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سخبر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a specific type of tree known as 'sakhbar'. The tree is characterized by its drooping branches when mature. Metaphorically, the root is used to describe treachery and a lack of steadfastness, likening it to the tree's yielding nature. It is also associated with snakes.

Derived headwords

السَّخْبَرnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of treeboth

    A tree, possibly related to the Thamam genus, characterized by drooping branches when it grows tall. It has clustered stalks and a rhizome.

سَخْبَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A single unit of the sakhbar treeboth

    The singular form of the sakhbar tree.

فُرُوعُ السَّخْبَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Branches of the sakhbar treeclassical

    Refers to the branches of the sakhbar tree, used metaphorically in relation to treachery.

Parallel reading

السخبر: شجر إذا طال تدلت رؤوسه وانحنت
The sakhbar: a tree whose heads droop and bend when it grows tall.
واحدته سخبرة
Its singular is sakhbarah.
السخبر شجر من شجر الثمام له قضب مجتمعة وجرثومة
The sakhbar is a tree from the Thamam trees, having clustered stalks and a rhizome.
واللؤم ينبت في أصول السخبر
And baseness grows in the roots of the sakhbar.
السخبر يشبه الثمام له جرثومة وعيدانه كالكرات في الكثرة كأن ثمره مكاسح القصب أو أرق منها
The sakhbar resembles the Thamam, having a rhizome and its stalks are like balls in abundance, as if its fruit is like the sweeping of reeds or finer than them.
وإذا طال تدلت رؤوسه وانحنت
And when it grows tall, its heads droop and bend.
وبنو جعفر بن كلاب يلقبون فروع السخبر
And the Banu Ja'far ibn Kilab are nicknamed the branches of the sakhbar.
مما يجيء به فروع السخبر
From what the branches of the sakhbar bring.
ويقال: ركب فلان السخبر إذا غدر
And it is said: So-and-so rode the sakhbar when he betrayed.
إن تغدروا فالغدر منكم شيمة، ... والغدر ينبت في أصول السخبر
If you betray, betrayal is your characteristic, ... and betrayal grows in the roots of the sakhbar.
أراد قوما منازلهم ومحالهم في منابت السخبر
He meant people whose homes and dwelling places are in the growing places of the sakhbar.
إنما شبه الغادر بالسخبر لأنه شجر إذا انتهى استرخى رأسه ولم يبق على انتصابه
He only likened the betrayer to the sakhbar because it is a tree whose head relaxes when it matures and no longer remains upright.
يقول: أنتم لا تثبتون على وفاء كهذا السخبر الذي لا يثبت على حال، بينا يرى معتدلا منتصبا عاد مسترخيا غير منتصب
He says: You do not remain steadfast in loyalty like this sakhbar, which does not remain in one state; one moment it is seen as straight and upright, the next it becomes relaxed and not upright.
قال لمعاوية لا تطرق إطراق الأقعوان في أصول السخبر
He said to Mu'awiyah: Do not be heedless like the heedlessness of the Aq'uan in the roots of the sakhbar.
هو شجر تألفه الحيات فتسكن في أصوله
It is a tree that snakes are accustomed to, so they inhabit its roots.
يقول: لا تتغافل عما نحن فيه
He means: Do not be inattentive to what we are concerned with.