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حنثر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of foolishness and narrowness or constriction. The primary derived terms describe someone as foolish or mentally deficient, and the noun form signifies distress or tightness.

Derived headwords

حَنَثَرٌadjective
  1. 1.
    foolishclassical

    Describing a man who is foolish, simple-minded, or mentally deficient.

حَنَثَرِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    foolishclassical

    An alternative form describing a man who is foolish, simple-minded, or mentally deficient.

حَنَثَرَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    narrownessclassical

    Signifies distress, tightness, or a state of constriction.

Parallel reading

رجل حنثر وحنثري: محمق.
A man (described as) ḥanṯar and ḥanṯarī: foolish.
والحنثرة: الضيق
And al-ḥanṯarah: distress/narrowness.
قال الأزهري في حنثر: هذا الحرف في كتاب الجمهرة لابن دريد مع غيره وما وجدت لأكثرها صحة لأحد من الثقات
Al-Azhari said regarding ḥanṯar: This letter is in the book Al-Jamharah by Ibn Durayd along with others, and I did not find authenticity for most of them from any of the reliable sources.
وينبغي للناظر أن يفحص عنها
And it is incumbent upon the researcher to examine them.
وما وجده منها لثقة ألحقه بالرباعي
And whatever he finds from them attributed to a reliable source, he should include it with the quadriliteral roots.
وما لم يجد منها لثقة كان منها على ريبة وحذر.
And whatever he does not find from them attributed to a reliable source, he should be in doubt and cautious about it.