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دِرْع
armor (coat of mail); shield /ˈdirʕ/
nounB1#2655 most common
Also: breastplate, body armor
Example sentences
هَذَا دِرْعٌ.
This is a coat of armor.
لَبِسَ الجُنْدِيُّ الدِرْعَ.
The soldier put on the armor.
كَانَ الدِرْعُ ثَقِيلًا جِدًّا.
The armor was very heavy.
صَنَعَ الحَدَّادُ دِرْعًا مِنَ الحَدِيدِ لِلْفَارِسِ.
The blacksmith made an iron coat of armor for the knight.
لَمْ يَخْتَرِقِ السَّهْمُ الدِرْعَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَرْتَدِيهِ المُحَارِبُ.
The arrow did not pierce the armor the warrior was wearing.
ظَلَّتِ الدُّرُوعُ الحَدِيدِيَّةُ رَمْزًا لِلْقُوَّةِ العَسْكَرِيَّةِ فِي العُصُورِ الوُسْطَى.
Iron suits of armor remained a symbol of military power in the Middle Ages.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | دِرْعٌ | دُرُوعٌ |
| Genitive | دِرْعٍ | دُرُوعٍ |
| Accusative | دِرْعًا | دُرُوعًا |
| Vocative | يَا دِرْعُ | يَا دُرُوعُ |
Word family
دِرْعcoat of mail, armor, shield
دُرُوعsuits of armor (plural)
دَارِعone wearing armor, armored
مُدَرَّعarmored, armor-plated
تَدَرُّعthe act of arming oneself with armor
Etymology
Dirʿ comes from the Semitic triliteral root d-r-ʕ, tied to the sense of covering or shielding the body. Classical Arabic dictionaries already list it with the meaning of a coat of mail worn in battle, and it appears in this sense in the Quran, where the craft of making coats of mail is described. The root also gave rise to words for wearing armor and for armored things generally.
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