ءطر

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of bending, curving, or inclining something. It extends to notions of surrounding, enclosing, or forming a frame around an object, and metaphorically, to restraining or guiding someone towards something.

Derived headwords

أَطَرَverb

1.
to bendboth
To bend or curve something, causing it to become crooked or distorted.
2.
to restrainclassical
To restrain, curb, or guide someone towards the right path.
3.
to make a frameboth
To create a frame or border around something.

أَطَرَهُ عَلَى الحَقِّ أَطْرًا — He restrained him and guided him towards the truth.

أَطَرْتُ القَوْسَ — I bent the bow.

تَأَطَّرَverb

1.
to bendboth
To become bent, curved, or inflected.
2.
to be restrainedclassical
To be bent or guided towards something.
3.
to stayclassical
To stay or remain in a place, to be confined.

فَأَطَرَّهُ فَانْأَطَرَ — He bent it, and it became bent.

تَأَطَّرَ الرُّمْحُ — The spear became bent.

تَأَطَّرَ بالمَكَانِ — He stayed in the place.

انْأَطَرَverb

1.
to bendclassical
To become bent or curved.

فَانْأَطَرَ انْئِطَارًا — And it became bent.

أَطَرْتُهُ فَانْأَطَرَ — I bent it, and it became bent.

أَطْرًاnoun

1.
bendingboth
The act of bending or curving something.
2.
restraintclassical
The act of restraining or guiding.

تَأْخُذُوا عَلَى يَدِ الظَّالِمِ وَتَأْطُرُوهُ عَلَى الحَقِّ أَطْرًا — You must take the hand of the oppressor and restrain him towards the truth.

مَأْطُورadjective

1.
bentclassical
Bent or curved.
2.
supportedclassical
A well that is supported by timbers to prevent collapse.

البِئْرُ المَأْطُورُ — The supported well.

إِطَارnoun

1.
frameboth
A border, frame, or surrounding structure.
2.
outlineboth
The outline or edge of something.
3.
vine supportsclassical
Sticks or rods twisted for trellising vines.
4.
ring of peopleclassical
A circle or ring of people surrounding something.

إِطَارُ الشَّفَةِ — The outline of the lip.

إِطَارُ البَيْتِ — The frame of the house.

قُضْبَانُ الكَرْمِ تُلوى للإِطَارِ — The vine rods are twisted for trellising.

أَطْرَةnoun

1.
frameboth
That which surrounds or encloses something.
2.
skin around nailboth
The skin that surrounds the fingernail or toenail.
3.
part of a vesselclassical
A wooden piece fitted to the rim of a vessel, often covered with leather.
4.
part of a horse's anatomyclassical
A part of the horse's anatomy near the shoulder blade and hindquarters.
5.
ash and blood mixtureclassical
A mixture of ash and blood used to repair a broken pot.

الأَطَرَةُ مَا أَحَاطَ بِالظُّفْرِ مِنَ اللَّحْمِ — The 'aṭrah is the flesh that surrounds the nail.

مَأْطُورَةٌ فَوْقَ السَّوِيَّةِ مِنْ جِلْدٍ — A vessel's rim made of leather.

تَأْطِيرnoun

1.
framingboth
The act of making a frame or border.
2.
delaying marriageclassical
The act of a young woman remaining unmarried for a long time.

التَّأْطِيرُ أَنْ تَبْقَى الجَارِيَةُ زَمَانًا فِي بَيْتِ أَبَوَيْهَا لَا تَتَزَوَّجُ — 'Ta'ṭīr' is when a young woman remains in her parents' house for a long time without marrying.

أَطِيرnoun

1.
tailclassical
The tail of an animal.
2.
distant evilclassical
Evil or harmful speech that comes from afar.

أَخَذَنِي بِأَطِيرِ غَيْرِي — He blamed me for the fault of another.

آصِرَةnoun

1.
bondclassical
A bond of kinship or affection.

إِنَّ بَيْنَهُمْ لَآصِرَةَ رَحِمٍ — Indeed, there is a bond of kinship between them.

آطِرَةnoun

1.
bondclassical
A bond of kinship or affection (synonymous with آصرة).

إِنَّ بَيْنَهُمْ لَآصِرَةَ رَحِمٍ وَآطِرَةَ رَحِمٍ — Indeed, there is a bond of kinship between them.

إِطَارَةnoun

1.
making a frameclassical
The act of making a frame or border.

إِطَارُ الذَّكَرِnoun

1.
glans penisclassical
The rim or edge of the glans penis.

إِطَارُ السَّهْمِnoun

1.
arrowhead bindingclassical
The binding or wrapping around the arrowhead.

أَطْرَةُ الرَّمْلِnoun

1.
sand dune crestclassical
The crest or edge of a sand dune.

أَطْرَةُ الأَبْهَرِnoun

1.
part of horse's anatomyclassical
The edge of the aorta near the shoulder blade and hindquarters in a horse.

Parallel reading

عَطَفَ الشَّيْءَ فَتَقَبَّضَ عَلَى أَحَدِ طَرَفَيْهِ فَتَعَوَّجَ

He bent the thing, and it contracted at one of its ends and became crooked.

كَأَنَّ كُنَاسِي ضَالَّةٍ يُكْنِفَانِهَا، ... وَأَطْرَ قِسِيٍّ، تَحْتَ صُلْبٍ مُؤَبَّدٍ

Like the two sides of a lost thing embracing it, ... and the bent ends of bows, under a firm, enduring structure.

لَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ حَتَّى تَأْخُذُوا عَلَى يَدِ الظَّالِمِ وَتَأْطُرُوهُ عَلَى الحَقِّ أَطْرًا

No, by Him in whose hand is my soul, until you take the hand of the oppressor and restrain him towards the truth.

وَقَوْلُهُ تَأْطُرُوهُ عَلَى الحَقِّ يَقُولُ تَعْطِفُوهُ عَلَيْهِ

And his saying 'ta'ṭurūhu 'alā al-ḥaqq' means 'you make him incline towards it'.

وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ عَطَفْتَهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ، فَقَدْ أَطَرْتَهُ تَأَطَّرُهُ أَطْرًا

And everything you bend towards something, you have bent it, bending it.

وَعَايَنْتُ أَعْيُنَهَا تَامُورًا، ... يُطِيرُ عَنْ أَكْتَافِهَا القَتِيرَا

And I saw its eyes like a small hill, ... the dust flying from its shoulders.

وَإِذَا كَانَ حَالُ البِئْرِ سَهْلًا طُلَّ بِالشَّجَرِ لِئَلَّا يَنْهَدِمَ، فَهُوَ مَأْطُورٌ

And if the condition of the well is easy, it is shored up with timbers so that it does not collapse, then it is supported.

وَتَأَطَّرَ الرُّمْحُ: تَثَنَّى

And the spear became bent: it was curved.

فَأَطَرَّ اللهُ مِنْهُ أَي ثَنَاهُ وَقَصَّرَهُ وَنَقَصَ مِنْ طُولِهِ

So Allah bent him, meaning He curved him, shortened him, and reduced his height.

أَتَاهُ زِيَادُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ فَأَطَرَهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ أَي عَطَفَهُ

Ziyad bin 'Udayy came to him, and he bent him to the ground, meaning he made him incline.

وَأَطَرْتُ القَوْسَ آطِرُهَا أَطْرًا إِذَا حَنَيْتَهَا

And I bent the bow, I bent it, if you curve it.

وَالأَطَرَةُ: مَا أَحَاطَ بِالظُّفْرِ مِنَ اللَّحْمِ، والجَمْعُ أَطْرٌ وَإِطَارٌ

And the 'aṭrah: is the flesh that surrounds the nail, and the plural is 'aṭr and iṭār.

وَإِطَارُ الشَّفَةِ: مَا يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ شُعَيْرَاتِ الشَّارِبِ، وَهُمَا إِطَارَانِ

And the frame of the lip: is what separates it from the fine hairs of the mustache, and they are two frames.

وَقَالَ ابْنُ الأَثِيرِ: يَعْنِي حَرْفَ الشَّفَةِ الأَعْلَى الَّذِي يَحُولُ بَيْنَ مَنَابِتِ الشَّعَرِ وَالشَّفَةِ

And Ibn al-Athir said: He means the edge of the upper lip that separates the hair follicles from the lip.

وَالإِطَارُ: قُضْبَانُ الكَرْمِ تُلوى لِلتَّعْرِيشِ

And the frame: are the vine rods twisted for trellising.

وَالإِطَارُ: الحَلْقَةُ مِنَ النَّاسِ لإِحَاطَتِهِمْ بِمَا حَلَقُوا بِهِ

And the frame: is a ring of people for their surrounding of what they have encircled.

وَالأَطَرَةُ: طَرَفُ الأَبْهَرِ فِي رَأْسِ الحَجَبَةِ إِلَى مُنْتَهَى الخَاصِرَةِ، وَقِيلَ: هِيَ مِنْ فَرَسٍ طَرَفُ الأَبْهَرِ

And the 'aṭrah: is the edge of the aorta at the top of the shoulder blade to the end of the flank, and it is said: it is from a horse, the edge of the aorta.

وَقَوْلُهُ: كَأَنَّ عَرَاقِيبَ القَطَا أُطُرٌ لَهَا، ... حَدِيثُ نَوَاحِيهَا بِوَقْعٍ وَصُلْبٍ

And his saying: As if the joints of the sandgrouse were bent for them, ... the details of its sides with impact and firmness.

وَالأَطِيرُ: الذَّنَبُ، وَقِيلَ: هُوَ الكَلَامُ وَالشَّرُّ يَجِيءُ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ

And the 'aṭīr: is the tail, and it is said: it is speech and evil that comes from afar.

إِنَّ بَيْنَهُمْ لَآصِرَةَ رَحِمٍ وَآطِرَةَ رَحِمٍ وَعَوَاطِفَ رَحِمٍ بِمَعْنًى وَاحِدٍ

Indeed, between them is a bond of kinship, and another bond of kinship, and affections of kinship, all meaning one thing.

فَأَطَرْتُهَا بَيْنَ نِسَائِي أَي شَقَقْتُهَا وَقَسَمْتُهَا بَيْنَهُنَّ

So I divided it among my wives, meaning I split it and distributed it among them.

وَالأَطَرَةُ: أَنْ يُؤْخَذَ رَمَادٌ وَدَمٌ يُلَطَّخُ بِهِ كَسْرُ القِدْرِ وَيُصْلَحُ

And the 'aṭrah: is to take ash and blood and smear it on the crack of a pot and repair it.