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حبتر

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This 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. 1.
    short, stoutboth

    Describing someone or something as short and stout, or stocky.

الحِبْتَرname
  1. 1.
    foxclassical

    A name given to a fox.

الحِبْتَرname
  1. 1.
    man's nameclassical

    A proper name for a man.

الحَبَاتِرadjective
  1. 1.
    short, stoutboth

    Plural form describing people or things as short and stout.

الحِبْتِرadjective
  1. 1.
    short, stoutboth

    An alternative form for describing someone or something as short and stout.

البِحْتَرadjective
  1. 1.
    short, stoutboth

    Another variant term for being short and stout.

حِبْتَرَةadjective
  1. 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!