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ثعر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a poisonous substance derived from the Samr tree, and by extension, to growths like warts or pustules. It also describes specific botanical parts and anatomical features, as well as a type of person.

Derived headwords

الثَّعَرnoun
  1. 1.
    poisonous substanceclassical

    A viscous substance that emerges from the root of the Samr tree, considered a deadly poison that causes death by pain if it enters the eye.

الثُّؤَرnoun
  1. 1.
    wartsboth

    The condition of having numerous warts or pustules.

الثُّعَرnoun
  1. 1.
    wartsboth

    The condition of having numerous warts or pustules.

الثَّعْرُورnoun
  1. 1.
    fruit of the Dha'nunclassical

    The fruit of the Dha'nun tree, which is a bitter plant. It is also used to refer to the head of the Tarathuth plant.

  2. 2.
    Tarathuth plant headclassical

    The tip of the Tarathuth plant, which is an edible herb.

  3. 3.
    wartboth

    A wart or pustule.

  4. 4.
    short, stout manclassical

    A man who is thickset and short.

الثَّعَارِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    wartsboth

    Warts or pustules.

  2. 2.
    Tarathuth fruitsclassical

    The fruits of the Tarathuth plant.

  3. 3.
    newly emerged beingsclassical

    Refers to people emerging from hellfire, described as white and pure like warts or the heads of Tarathuth plants, or like small cucumbers that grow quickly.

الثَّعْرُورَانnoun
  1. 1.
    anatomical featuresclassical

    Two features resembling small breasts that flank the penis of a horse on the right and left. Also described as parts flanking the saddle from the outside, or as extra teats on a ewe.

Parallel reading

الثعر والثعر والثعر، جميعا: لثى يخرج من أصل السمر، يقال إنه سم قاتل، إذا قطر في العين منه شيء مات الإنسان وجعا.
Al-tha'ar, al-thu'ar, and al-thu'ar, all: are a viscous substance that emerges from the root of the Samr tree, said to be a deadly poison; if a drop of it falls into the eye, the person dies of pain.
والثعر: كثرة الثآليل.
And al-thu'ar: is the abundance of warts.
والثعرور: ثمر الذؤنون وهي شجرة مرة، ويقال لرأس الطرثوث ثعرور كأنه كمرة ذكر الرجل في أعلاه.
And al-tha'rur: is the fruit of the Dha'nun, which is a bitter tree; and the head of the Tarathuth is called a tha'rur, as if it were the glans of a man's penis on its upper part.
والثعرور: الطرثوث، وقيل: طرفه، وهو نبت يؤكل
And al-tha'rur: is the Tarathuth, and it is said to be its tip; it is a plant that is eaten.
والثعارير: الثآليل وحمل الطراثيث أيضا، واحدها ثعرور.
And al-tha'arir: are the warts and also the fruits of the Tarathuth; the singular of which is tha'rur.
إذا ميز أهل الجنة من النار أخرجوا قد امتحشوا فيلقون في نهر الحياة فيخرجون بيضا مثل الثعارير
When the people of Paradise are distinguished from the Fire, they will be brought out, having been scorched, and cast into the River of Life, and they will emerge white like al-tha'arir.
يخرج قوم من النار فينبتون كما تنبت الثعارير
A people will emerge from the Fire, and they will grow as al-tha'arir grow.
قيل: الثعارير في هذا الحديث رؤوس الطراثيث تراها إذا خرجت من الأرض بيضا شبهوا في البياض بها.
It is said: al-tha'arir in this hadith are the heads of the Tarathuth, which you see when they emerge from the earth white; they are likened to them in their whiteness.
شبهوا بها لأن القثاء ينمي سريعا.
They are likened to them because cucumbers grow quickly.
والثعروران: كالحلمتين يكتنفان غرمول الفرس عن يمين وشمال
And al-tha'ruran: are like two small breasts that flank the penis of a horse on the right and left.
يكتنفان القتب من خارج
They flank the saddle from the outside.
وهما أيضا الزائدان على ضرع الشاة.
And they are also the extra teats on a ewe.
والثعرور: الرجل الغليظ القصير.
And al-tha'rur: is the thickset, short man.