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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.