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صءر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the act of cutting, severing, or striking with a sharp object, often with the implication of causing significant damage or destruction. It is particularly associated with the concept of slaughtering animals or inflicting severe wounds.

Derived headwords

صَأَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to slaughterboth

    To kill an animal, typically for food, by severing the throat.

  2. 2.
    to cut offclassical

    To sever or cut something completely, often implying a forceful action.

صَأْرnoun
  1. 1.
    slaughterboth

    The act of slaughtering an animal.

  2. 2.
    severingclassical

    The act of cutting off or severing.

صَوَارnoun
  1. 1.
    slaughterhouseclassical

    A place where animals are slaughtered.

  2. 2.
    place of slaughterclassical

    A location where a significant act of slaughter or killing has occurred.

عَقَرْنَبِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    slaughteredclassical

    Describing an animal that has been slaughtered.

  2. 2.
    severedclassical

    Describing something that has been cut off or severed.

Parallel reading

موضع عاقر فيه سحيم بن وثيل الرياحي غالب بن صعصعة أبا الفرزدق فعقر سحيم خمسا ثم بدا له وعقر غالب مائة
A place where Suhail ibn Wathil al-Riyahi slaughtered five of Ghālib ibn Sa'sa'ah, the father of al-Farazdaq, then it occurred to him, and Ghālib slaughtered a hundred.
لقد سرني أن لا تعد مجاشع، ... من الفخر، إلا عقرنيب بصوأر
It pleased me that the people of Majāshi' would not count, ... from pride, except those slaughtered in Suwā'ir.