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عرت

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of firmness, rigidity, and intense, often erratic, movement or disturbance. It can describe the stiffness of a spear, the violent shaking of lightning, or the act of rubbing or cleansing.

Derived headwords

عَرَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to be firm, stiffclassical

    Used to describe the rigidity or firmness of an object, particularly a spear.

يَعْرِتُverb
  1. 1.
    to be firm, stiffclassical

    The present tense form of the verb 'to be firm or stiff'.

  2. 2.
    to shake, be disturbedclassical

    Describes the violent, erratic movement or disturbance of something, like lightning.

عَرْتاًnoun
  1. 1.
    firmness, stiffnessclassical

    The state of being firm or stiff, often used in relation to a spear.

  2. 2.
    rubbing, frictionclassical

    The act of rubbing or causing friction.

عَرَاتٌadjective
  1. 1.
    shaking, disturbedclassical

    Describes something that is in a state of violent, unsteady movement, like a spear or lightning.

عُرَاصٌadjective
  1. 1.
    shaking, disturbedclassical

    Similar to 'عرات', describing something that shakes or is disturbed violently.

يَعْرُصُverb
  1. 1.
    to shake, be disturbedclassical

    Describes the violent, erratic movement or disturbance of something, like lightning.

عَرَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to rub, to cleanseclassical

    To rub something, such as a person's nose, with one's hand.

يَعْرِتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to rub itclassical

    The present tense form of the verb 'to rub', referring to rubbing something, like a nose.

عَرَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to rub itclassical

    The past tense form of the verb 'to rub', referring to rubbing something, like a nose.

العَرْتُnoun
  1. 1.
    rubbing, frictionclassical

    The act of rubbing or causing friction, often with the hand.

Parallel reading

عرت الرمح يعرت عرتا: صلب.
The spear became firm, it becomes firm, firmness: it was stiff.
ورمح عرات وعراص: شديد الاضطراب؛
And a spear that is 'arat' and 'aras': violently disturbed;
وقد عرت يعرت وعرص يعرص.
And it became firm, it becomes firm, and it became disturbed, it becomes disturbed.
وعرت الرمح إذا اضطرب،
And the spear became firm when it was disturbed,
وكذلك البرق إذا لمع واضطرب؛
And likewise lightning when it flashed and was disturbed;
ويقال: برق عرات.
And it is said: 'arat' lightning.
والعرت: الدلك.
And 'al-'art': the rubbing.
وعرت أنفه يعرته ويعرته عرتا: تناوله بيده فدلكه.
And he rubbed his nose, he rubs it and he rubs it, rubbing: he took it with his hand and rubbed it.