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بحتر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something short and compact in form. It also refers to a specific lineage or tribe, and things attributed to them.

Derived headwords

البحترnoun
  1. 1.
    short and compact personboth

    A person who is short and of a compact build.

الحبترnoun
  1. 1.
    short and compact personclassical

    A person who is short and of a compact build. It is considered an inversion of 'al-buḥtar'.

بحترةnoun
  1. 1.
    short and compact femaleboth

    The feminine form of 'al-buḥtar', referring to a short and compact female.

البحاترnoun
  1. 1.
    short and compact peopleboth

    The plural form of 'al-buḥtar', referring to short and compact people.

بحترname
  1. 1.
    ancestor of Tayyboth

    The name of an ancestor of the tribe Tayy, specifically a progenitor of a clan within Tayy.

البحتريةnoun
  1. 1.
    camels of the Buḥtarboth

    Camels belonging to or associated with the Buḥtar lineage or tribe.

Parallel reading

البحتر: بالضم: القصير المجتمع الخلق
Al-buḥtar: with dammah: the short, compact of creation.
وكذلك الحبتر، وهو مقلوب منه
And likewise al-ḥabtar, which is an inversion of it.
والأنثى بحترة
And the female is buḥtarah.
والجمع البحاتر
And the plural is al-buḥāṭir.
وبحتر: أبو بطن من طيء
And Buḥtar: the father of a clan from Tayy.
وهو بحتر بن عتود بن عنين بن سلامان بن ثعل بن عمرو بن الغوث بن جلهمة بن طيء بن أدد
And he is Buḥtar son of 'Atūd son of 'Unayn son of Salāmān son of Tha'al son of 'Amr son of al-Ghawth son of Jalamah son of Tayy son of Add.
وهو رهط الهيثم بن عدي
And he is the clan of al-Haytham ibn 'Udayy.
والبحترية من الإبل: منسوبة إليهم
And al-Buḥtarīyah from the camels: attributed to them.