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حضجر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes largeness and spaciousness, particularly related to the belly or stomach. It is used for large animals, containers, and even hyenas due to their prominent bellies. It can also denote abundance and dispersion.

Derived headwords

حَضْجَرadjective
  1. 1.
    large-belliedboth

    Describing someone or something with a large and wide belly or stomach.

حَضْجَرnoun
  1. 1.
    large waterskinclassical

    A large waterskin or container, emphasizing its size.

حَضَاجِرname
  1. 1.
    hyenaclassical

    A name for both male and female hyenas, derived from their large and wide bellies.

حَضَاجِرadjective
  1. 1.
    large and spaciousboth

    Used to describe something as large and spacious, often in a superlative sense, like a wide belly.

حَضَاجِرadjective
  1. 1.
    distended (livestock)classical

    Describing livestock, particularly camels, whose flanks are distended after drinking and eating thorny plants.

حَضْجَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dispersed camelsclassical

    Camels that are scattered and dispersed around their herders due to their great numbers.

Parallel reading

الحضجر: العظيم البطن الواسعه
Al-ḥaḍjar: the one with a large and wide belly.
حضجر كأم التوأمين توكأت ... على مرفقيها، مستهلة عاشر
Large-bellied, like the mother of twins, she leaned... on her elbows, announcing the tenth month.
وحضاجر: اسم للذكر والأنثى من الضباع، سميت بذلك لسعة بطنها وعظمه
And ḥaḍājir: a name for the male and female hyenas, named so because of the wideness and largeness of their bellies.
هلا غضبت لرحل جارك، ... إذ تنبذه حضاجر
Why did you not get angry for the sake of your neighbor's baggage, ... when the hyena abandons it?
وطب حضجر
A large waterskin.
وأوطب حضاجر
And large waterskins.
وإنما جعل اسما لها على لفظ الجمع إرادة للمبالغة
It was made a name for them with the form of the plural for the purpose of exaggeration.
وإبل حضاجر: قد شربت وأكلت الحمض فانتفخت خواصرها
And ḥaḍājir camels: they have drunk and eaten the thorny plants, so their flanks have become distended.
إني ستروي عيمتي، يا سالما، ... حضاجر لا تقرب المواسما
Indeed, my herd will be watered, O Sālim, ... distended (camels) that do not approach the watering places (because they are full).
الحضجر الوطب ثم سمي به الضبع لسعة جوفها
Al-ḥaḍjar is the waterskin, then the hyena was named after it due to the spaciousness of its belly.
الحضجر السقاء الضخم
Al-ḥaḍjar is the huge waterskin.
والحضجرة: الإبل المتفرقة على رعائها من كثرتها
And al-ḥaḍjarah: camels dispersed among their herders due to their abundance.