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صقعر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a type of bitter, thick water. It also extends to the act of shouting or screaming into someone's ear.

Derived headwords

الصَّقْعَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Bitter, thick waterclassical

    Refers to water that is bitter and thick in consistency.

الصَّقْعَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Shouting in someone's earclassical

    The act of shouting or screaming loudly into another person's ear.

يُصَقْعِرُverb
  1. 1.
    To shout in the earclassical

    Used to describe the action of shouting or screaming into someone's ear.

Parallel reading

الصَّقْعَر: الماء المر الغليظ.
Al-Sa'qar: Bitter, thick water.
والصَّقْعَرَة: هو أن يصيح الإنسان في أذن آخر.
And Al-Sa'qarah: is that a person shouts in another's ear.
فلان يصقعر في أذن فلان.
So-and-so shouts in the ear of so-and-so.