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بذقر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of scattering, dispersing, or separating. It is used to describe groups of people dispersing and also the non-dispersion of blood.

Derived headwords

اِبْذَقَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to scatterclassical

    To disperse or scatter, typically used for a group of people.

اِبْذَعَرُواverb
  1. 1.
    to scatterclassical

    An alternative verb form indicating dispersion or scattering, used similarly to اِبْذَقَرَ.

اِبْذَقَرَverb
  1. 1.
    not to scatterclassical

    Used in the negative to mean 'did not scatter' or 'did not disperse'.

تَمَذْرَverb
  1. 1.
    to scatterclassical

    To scatter or disperse, used as a synonym or related concept to بذقر.

Parallel reading

اِبْذَقَرَ القَوْمُ وَابْذَعَرُوا: تَفَرَّقُوا
The people scattered and dispersed: they separated.
فَمَا اِبْذَقَرَ دَمُهُ
And his blood did not scatter.
وَهِيَ لُغَةٌ: مَعْنَاهُ مَا تَفَرَّقَ وَلَا تَمَذْرَ
And it is a dialectal usage: its meaning is 'it did not scatter and it did not disperse'.