درس

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درس^¹

/da.ra.sa/

Where it comes from

According to Geiger, usage of this verb in the sense of German deuteln (“to interpret in a petty manner”), specifically in Qurʔān 6:105 and Qurʔān 6:156, is a semantic loan from Hebrew דָּרַשׁ (dāráš).

verb دَرَسَ · darasa · يَدْرُسُ · دَرْس · دِرَاس · دِرَاسَة

to erase, to efface, to obliterate, to wipe out, to make hard to see
to thresh, to flail وَأَمَّا المُصَنَّبُ فَيُؤْخَذُ الصِنَابُ الْحَدِيثُ وَيُجْتَنَبُ الْقَدِيمُ وَيُغْسَلُ حَبُّهُ بِالْمَاءِ الْعَذْبِ وَيُجَفَّفُ ثُمَّ يُدْرَسُ وَيُغَرْبَلُ ثُمَّ يُعْمَدُ إِلَى الْمُصْطَارِ الْحُلْوِ الْغَايَةِ فِي الْحَلَاوَةِ فَيُمْلِئ مِنْهُ خَابِيَةً وَيُقَسَّمُ ذٰلِكَ الصِنَابُ أَقْسَامًا ثَلَ
to study, to learn يَدْرُسُ ٱلْهَنْدَسَةَ فِي ٱلْجَامِعَةِ.

verb دَرَسَ · darasa · يَدْرُسُ · دُرُوس · دَارِس

to become erased, to become effaced, to become obliterated, to become wiped out, to become hard to see

درس^²

/dar.ra.sa/

verb دَرَّسَ · darrasa · يُدَرِّسُ · تَدْرِيس · مُدَرِّس

ditransitive to teach, to educate

درس^³

/dars/

noun دَرْس · dars · دُرُوس · الدَّرْس

noun from verb verbal noun of دَرَسَ (darasa) (form I)
study, studies
lesson
class, class hour, period
lecture

درس^⁴

/dirs/

noun دِرْس · dirs · أَدْرَاس · الدِّرْس

relic, trace, mark (of a thing effaced)
tail

In English

study to revise/review materials
learning action of the verb
profess to work as a professor of; to teach
thresh to separate the grain from the straw or husks
lesson section of learning or teaching

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {درس},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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