# درع
## Arabic
### Etymology

From the root د ر ع (d-r-ʕ). Compare Ge'ez ድርዕ (dərʿ, “coat of mail, harness”), Tigre ደርዕ (därʿ), Tigrinya ድርዒ (dərʿi), Amharic ዲር (dir), ድር (dər), Soqotri daraḥ (“to put on (a garment)”). Nöldeke thinks that the Arabic is borrowed from Ge'ez.

### Pronunciation

* (Noun) IPA: /dirʕ/
* (Verb) IPA: /dar.ra.ʕa/

### Noun

دِرْع • (dirʕ) m or f (plural دُرُوع (durūʕ) or أَدْرُع (ʔadruʕ))
* (uncountable) protective coverings
** (uncountable) protective war equipment, armor
    Hyponyms: خُوذَة (ḵūḏa), تُرْس (turs)
** (countable) a body armor
** (countable) an armor plate held in hand, a shield
    Synonyms: تُرْس (turs), مِجَنّ (mijann)
** (countable) something that resembles or is used like a shield (such as human shields)
** (countable, of animals) a protective shell or covering (as of a tortoise), armature
* (by extension) a garment worn by women

#### Declension
### Verb

دَرَّعَ • (darraʕa) II (non-past يُدَرِّعُ (yudarriʕu), verbal noun تَدْرِيع (tadrīʕ))
* to put armor on, to armor

#### Conjugation
### References

* Freytag, Georg (1833) “درع”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 23
* Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 141
* Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 53
* Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “درع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 387

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

* Root
* د ر ع
* 1 term
From Arabic دَرَّعَ (darraʕa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dar.raʕ/

### Verb

درع • (darraʕ) II (non-past يدرع (ydarraʕ))
* (transitive) to hug
    Synonym: عنق (ʕannaq)
* (intransitive) to use one's arms to swim

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of درع :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | درّعت (darraʕt) | درّعتي (darraʕti) | درّع (darraʕ) | درّعنا (darraʕna) | درّعتوا (darraʕtu) | درّعوا (darrʕu) |
| past | f | درّعت (darraʕt) | درّعتي (darraʕti) | درّعت (darrʕāt) | درّعنا (darraʕna) | درّعتوا (darraʕtu) | درّعوا (darrʕu) |
| non-past | m | ندرّع (ndarraʕ) | تدرّع (tdarraʕ) | يدرّع (ydarraʕ) | ندرّعوا (ndarrʕu) | تدرّعوا (tdarrʕu) | يدرّعوا (ydarrʕu) |
| non-past | f | ندرّع (ndarraʕ) | تدرّعي (tdarrʕi) | تدرّع (tdarraʕ) | ندرّعوا (ndarrʕu) | تدرّعوا (tdarrʕu) | يدرّعوا (ydarrʕu) |
| imperative | m | | درّع (darraʕ) | | | درّعوا (darrʕu) | |
| imperative | f | | درّعي (darrʕi) | | | درّعوا (darrʕu) | |

#### Related terms

* تدراع (tadrāʕ)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِرْع (dirʕ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [diɾʔ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪eɹ]

### Noun

درع • (der)
* armor; body armor; coat of mail
    Synonym: زِره (zere)
** c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “Dāstān-i Davāzdah Rukh”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎:چنین گفت پیش پدر رزمساز که ما را به درع تو ناید نیازčunīn guft pēš-i pidar razmsāz ki mā rā ba dir'-i tu n-āyad niyāzThis Razmsāz spoke to his father, "I have no need for your coat of mail."(Classical Persian romanization)
** c. 1100, Mahsatī, fa: رباعیات مهستی‎:گر باد پریر خود نرگس بفراخت دی درع بنفشه نیز بر خاک انداخت امروز کشید خنجر سوسن از آب فردا سپر از آتش گل خواهد ساختgar bād parēr xwad-i nargis bifrāxt dī dir'-i banafša nēz bar xāk andāxt ēmrōz kašīd xanjar-i sōsan az āb fardā sipar az ātiš gul xwāhad sāxtIf two days ago, the breeze lifted up the narcissus, Yesterday, it cast the armor of violets too upon the earth, Today, it drew the lily's dagger from the waters, Tomorrow, it will make the rose a shield of flame.(Classical Persian romanization)
* (archaic) women's garment or veil