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سور

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

سُوَّارَى ذ Height: so expl. by Th as used in the saying, كَمَا تُحِبُّ فرَخَهَا الحُبَارَى أُحِبُّهُ جُبًّا لَهُ سُوَّارَى [ I love him with a love that has height (i. e. rising to a high degree ), like as the bustard loves her young one ]: meaning that the bustard is stupid, and, when she loves her young one, is excessive in stupidity. (M.)

Derived headwords

سُوَّارَى
  1. 1.
كَمَا تُحِبُّ فرَخَهَا الحُبَارَى
أُحِبُّهُ جُبًّا لَهُ سُوَّارَى