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حبتر
Root entry · 7 derived lemmasThis root primarily describes shortness or being stout. It is used as an adjective for people and animals, and also appears as a name for a fox and a man.
Derived headwords
الحِبْتَرadjective
- 1.short, stoutboth
Describing someone or something as short and stout, or stocky.
الحِبْتَرname
- 1.foxclassical
A name given to a fox.
الحِبْتَرname
- 1.man's nameclassical
A proper name for a man.
الحَبَاتِرadjective
- 1.short, stoutboth
Plural form describing people or things as short and stout.
الحِبْتِرadjective
- 1.short, stoutboth
An alternative form for describing someone or something as short and stout.
البِحْتَرadjective
- 1.short, stoutboth
Another variant term for being short and stout.
حِبْتَرَةadjective
- 1.short, stout (female)both
The feminine form of the adjective, describing a female as short and stout.
Parallel reading
الحبتر والحباتر: القصير كالحترب
Al-hibtar and al-habatir: the short, like al-hitrab.
وكذلك البحتر
And likewise al-buhtar.
والأنثى حبترة
And the female is hibtarah.
والحبتر: من أسماء الثعالب
And al-hibtar: is among the names of foxes.
وحبتر: اسم رجل
And Hubtar: is the name of a man.
فأومأت إيماء خفيا لحبتر
So I gestured a hidden gesture to Hubtar.
ولله عينا حبتر أيما فتى
And by God, the eyes of Hubtar, what a young man!