently. (TA.) ― 2-b2- [Hence,] دَرَجَ قَرْنٌ بَعْدَ قَرْنٍ Generation after generation passed away. (A.) And دَرَجَ القَوْمُ The people passed away, or perished, none of them remaining; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ اندرجوا. (S, K.) And دَرَجَ He left no progeny, or offspring: (As, S, K:) he died, and left no progeny, or offspring: [opposed to أَعْقَبَ:] but you do not say so of every one who has died: (TA:) or it signifies also [simply] he died: (Aboo-Tálib, S, A, Msb:) so in the prov., أَكْذَبُ مَنْ دَبَّ وَدَرَجَ (S, Msb) The most lying of the living and the dead. (S.) Or دَرَجَ signifies, (K,) or signifies also, (S,) He went his way; (S, K;) and so دَرِجَ, [aor. دَرَجَ ,] like سَمِعَ. (K.) لَيْسَ هٰذَا بِعُشِّكِ فَٱدْرُجِى, i. e. [This is not thy nest, therefore] go thou away, is a saying occurring in a خُطْبَة of El-Hajjáj, addressed to him who applies himself to a thing not of his business to do; or to him who is at ease in an improper time; wherefore he is thus ordered to be diligent and in motion. (TA. [See also art. عش.]) ― 2-b3- دَرَجَتْ and ↓ أَدْرَجَتْ She (a camel) went beyond the year [from the day when she was covered] without bringing forth. (S, K.) ― 2-b4- دَرَجَتِ الرِّيحُ The wind left marks, or lines, [or ripples,] upon the sand. (TA.) ― 2-b5- دَرَجَتِ الرِّيحُ بِالحَصَا The wind passed violently over the pebbles [app. so as to make them move along: see also 10]. (K.) ＝ 1-A2- دَرِجَ, aor. دَرَجَ , He rose in grade, degree, rank, condition, or station. (K, TA.) ― 2-b2- He kept to the plain and manifest way in religion or in speech. (K, TA.) ＝ 1-A3- Also (i. e. دَرِجَ) He continued to eat the kind of bird called دُرَّاج. (K.) ＝ 1-A4- دَرَجَ as a trans. v.: see 4, in two places.