حرر

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

The root 'ḥrr' primarily relates to freedom, manumission, and nobility. It extends to concepts of purity, excellence, and choice, as well as specific geographical locations and natural phenomena.

Derived headwords

الحَرَّةnoun

1.
Hard, stony groundclassical
Refers to a type of land, often volcanic, characterized by its hardness and stony composition.
2.
Noblewomanboth
A freeborn, noble woman, contrasted with a slave woman (أمة).
3.
A type of snakeclassical
A small, white snake, sometimes described as a young snake.
4.
A type of birdclassical
A small bird, sometimes identified with the 'bazinjān' in Iraq.
5.
The first night of the monthclassical
Refers to the first night of the lunar month.
6.
A pustuleclassical
A small blister or pustule.

حَرِيَّةnoun

1.
Sandy landclassical
Land characterized by soft sand.

حَرِيّadjective

1.
Grazing on stony groundclassical
An animal, particularly a camel, that grazes on the 'ḥirrah' (stony ground).

الحُرّnoun

1.
Free personboth
The opposite of a slave (عبد).
2.
The best of peopleboth
The noble, excellent, and distinguished individuals within a group.
3.
The best of somethingboth
The finest, choicest, or most excellent part of anything.
4.
Good deedclassical
A praiseworthy or excellent action.
5.
Ripe fruitclassical
Specifically refers to ripe dates from the Azadh region.
6.
Good clayboth
Fine, pure clay.
7.
The center of somethingboth
The middle or best part of a land or dwelling.
8.
A falconclassical
A bird of prey, specifically a falcon.
9.
A young pigeonclassical
The male pigeon.
10.
The sound of pigeonsclassical
The cooing sound made by pigeons.
11.
A type of snakeclassical
A slender snake, sometimes identified with the 'jānn'.

حَرَّرَverb

1.
To free, manumitboth
To release a slave from bondage, making them free.
2.
To set aside for a purposeboth
To dedicate or set apart something or someone for a specific, often sacred, purpose.
3.
To write, composeboth
To write or compose something, ensuring its accuracy and proper form.
4.
To level landclassical
To make the land even and smooth.

مُحَرَّرnoun

1.
Freedmanboth
A person who has been freed from slavery.
2.
Dedicated personclassical
Someone set aside for a specific service, particularly in religious contexts.
3.
A written textclassical
A properly composed or edited written document.

حُرِّيَّةnoun

1.
Freedomboth
The state of being free, not enslaved or constrained.

أَحْرَارnoun

1.
Free peopleboth
Plural of 'ḥurr', referring to free individuals.

حَرَائِرnoun

1.
Free womenboth
Plural of 'ḥurrah', referring to noble, freeborn women.

حَرَّارnoun

1.
Stony groundclassical
Plural of 'ḥirrah', referring to extensive areas of stony land.

حُرُورِيَّةnoun

1.
Freedomclassical
A state of being free, related to nobility and high status.

حَرُورَةnoun

1.
Freedomclassical
The quality or state of being free.

حَرَّارَةnoun

1.
Becoming freeclassical
The state or process of a slave becoming free.

حُرِّيَّةُ القَوْمnoun

1.
Nobles of the peopleclassical
The distinguished and noble members of a tribe or community.

فَرَسٌ حُرّadjective

1.
Noble horseclassical
A horse of noble lineage or excellent breed.

حَرُّ الفَاكِهَةnoun

1.
Best of the fruitclassical
The finest or choicest fruits.

حَرُّ الرَّمْلnoun

1.
Center of the sandclassical
The best or middle part of a sandy area.

حَرُّ الدَّارnoun

1.
Center of the homeclassical
The best or middle part of a dwelling.

طِينٌ حُرّadjective

1.
Pure clayclassical
Clay that is free from sand or impurities.

رَمْلَةٌ حَرَّةadjective

1.
Clay-free sandclassical
Sand that contains no clay.

حَرَّةٌnoun

1.
Noble womanboth
A woman of noble birth and free status.

أَحَرَّadjective

1.
More tender/delicateclassical
Comparative form indicating greater tenderness or delicacy, especially in beauty or character.

أَحْرَارُ البُقُولnoun

1.
Tender greensclassical
The tender and succulent parts of wild plants, eaten raw.

حَرُّ الوَجْهِnoun

1.
Part of the faceclassical
The prominent or visible part of the face, specifically the cheek.

الحَرْتَانnoun

1.
Earsclassical
The two ears, often implying nobility or good breeding.

حَرَّةُ الذِّفْرَىnoun

1.
Part of the earclassical
The area around the ear where an earring is worn; also used to describe a well-formed ear.

الحُرَّانnoun

1.
Black marks on earsclassical
Dark markings on the upper part of a horse's ears.

الحَرِيرَةnoun

1.
A type of soupboth
A thick soup or gruel made from flour, often cooked with milk or broth.

الحَرِيرnoun

1.
Silkboth
Fabric made from silk threads.

المِحَرّnoun

1.
A type of plowclassical
An agricultural tool with teeth for breaking up soil.

تَحْرِيرُ الكِتَابَةnoun

1.
Editing writingclassical
The process of correcting and refining written text.

Parallel reading

الحرة الرجلاء الصلبة الشديدة

The ḥirrah is the sturdy, hard, and strong ground.

وأرض حرية: رملية لينة

And ḥurriyyah land is soft and sandy.

وبعير حري: يرعى في الحرة

And a ḥurri camel is one that grazes on the ḥirrah.

والحر، بالضم: نقيض العبد، والجمع أحرار وحرار

And al-ḥurr, with dammah, is the opposite of a slave, and its plural is aḥrār and ḥirār.

والحرة: نقيض الأمة، والجمع حرائر، شاذ

And al-ḥurrah is the opposite of a slave woman, and its plural is ḥarā'ir, which is irregular.

حرره: أعتقه

He freed him: he manumitted him.

المحرر: الذي جعل من العبيد حرا فأعتق

Al-muḥarrar: one who was made a free person from among slaves and then manumitted.

يقال: حر العبد يحر حرارة، بالفتح، أي صار حرا

It is said: the slave became free, he becomes free, ḥarārah, with fatha, meaning he became free.

فأنا أبو هريرة المحرر أي المعتق

So I am Abu Hurayrah al-muḥarrar, meaning the manumitted one.

شراركم الذين لا يعتق محررهم

The worst of you are those whose freedmen are not freed.

هو عوف بن محلم بن ذهل الشيباني، كان يقال له ذلك لشرفه وعزه

He is 'Awf ibn Muḥallim ibn Dhuhl al-Shaybānī, and this was said about him due to his nobility and honor.

إني نذرت لك ما في بطني محررا فتقبل مني

Indeed, I have vowed to You what is in my belly, dedicated, so accept from me.

المحرر: النذير

Al-muḥarrar: the one vowed.

والمحرر: النذيرة

And al-muḥarrarah: the one vowed (female).

وإنك لحر: بين الحرية والحرورة والحرورية والحرارة والحرار، بفتح الحاء

And indeed you are free: between freedom, ḥurūriyyah, ḥurūriyyah, ḥarārah, and ḥirār, with fatha on the ḥā'.

والحر من الناس: أخيارهم وأفاضلهم

And the free among people are their best and most virtuous.

وحمية العرب: أشرافهم

And the ḥurriyyah of the Arabs are their nobles.

والحر من كل شيء: أعتقه

And the best of everything is its freed part.

وفرس حر: عتيق

And a free horse: an ancient one.

والحر: رطب الأزاذ

And al-ḥurr: ripe dates from Azadh.

والحر: كل شيء فاخر من شعر أو غيره

And al-ḥurr: everything luxurious, whether hair or otherwise.

وحرة كل أرض: وسطها وأطيبها

And the ḥirrah of every land: its center and its best part.

والحرة والحر: الطين الطيب

And al-ḥurrah and al-ḥurr: good clay.

وطين حر: لا رمل فيه

And ḥurr clay: it has no sand in it.

ورملة حرة: لا طين فيها

And a ḥurrah sand: it has no clay in it.

والحر: الفعل الحسن

And al-ḥurr: the good deed.

ما هذا منك بحر أي بحسن ولا جميل

This is not a good deed from you, meaning not good or beautiful.

والحرة: الكريمة من النساء

And al-ḥurrah: the noble among women.

لعمرك ما قلبي إلى أهله بحر، ولا مقصر، يوما، فيأتيني بقر إلى أهله أي صاحبه

By your life, my heart is not generous towards its people, nor does it fall short, ever, so that it brings me abundance to its people, meaning its companion.

ويقال: هو من حرية قومه أي من خالصهم

And it is said: he is from the ḥurriyyah of his people, meaning from their elite.

ويقال لأول ليلة من الشهر: ليلة حرة، وليلة حرة، ولآخر ليلة: شيباء

And the first night of the month is called: a ḥurrah night, and the last night: shaybā'.

وباتت فلانة بليلة حرة إذا لم تقتض ليلة زفافها ولم يقدر بعلها على اقتضاضها

And so-and-so spent the night with a ḥurrah night if she did not consummate her marriage on her wedding night and her husband could not consummate it.

شمس موانع كل ليلة حرة، يخلفن ظن الفاحش المغيار

Shining, preventing every ḥurrah night, they disappoint the expectation of the lewd and envious.

وسحابة حرة: بكر يصفها بكثرة المطر

And a ḥurrah cloud: a virgin, described by its abundance of rain.

وناقة حرة وسحابة حرة أي كثيرة المطر

And a ḥurrah she-camel and a ḥurrah cloud, meaning abundant with rain.

جادت عليها كل بكر حرة، فتركن كل قرارة كالدرهم

Every virgin ḥurrah cloud rained upon it, leaving every pool like a dirham.

وأحرار البقول: ما أكل غير مطبوخ، واحدها حر

And aḥrār al-buqūl: what is eaten uncooked, its singular is ḥurr.

جلا الحزن عن حر الوجوه فأسفرت، وكان عليها هبوة لا تبلج

Grief cleared from the prominent parts of the faces, so they brightened, and upon them was dust that did not gleam.

لطم وجه جارية فقال له: أعجز عليك إلا حر وجهها؟

He slapped a slave girl's face and said to him: Are you incapable except of her face's prominent part?

والحرة: الوجنة

And al-ḥurrah: the cheek.

قنواء في حرتيها، للبصير بها عتق مبين، وفي الخدين تسهيل

Curved in its ears, for the one who sees it, there is clear nobility, and in the cheeks, gentleness.

في خششاوي حرة التحرير

In the hollows of the ḥurrat al-taḥrīr (earlobe).

بين الحر ذو مراح سبوق

Between the الحر (black mark) is one with spiritedness, a racer.

والحران: السودان في أعلى الأذنين

And al-ḥurrān: the black marks in the upper part of the ears.

منطو في جوف ناموسه، كانطواء الحر بين السلام

Coiled in the belly of its mosquito net, like the coiling of the الحر (snake) between the salām (grass).

والحر: طائر صغير

And al-ḥurr: a small bird.

والحر: الصقر

And al-ḥurr: the falcon.

والحر: فرخ الحمام

And al-ḥurr: the young of the pigeon.

دعت ساق حر ترحة وترنما

It called out with the voice of ساق حر (pigeon's coo) in sorrow and melody.

يعنون بساق حر لحن الحمامة

They mean by ساق حر the melody of the pigeon.

والحر: ولد الظبي في بيت طرفة

And al-ḥurr: the young of the gazelle in the verse of Ṭarafah.

والحريرة بالنصب: واحدة الحرير من الثياب

And al-ḥarīrah, with nasb: one piece of silk from the garments.

والحرير: ثياب من إبريسم

And al-ḥarīr: garments of silk.

ذري وأنا أحر لك

Scatter, and I will make a ḥarīrah for you.

حر الأرض يحرها حرا: سواها

He leveled the land, he levels it, ḥarrā: he made it even.

تحرير الكتابة: إقامة حروفها وإصلاح السقط

Taḥrīr al-kitābah: setting its letters straight and correcting errors.