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سبرد

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of shaving or removing hair, particularly from the head or body. It also extends to the concept of a newborn animal being born without hair.

Derived headwords

سَبْرَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to shaveboth

    To shave hair, especially from the head.

مَسْبَرَدnoun
  1. 1.
    hairless newbornclassical

    A newborn animal, particularly a camel, that is born without hair.

Parallel reading

سبرد شعره إذا حلقه
He shaved his hair if he shaved it.
والناقة إذا ألقت ولدها لا شعر عليه
And the she-camel if she gave birth to her young without hair on it.
فهو المسبرد
So it is the hairless one.