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تغر

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the bubbling or boiling of liquids, and also to the flow of blood from a wound. It seems to have variations in pronunciation and meaning depending on the specific context and dialect.

Derived headwords

تَغِرَتِ القِدْرُverb
  1. 1.
    pot boiledboth

    The pot boiled over or bubbled vigorously.

تَغَرًاnoun
  1. 1.
    boilingclassical

    The act of boiling or bubbling vigorously.

تَغِرُverb
  1. 1.
    it boilsclassical

    It boils or bubbles.

تَغَارadjective
  1. 1.
    bloody (wound)classical

    A wound from which blood flows.

دَمٌ تَغَارnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing bloodclassical

    Blood that flows from a wound.

نَغَرَتِ القِدْرُverb
  1. 1.
    pot boiledclassical

    The pot boiled over or bubbled vigorously (variant pronunciation).

نَغَارadjective
  1. 1.
    bloody (wound)classical

    A wound from which blood flows (variant pronunciation).

نَعَارadjective
  1. 1.
    bloody (wound)classical

    A wound from which blood flows (another variant pronunciation).

نَعِرَverb
  1. 1.
    it boilsclassical

    It boils or bubbles (variant pronunciation).

Parallel reading

وصهباء ميسانية لم يقم بها ... حنيف، ولم تتغر بها ساعة قدر
And a Maysanite wine, no upright man stood by it... nor did it boil for an hour in the pot.
فإن سال منه الدم قيل جرح تغار ودم تغار
If blood flowed from it, it was said to be a 'taghar' wound and 'taghar' blood.
جرح نعار
A 'nu'ar' wound.
جرح تغار ونغار
A 'taghar' and 'naghar' wound.
تغر ونغر ونعر
'Taghar', 'naghar', and 'na'ar'.