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صعتر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a type of herb, commonly known as thyme. It also encompasses related terms for the plant itself, its place of growth, and descriptive adjectives for a person exhibiting certain noble qualities.

Derived headwords

صَعْتَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Thyme (herb)both

    A type of herb or plant, specifically identified as thyme. It is known to grow in the Arabian Peninsula, with varieties found in both plains and mountainous regions.

صَعْتَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A single sprig of thymeclassical

    The singular form of صعتر, referring to a single plant or sprig of thyme.

صُعْتَرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Ruffian, scoundrelclassical

    A term used in Iraq to describe a mischievous or wicked person.

  2. 2.
    Noble, generous, braveclassical

    Describing a young man who is noble, generous, and courageous.

صَعْتَرname
  1. 1.
    Name of a placeclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

Parallel reading

الصعتر من البقول، بالصاد، قال ابن سيده: هو ضرب من النبات، واحدته صعترة
Thyme is from the legumes, with a 'ṣād'. Ibn Sīdah said: it is a type of plant, its singular is ṣaʿtara.
قال أبو حنيفة: الصعتر مما ينبت بأرض العرب، منه سهلي ومنه جبلي
Abū Ḥanīfah said: Thyme is among what grows in the land of the Arabs; some of it is from the plains and some is mountainous.
وترجمة الجوهري عليه سعتر، بالسين، قال: وبعضهم يكتبه بالصاد في كتب الطب لئلا يلتبس بالشعير
Al-Jawharī's translation of it is 'saʿtar', with a 'sīn'. He said: And some of them write it with a 'ṣād' in medical books so as not to confuse it with barley.
وصعتر: اسم موضع
And Ṣaʿtar: is the name of a place.
والصعتري: الشاطر؛ عراقية
And al-ṣaʿtarī: is the scoundrel; an Iraqi term.
الأزهري: رجل صعتري لا غير إذا كان فتى كريما شجاعا
Al-Azhari: A man is ṣaʿtarī, and no other, if he is a noble, generous, brave young man.