دَرَجَ
1.
, (S, Msb, K,) aorist
دَرُجَ
, (S, Msb,) verbal noun 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, aorist as above, verbal noun [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.
[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, [aorist
دَرَجَ
,] like سَمِعَ. (K.) لَيْسَ هٰذَا
بِعُشِّكِ فَادْرُجِى, 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 article عش.])
3.
دَرَجَتْ and
أَدْرَجَتْ
She (a camel) went beyond the year [from the day when she was covered] without bringing forth. (S, K.)
4.
دَرَجَتِ الرِّيحُ
The wind left marks, or lines, [or ripples,] upon the sand. (TA.)
5.
دَرَجَتِ الرِّيحُ بِالحَصَا
The wind passed violently over the pebbles [apparently so as to make them move along: see also 10]. (K.)
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دَرَجَ as a transitive v.: see 4, in two places.