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جثر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root جثر (j-th-r) primarily relates to concepts of wideness, abundance, and expansion. It is often used to describe water, blood, or physical spaces that are broad or flowing copiously. It also extends to describe the middle or widest part of something, and can refer to specific geographical locations or types of plant matter.

Derived headwords

جَثْرadjective
  1. 1.
    wideboth

    Describing something as wide or expansive.

وَسِعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be wideboth

    To be wide or spacious.

ورق جثر: واسع — Wide leaves.
وثجر الشيء «4». وسعه — And the thing was wide; its wideness.
اِنْثَجَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to become abundantboth

    Used for water becoming abundant or plentiful.

  2. 2.
    to gush outboth

    Used for blood coming out in a rush or gushing.

وانثجر الماء: صار كثيرا — And the water became abundant: it became plentiful.
وانثجر الدم: خرج دفعا — And the blood gushed out: it came out in a rush.
ثَجْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    widest part of a valleyclassical

    The place in a valley where water disperses and widens, representing its largest part.

  2. 2.
    middle/upper bodyclassical

    The middle part of a human or other body; or the upper part of the chest, specifically the clavicle area.

وثجرة الوادي: حيث يتفرق الماء ويتسع، وهو معظمه — And the thajrah of the valley: where the water disperses and widens, and it is its largest part.
وثجرة الإنسان وغيره: وسطه، وقيل: مجتمع أعلى جسده، وقيل: هي اللبة وهي من البعير السبلة — And the thajrah of a human and others: its middle, and it is said: the gathering of its upper body, and it is said: it is the chest, and for a camel it is the dewlap.
أَثْجَرadjective
  1. 1.
    wide woundclassical

    Describing a wound that is wide and causes a large injury.

  2. 2.
    thick-rooted, short arrowsclassical

    Describing arrows that are thick at their base and short.

وسهم أثجر: عريض واسع الجرح — And an athjar arrow: wide, causing a large wound.
وقيل: سهام ثجر غلاظ الأصول قصار — And it is said: thajr arrows are thick-rooted and short.
ثَجَرnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered plant matterclassical

    A scattered piece or portion of vegetation.

والثجرة: القطعة المتفرقة من النبات — And the thajrah: the scattered piece of vegetation.
ثَجِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    grape/date dregsclassical

    The dregs or sediment of grape or date juice; specifically, the pulp of dates and the skins of grapes after pressing.

والثجير: ثفل عصير العنب والتمر، وقيل: هو ثفل التمر وقشر العنب إذا عصر — And the thajir: the dregs of grape and date juice, and it is said: it is the dregs of dates and the skins of grapes when pressed.
ثَجَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to mix with dregsclassical

    To mix dates with the dregs (thajir) of unripe dates.

وثجر التمر: خلطه بثجير البسر — And thajara dates: mixing them with the thajir of unripe dates.
ثَجْرname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, specifically a location near Najran.

وثجر: موضع قريب من نجران — And Thajr: a place near Najran.
جَثْرadjective
  1. 1.
    earth mixed with saltclassical

    Describing a place containing soil mixed with salt or brackishness.

ومكان جثر: فيه تراب يخالطه سبخ — And a jathr place: in it is soil mixed with salt.

Parallel reading

ورق جثر: واسع.
Wide leaves: spacious.
وثجر الشيء «4». وسعه.
And the thing was wide; its wideness.
وانثجر الماء: صار كثيرا.
And the water became abundant: it became plentiful.
وانثجر الدم: خرج دفعا، وقيل: انثجر كانفجر؛ عن ابن الأعرابي، فإما أن يكون ذهب إلى تسويتهما في المعنى فقط، وإما أن يكون أراد أنهما سواء في المعنى، وأن الثاء مع ذلك بدل من الفاء.
And the blood gushed out: it came out in a rush, and it is said: 'anthajara was like 'infajara; from Ibn al-A'rabi, so either he went to equating them in meaning only, or he meant that they are equal in meaning, and that the 'th' is a substitute for the 'f'.
وثجرة الوادي: حيث يتفرق الماء ويتسع، وهو معظمه.
And the thajrah of the valley: where the water disperses and widens, and it is its largest part.
وثجرة الإنسان وغيره: وسطه، وقيل: مجتمع أعلى جسده، وقيل: هي اللبة وهي من البعير السبلة.
And the thajrah of a human and others: its middle, and it is said: the gathering of its upper body, and it is said: it is the chest, and for a camel it is the dewlap.
وسهم أثجر: عريض واسع الجرح؛ حكاه أبو حنيفة؛ وأنشد الهذلي وذكر رجلا احتمى بنبله: وأحصنه ثجر الظبات كأنها، ... إذا لم يغيبها الجفير، جحيم
And an athjar arrow: wide, causing a large wound; Abu Hanifa narrated it; and the Hudhayli poet recited, mentioning a man who protected himself with his arrows: 'And the wide wound of the sword tips protected him, as if they were, ... if the sheath did not hide them, a hellfire.'
وقيل: سهام ثجر غلاظ الأصول قصار.
And it is said: thajr arrows are thick-rooted and short.
والثجرة: القطعة المتفرقة من النبات.
And the thajrah: the scattered piece of vegetation.
والثجير: ثفل عصير العنب والتمر، وقيل: هو ثفل التمر وقشر العنب إذا عصر.
And the thajir: the dregs of grape and date juice, and it is said: it is the dregs of dates and the skins of grapes when pressed.
وثجر التمر: خلطه بثجير البسر.
And thajara dates: mixing them with the thajir of unripe dates.
وثجر: موضع قريب من نجران؛ من تذكرة أبي علي، وأنشد: هيهات، حتى غدوا من ثجر، منهلهم ... حسي بنجران، صاح الديك فاحتملوا جعله اسما للبقعة فترك صرفه.
And Thajr: a place near Najran; from the remembrance of Abu Ali, and he recited: 'Far away, until they reached Thajr, their watering place ... near Najran, the rooster crowed and they departed.' He made it a proper noun for the place, so it was not declined.
ومكان جثر: فيه تراب يخالطه سبخ.
And a jathr place: in it is soil mixed with salt.