ضريح

Arabic

ضَرِيحَانِ‏

Etymology

From the root ض ر ح (ḍ-r-ḥ) meaning “to displace” or “to remove” dirt, “to dig a grave”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤa.riːħ/

Noun

ضَرِيح • (ḍarīḥ) m (plural ضَرَائِح (ḍarāʔiḥ) or أَضْرِحَة (ʔaḍriḥa))

1. grave; burial-place
2. mausoleum; shrine

Declension

Declension of noun ضَرِيح (ḍarīḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَرِيح ḍarīḥ	الضَّرِيح aḍ-ḍarīḥ	ضَرِيح ḍarīḥ
Nominative	ضَرِيحٌ ḍarīḥun	الضَّرِيحُ aḍ-ḍarīḥu	ضَرِيحُ ḍarīḥu
Accusative	ضَرِيحًا ḍarīḥan	الضَّرِيحَ aḍ-ḍarīḥa	ضَرِيحَ ḍarīḥa
Genitive	ضَرِيحٍ ḍarīḥin	الضَّرِيحِ aḍ-ḍarīḥi	ضَرِيحِ ḍarīḥi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَرِيحَيْن ḍarīḥayn	الضَّرِيحَيْن aḍ-ḍarīḥayn	ضَرِيحَيْ ḍarīḥay
Nominative	ضَرِيحَانِ ḍarīḥāni	الضَّرِيحَانِ aḍ-ḍarīḥāni	ضَرِيحَا ḍarīḥā
Accusative	ضَرِيحَيْنِ ḍarīḥayni	الضَّرِيحَيْنِ aḍ-ḍarīḥayni	ضَرِيحَيْ ḍarīḥay
Genitive	ضَرِيحَيْنِ ḍarīḥayni	الضَّرِيحَيْنِ aḍ-ḍarīḥayni	ضَرِيحَيْ ḍarīḥay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَرَائِح‎; أَضْرِحَة ḍarāʔiḥ‎; ʔaḍriḥa	الضَّرَائِح‎; الْأَضْرِحَة aḍ-ḍarāʔiḥ‎; al-ʔaḍriḥa	ضَرَائِح‎; أَضْرِحَة ḍarāʔiḥ‎; ʔaḍriḥat
Nominative	ضَرَائِحُ‎; أَضْرِحَةٌ ḍarāʔiḥu‎; ʔaḍriḥatun	الضَّرَائِحُ‎; الْأَضْرِحَةُ aḍ-ḍarāʔiḥu‎; al-ʔaḍriḥatu	ضَرَائِحُ‎; أَضْرِحَةُ ḍarāʔiḥu‎; ʔaḍriḥatu
Accusative	ضَرَائِحَ‎; أَضْرِحَةً ḍarāʔiḥa‎; ʔaḍriḥatan	الضَّرَائِحَ‎; الْأَضْرِحَةَ aḍ-ḍarāʔiḥa‎; al-ʔaḍriḥata	ضَرَائِحَ‎; أَضْرِحَةَ ḍarāʔiḥa‎; ʔaḍriḥata
Genitive	ضَرَائِحَ‎; أَضْرِحَةٍ ḍarāʔiḥa‎; ʔaḍriḥatin	الضَّرَائِحِ‎; الْأَضْرِحَةِ aḍ-ḍarāʔiḥi‎; al-ʔaḍriḥati	ضَرَائِحِ‎; أَضْرِحَةِ ḍarāʔiḥi‎; ʔaḍriḥati

Coordinate terms

• مَقَام (maqām)
• مَزَار (mazār)
• مَشْهَد (mašhad)
• قَبْر (qabr)

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “ضريح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1784–1785